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On a recent weekday afternoon, the high-end flagship’s shoe department smelled less like Manolo Blahnik leather and more like a head shop, a stylist told The Post. “It’s jarring when you walk into a high-end department store where you used to smell Chanel perfume and now it’s weed,” the stylist, who requested anonymity, said. (The Post has reached out to Saks for comment). But, she admitted: “Everywhere you go in New York City smells like weed. It’s not just Saks — it’s at Bloomingdales, at the movies … there’s no high-end anymore.” Indeed, brazen New Yorkers are lighting joints on...

Shocking video captured the moment a brazen band of bandits sprinted out of a Gucci store in Los Angeles after swiping thousands of dollars’ worth of luxury items – as a security guard walked helplessly behind them. Nine men wearing hoodies are seen dashing out of the swanky store at the Westfield Century City mall at about 3 p.m. Monday carrying pricey bags and suitcases as onlookers record them on their phones. One apparent store employee wearing a suit calls 911 and makes a feeble attempt to grab one of the thieves during the chaotic incident. And a seemingly nonchalant...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for allegedly shooting three other teens during a fight in Times Square last week, the NYPD said. The baby-faced suspect, whose name wasn’t released because he is a minor, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for the July 17 shooting, police said. Cops believe the young triggerman — whose photo the department released last week — squeezed off eight rounds from a 9mm handgun in the Crossroads of the World last Monday at about 11:50 p.m. The bullets struck three other kids, ages 15, 16 and 17....

The Biden administration is arming Ukraine with weapons that can do serious damage to Russian forces, and, unlike early in the war, U.S. officials don’t appear worried about Moscow’s reaction. In the past several months, Washington has detailed tranches of new drones, harder-hitting missiles and deadly rocket systems as part of billions of dollars pledged to the former Soviet country. The clear support is a far cry from the early days of the war, when the U.S. government seemed hesitant to list exactly what was being sent into Ukraine so as not to tip off or draw the ire of...

Surveillance video caught a family of 8 at a frozen yogurt shop in San Francisco helping themselves without paying. Betty Yu tells us the youngest child even stole the shop's tip jar.

Two brazen thieves were caught on surveillance video cornering a mother and her baby outside their gated Los Angeles home — before stealing a diaper bag and cooler. Police said the terrifying ordeal unfolded when the woman returned to her Hancock Park home last Sunday afternoon after she went out for a walk with her child. The surveillance video released by cops shows the woman waiting for the electric gates to open outside the home before she started pushing her baby’s stroller up the driveway. At the same time, the two suspects can be seen getting out of a car...

Independent journalist Michael Tracey called former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign “the most brazen, oligarchic intervention in the history of American electoral politics” during a Monday night appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Discussing the fact that Bloomberg has bought his way into near Democratic front runner status in lieu of traditional campaigning, Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked Tracey to analyze “what it means for the country.” “Bloomberg rightly surmised that he was not going to go and ever win the presidency on the strength of his political convictions, because they are completely ugly and despicable and alien...

Barack Obama went on the Frank Ski Show Monday at 4:10 PM. President Barack Obama attacked Republicans as ‘un-American’ in an interview on Monday. Obama made the incendiary remarks while speaking to Frank Ski on WHUR-FM, the radio station of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Howard University bills itself as the “nation’s premier Historically Black College and University.” Obama called Republicans “un-American” for efforts to ‘restrict the franchise’ of voting by calling for voter ID laws and moving to curtail early and weekend voting. In April of this year, Obama agreed with a supporter at a Democratic Party fundraiser in...

Maxim Lott at Foxnews.com reported Monday that NBC Universal isn’t just showing its love for Obama on the news airwaves: If you’re a fan of all things Obama, NBC Universal’s online store has no fewer than 29 options for your buying pleasure -- from a shirt with the president’s picture proclaiming “YES WE DID"...to both of his books...to a special inauguration DVD...to a refrigerator magnet of the first couple. And don’t forget the Barack Obama Action Figure -- yours for $15, plus tax. You can buy them online -- or at NBC Universal’s retail store in New York. The items...

A robbery motivated shooting in the Walmart parking lot in Show Low at about 8:40 Monday morning left one person dead and one transported to Summit Health Care. Sgt. Roby with Show Low Police said that at about 8:40 Monday morning a lone shooter confronted two shoppers in the parking lot and then fled the scene in a light colored vehicle. Names of the victims have not been released pending notification of families. One witness who asked not to be identified said as she was exiting Walmart she heard four to six shots and then saw an individual laying on...

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<p>NANTUCKET, Mass. - With less than 48 hours before he was to stand trial on charges of looting $600 million from his company, disgraced Tyco chief Dennis Kozlowski was living like a lord yesterday, throwing a no-expenses-spared, Hollywood-style wedding for his daughter, Sandra. Luxury-loving Kozlowski pulled out all the stops for the lavish two-day bash - estimated to have cost $400,000 - in Nantucket, where he owns a $5.8 million home.</p>