E-bike battery sparks another huge NYC blaze, guts grocery store and injures 7
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E-bike battery sparks another huge NYC blaze, guts grocery store and injures 7

ByNews Polite

An e-bike sparked a massive hours-long blaze that gutted a Bronx grocery store and injured seven people — two seriously — on Sunday, officials said. An EMS worker and a civilian were seriously hurt when flames broke out around 10:40 a.m. at the Concourse Food Plaza at 2096 Grand Concourse…

A bull market is in full swing – and most of us are in denial
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A bull market is in full swing – and most of us are in denial

ByNews Polite

Sucker’s rally! Four months since the stock market began its recovery from last year’s carnage, skeptics are still piling on. Doubters of bull markets ceaselessly hunt bogeymen. There are the old standbys: the Fed and its rate hikes, inflation and recession. There are some newfangled distractions, too: Chinese spy balloons,…

NFL player Derek Wolfe reveals he was paralyzed for hours, played 2 weeks later
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NFL player Derek Wolfe reveals he was paralyzed for hours, played 2 weeks later

ByNews Polite

Former NFL defensive lineman Derek Wolfe revealed an injury left him temporarily “paralyzed” before he returned to the field a couple of weeks later. “The injuries I had while I was in the NFL were out-of-control, ” Wolfe said on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “In 2013 I bruised my…

Boston subway commuter narrowly misses falling 25-pound tile
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Boston subway commuter narrowly misses falling 25-pound tile

ByNews Polite

A Boston commuter narrowly avoided a serious injury Wednesday when a 25-pound aluminum tile plummeted from the subway ceiling, shocking video shows. The woman can be seen walking toward the staircase of the Harvard station’s southbound platform around 4 p.m. after hopping off the city’s red line. The 10-foot tile…

Tom Sandoval speaks out on Ariana Madix split, Raquel Leviss affair
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Tom Sandoval speaks out on Ariana Madix split, Raquel Leviss affair

ByNews Polite

Tom Sandoval is speaking out following his split from Ariana Madix over a months-long affair with Raquel Leviss. “Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger & disappointment towards me, but please leave [Tom] Schwartz my friends and family out of this situation…” he wrote on Instagram Saturday. Sandoval, 39,…

MLB’s rule changes will only bring needless new degree of confusion
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MLB’s rule changes will only bring needless new degree of confusion

ByNews Polite

As we said when we were children, “I’m ascared.”  I’m ascared that we’ll soon read full-screen graphics listing major league leaders in extra inning games lost without allowing a baserunner, and strikeout leaders, both batters and pitchers, with just two strikes as per pitch-clock ruling.  I’m fearful that our TV…