Sharri Markson

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China’s most famous defector to America warned US intelligence agencies of coronavirus in 2019

Wei Jingsheng, the father of China’s democracy movement, reveals that he first heard of a new, mysterious virus at the time of the World Military Games in Wuhan in October...

Trump wanted to publicly grill Fauci on Wuhan lab funding — and bill China for pandemic

Former President Trump wanted to haul Dr. Anthony Fauci in front of a presidential commission to give evidence about funding the Wuhan laboratory suspected of leaking COVID-19.

JET SET KIDS

The city's youngest high-fliers are pampered campers whose parents are paying big bucks to jet them off in style to their summer vacations. In some cases, parents are spending thousands...

PARKING SPACE $TUNNER

It's worth taking out a second mortgage. The priciest parking spot in Manhattan costs almost $2,000 a month - more than a rental for a one-bedroom apartment in a trendy...

HEATHER CALLS FOR ENVIRO-FRIENDLY CELL USERS

APART from her blossoming romance with Star Room owner Charles Ferri, "Austin Powers" actress Heather Graham says she has a new passion in her life: going green. Jumping on the...

BEARD'S PARTY IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE

RENOWNED wildlife photographer Peter Beard threw a party for 350 of his closest friends at real-estate powerhouse Janna Bullock's $40 million mansion in Southampton on Saturday night. And everybody knew...

SKI GAL CHRISTIE NEARLY LOST LEG

Freshly single Christie Brinkley has revealed that she almost lost her right leg in a risky operation after being rushed to the hospital with crippling pain in her spine. Brinkley...

STICK WITH US, PLEADS IRAQ DIPLO

Iraq's U.N. ambassador has a stark message for the American people: Don't abandon us now. "We have to know we have a partner here, that we have a partner we...

FALL GAL NOW DOING 'GRATE'

The beautiful New Jersey woman who fell 15 feet down a Con Ed metal grate while walking in Midtown Thursday was relaxed and cheerful yesterday as she recovers from her...

CELLSMANSHIP: CITY RENTS OUT JAIL SPACE

New York City is renting out prison beds - for up to $150 a day - to Long Island authorities who don't have enough room for their own jailbirds. New...

SHELL-BENT IN CENTRAL PK.

A tenacious snapping turtle climbed a flight of stairs and made a half-mile trek to Central Park's Wollman Rink yesterday, to the delight of parkgoers. The 20-pound turtle, determined to...

TOT TV DANGER

American parents are putting their babies and toddlers in front of the television for up to two hours a day - a trend that has researchers worried about the future....

PROM TEEN STABBED IN CENTRAL PK.

A high school student was viciously stabbed in the back during a fight over a prom date in front of a Central Park playground yesterday. Alton McCarthy, 18, was stabbed...

HUSTLE & SLOW IN APPLE

Move out of the way! New Yorkers are a step ahead, walking at a pace 10 percent faster than a decade ago, a new study has shown. But the pace...

IT'S AN UDDER $HAME

You should cry over spilt milk - a gallon of which costs more than a gallon of gas. The state-set price of a gallon of milk in New York rose...

SPIDER-MAN IS KING OF QUEENS

Peter Parker returned to his roots last night, spinning a web of excitement across his native Queens for the national debut of "Spider-Man 3." The movie - the first studio...

'GREEN'-LIGHTED

Construction of the first building in the nation to leave a "zero carbon footprint" will begin next year on the East Side. The eco-friendly center will be open to the...

PRESIDENT POTHOLE

Only a visit from the president could get the city to patch a dangerous pothole in Harlem, local residents charged yesterday. The pothole - about five feet long, 1½ feet...

DUKE KIDS AID THE INNOCENTS

The three former Duke lacrosse players exonerated in a racially charged rape case lent their support to others who've been wrongly accused of crimes, at a Midtown dinner last night....