Study reveals why ant queens eat infected offspring

Study reveals why ant queens eat infected offspring

Ant queens eat their infected offspring at the first sign of illness and then recycle them into producing new eggs, a new study has revealed. The study, carried out by researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Biology, is published on the institution’s official X handle. The study reveals that ant queens typically found new colonies on their … Read more

‘Rest, for Christ’s sake’, Odion Ighalo tells ex-wife, Sonia, amid online drama

‘Rest, for Christ’s sake’, Odion Ighalo tells ex-wife, Sonia, amid online drama

Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo has told his ex-wife Sonia Adesuwa to ‘rest’ amid her consistent social media interference in his private life, especially his rumoured love interests. The couple, who married in 2009 and parted ways in 2019, had a brief reunion in 2021 before finalising their divorce in 2022. Since their split, Ms Adesuwa … Read more

George Santos reaches plea deal, pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft

George Santos reaches plea deal, pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — George Santos, who was expelled from Congress as he faced nearly two dozen criminal charges, reached a plea deal Monday with federal prosecutors in New York on two federal counts.  Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.  “A short time ago, after years of telling lies, former Congressman George Santos stood … Read more

George Santos expected to plead guilty in federal fraud case in New York

George Santos expected to plead guilty in federal fraud case in New York

New details in George Santos’ federal fraud case. Here’s what we know. New details in George Santos’ federal fraud case. Here’s what we know. 02:14 NEW YORK — George Santos is expected to plead guilty to charges stemming from allegations of fraud, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News New York.  Santos, … Read more

NYC grocers gripe over fruit vendors so close to stores: ‘Pick off our customers’

NYC grocers gripe over fruit vendors so close to stores: ‘Pick off our customers’

City grocery-store owners are blasting Big Apple officials for allowing licensed fruit and vegetable vendors on the same block as their shops — in some cases fewer than 30 feet away — eating into their profits. In Forest Hills, Queens, a fruit and vegetable stand is located just 25 feet from a Key Food supermarket … Read more

Chinese soup dumplings explode in New York’s Manhattan as YouTube and TikTok fuel a xiaolongbao craze

Chinese soup dumplings explode in New York’s Manhattan as YouTube and TikTok fuel a xiaolongbao craze

Across Manhattan, in New York, diners are picking up their soup spoons and chopsticks and biting (ever so carefully) into the city’s hottest order. Xiaolongbao, aka soup dumplings, are a dim sum classic, traditionally made with ground pork and/or crab – or, increasingly, unconventional ingredients such as matzo balls – in a pool of molten … Read more

Person of interest in multiple stabbings across NYC being questioned, source says

Person of interest in multiple stabbings across NYC being questioned, source says

Person of interest in multiple NYC stabbings being questioned, source says Person of interest in multiple NYC stabbings being questioned, source says 02:07 NEW YORK – A person of interest is being questioned after at least five people were stabbed at random in Queens on Wednesday, a source tells CBS New York. Three of the attacks happened … Read more

Queens man killed crossing road near high school

Queens man killed crossing road near high school

In a release, New Milford Police Chief Spencer Cerruto said Alexander Jefferson III, a 43-year-old resident of the Jamaica neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., was the man struck and killed on Thursday. Cerruto said police were called around 6:45 p.m. to the area immediately south of New Milford High School on Route 7, also known as … Read more

Shah’s Halal Food to open in Danbury at former site of Boston Market; its 7th CT location

Shah’s Halal Food to open in Danbury at former site of Boston Market; its 7th CT location

Shah’s Halal Food will open in the former Boston Market, 61 Newtown Road, Danbury, Conn. Wednesday, October 11, 2023. H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut Media Cousins Mohammad and Rafi Mashriqi, who helped grow the Shah’s Halal Food brand in Connecticut, said they secured the property at 61 Newtown Road in Plumtrees Plaza two months ago. Mohammad Mashriqi … Read more