Andy Soltis
The Archive
NY may be first state to ban microbeads in beauty items
New York could become the first state to ban the super-tiny bits of plastic that have been quietly added to more than 100 beauty and personal-care products and pose a...
Head of Harlem Children’s Zone stepping down
Geoffrey Canada is stepping down as chief executive of the Harlem Children’s Zone after nearly 25 years as head of the acclaimed educational and social service organization. Canada, 62, will...
At 7-foot-4, Freddy the Great Dane is Britain’s tallest dog
He’s Britain’s biggest dog, and at 154 pounds, this Great Dane is still growing. Freddy, 18 months old, is 7-foot-4 standing on his hind legs and dwarfs his 5-foot-4 owner, Claire...
Winter storm could bring another 6 inches of snow to NYC
Another fierce winter storm could dump more than six inches on the city Thursday, accompanied by winds gusting in the 45 to 50 mph range, forecasters said. “The worst-case scenario”...
Bridgegate probe deepens with new subpoenas
New Jersey legislators expanded their probe into Bridgegate and issued new 18 subpoenas — and a challenge to two of Gov. Chris Christie’s closest former advisors on Monday. The joint...
Suicide bomb instructor blows up his students
Would-be suicide bombers got to meet their 72 virgins a bit early Monday when their clumsy tutor accidentally detonated an explosives-packed car during a how-to-bomb lesson at their Iraqi terror...
Ratner cancels real-estate event over protest fears
Barclays Center developer Bruce Ratner canceled a a real-estate symposium at the center next week because tenant groups planned to protest his appearance, it was reported Friday. Ratner, who won...
A little snow, lots more cold due
The winter of 2014 isn’t done with us yet. The weekend will bring two more chances for snow — but at worst there will be just an inch of accumulation,...
Taliban: Dog POW demands the best food, bed
This ain’t no scrap-eating, junkyard dog. The NATO military dog captured by the Taliban in a fierce firefight won’t eat the gruel that local Afghan mutts wolf down. So his...
Bridgegate mayor had lunch with Gov. Christie years before scandal
The Fort Lee mayor who Gov. Chris Christie said he wouldn’t be able to pick “out of a lineup��� shared a steak lunch with the governor three years before the...
Obama has power to delay LIRR strike until July
By the time LIRR workers are allowed to go on strike, it will be beach weather outside. The railroad’s largest union voted 500-to-0 to walk off the job at 12:01...
3 accused of impersonating cops
Three Brooklyn men were charged with impersonating cops after police radios and guns were found in their car, the NYPD said Thursday. Cops stopped a 2009 Nissan Altima in East...
Taliban claims to have captured GI dog
The Taliban is showing off their latest battlefield trophy — a POW dog. The militants posted a video showing a mournful-looking Belgian Malinois or Belgian shepherd, held on a tight...
Sochi-bound flights warned of 'toothpaste bombs'
The US government is warning airlines that fly to Russia to beware of terrorists who might try to smuggle bomb-making explosives aboard planes in toothpaste tubes or cosmetics containers, it...
CVS stores will stop selling tobacco by October
CVS, the second-largest drugstore chain in America, is kicking the tobacco habit. The company announced Wednesday it will phase out sales of cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco at its 7,600...
Chief schools prober suggests ‘sexting’ teacher be fired
A teacher should be fired because she “aggressively pursued” a sexting relationship with a schools investigator and waited 11 months to complain about him, Special Schools Investigator Richard Condon recommended...
Weekend storm could drop 3... or 30 inches of snow
A potential megablizzard looms for this weekend, one that would make Monday’s blast of winter seem like a spring day. The storm just emerging from the Rocky Mountains will pick...
St. Patrick's restoration goes on above worshipers & vistors
For nearly a year, worshipers and visitors at St. Patrick’s Cathedral have beheld a mighty power above — a moving scaffold of artists and restorers.Modern-day Michelangelos and their assistants are...
Hoffman’s rise to fame began with a schoolboy crush
Chubby 12-year-old Phil Hoffman’s rise to Oscar-winning acclaim as Philip Seymour Hoffman began with a wrestling injury and a crush on a girl. A doctor had ordered the tow-headed Hoffman...
Obama open to deal with GOP on immigration reform
President Obama signaled Friday that he’s open to an election-year deal with Republicans on a law that would legalize many immigrants but stop short of granting citizenship. His surprise comments...