The heartbroken father of four children allegedly murdered by their grandmother and mother in an apartment in upstate New York criticized the two killers and declared that the couple deserve a “special place in hell.” Sarah Myers, 44, and her mother Amy Steadman, 64, “conspired to carry out the murders of the four children [on June 10] before taking their own lives,” Mechanicville Police Chief William Rabbitt said Tuesday, apparently confirming Brady Harmon's suspicions.

“I knew my children had been murdered,” she told News10 on Tuesday, reacting to the heartbreaking event.

“And then I know those two were the ones who did it.” Three of Brady Harmon's children, Harper, 13, Hudson, 11, and Gracelynn, 10, were poisoned. Gavin Harmon, 10, was stabbed while trying to defend himself, according to Rabbitt.

"My kids suffered," Brady Harmon told WRGB.

“To poison them and also to stab them, there is a special place in hell for people like that.” Brady Harmon, who had been embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife Myers, lives in Utah and had not seen his children in person since November 2019.

His children were supposed to spend the summer in the Beehive State before they were murdered.

Investigators revealed Tuesday that they found a note written by Steadman that said "the perpetrator accepts responsibility for what occurred and states that they believed killing the children was the only way to keep them safe from alleged abuse in Utah." Police also found letters they suspect were written by Myers where he also claimed his children had been abused.

"Although those writings were unsigned, the author repeatedly referred to 'my babies,' expressed anger toward Utah's family court system, made accusations that she and the children had been abused while living in Utah, and complained that she had been unable to obtain legal representation," Rabbitt told reporters.

“Regardless of what [Myers and Steadman] believed justified their actions, the deliberate murder of four children cannot be described as protection,” he criticized.

Brady Harmon has categorically denied the allegations and Rabbitt revealed that police could independently verify the claims.

Harmon had previously claimed that Steadman did not want him to see his children.

Rabbitt revealed that Steadman had visited several pharmacies in the days leading up to the June 10 murders and had messaged his daughter about the sadistic plot.

The text messages included “discussions about obtaining medications, where the murders would occur, how those medications would be administered, how the children would be gathered, what they would be told, and how suspicion could be avoided,” according to the police chief.

"In one exchange, Sarah Myers instructed Amy Steadman that the medications needed to be administered between 10:30 a.m.

and noon so she could finish them before a scheduled 6 p.m.

phone call with the children's father," Rabbitt said.

Later that morning, "because the children did not respond the way Steadman and Myers had anticipated," one of the women texted the other saying, "'It's not working.

We need another option,'" Rabbitt said.

Gracelynn complained that her stomach hurt, prompting Steadman to text her daughter: "Gracie is conscious." Investigators reviewed Steadman's Internet history, where they found several disgusting searches.

He investigated reactions to medications, and subsequent searches included "Where is the deadliest place to be stabbed?", which produced results on a specific artery as well as the

A huge male bison threw a tourist into the air, seriously injuring him, in a thrilling attack caught on camera in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Video shows the unidentified man being tossed 8 feet in the air like a ragdoll by a wild bison at Bridge Bay Campground on Friday, Cowboy State Daily reported.

The tourist was walking with his grandson when the powerful herbivore attacked.

The video shows the man running through a pine forest to try to escape the bull, which moments before was taking a dust bath.

Suddenly, the bison attacked the two tourists and then brutally head-butted the older bearded man, catapulting him into the air.

"I was just trying to get some dramatic pictures of that bison having a fit.

It's changed my idea of ​​what to expect from these guys this time of year, because I wouldn't have predicted that would happen," Montana photographer Mike MacLeod, who took the photos, told Cowboy State Daily.

"He [the bison] started walking through the camp.

He was approaching a group of kids, who were taking pictures with their cell phones from a good distance away, and then the buffalo attacked these kids," MacLeod said.

"I had to get the bison's attention.

I was really afraid it was going to gore the guy on the ground, so I stopped filming and ran up to the bison, yelled loudly and tried to be as big and intimidating as possible," MacLeod said.

When the bison disappeared, MacLeod and others rushed to help the victim.

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The man was in a lot of pain, particularly in his hips and the leg he landed on, but MacLeod and others could not see any external injuries.

"One guy held his hand.

Another guy checked security outside to make sure the bison didn't come back.

A girl in a car was on the phone with 911, and another girl did a blood test, but we couldn't find any blood," MacLeod said.

No update has been released on the condition of the man thrown by the bison.

MacLeod said the bison probably attacked because it was feeling territorial due to the current mating season, which runs from June to September.

During this time, male bison may show extra energy and aggression as they compete for dominance and females.

"You could tell [the bison] was agitated, angry and attacking anything," MacLeod added.

A trailer full of vile sex-on-demand ads has outraged a Southern California neighborhood, but a legal hurdle has made getting rid of it anything but simple.

The pink and white two-wheeled trailer has been moving around North Long Beach for months, generating dozens of complaints from disgruntled neighbors who say it promotes the Pinkys Girls website.

The site advertises “adult fun” and “hookups” in more than 400 cities across the country, including Long Beach, according to the Long Beach Post.

The trailer's latest stop is at the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard, where residents say it has been parked since at least Thursday.

Neighbors have expressed concern that the ads will appear in an area already plagued by prostitution and human trafficking, while others worry that children will be exposed to explicit messages.

Despite repeated complaints, city officials face legal hurdles after Long Beach lost a similar case involving advertising trailers.

In 2018, the city attorney's office ordered Hit & Miss Enterprises to remove trailers that advertised the company's cleaning business while they were legally parked on public roads and used to store and transport cleaning products.

After the city seized the trailers, the company filed a lawsuit, arguing that its constitutional rights were violated.

A judge ruled that the city had improperly restricted advertising based on its content and found that the policy did not meet the legal standard known as “strict scrutiny.” The court found that the city violated the company's First Amendment rights and ordered it to pay nearly $300,000 in damages.

Councilman Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, whose 8th Ward includes the intersection where the trailer is now parked, said city officials and the Long Beach Police Department are “very aware” of the situation and the “bad actor” responsible for repeatedly moving the trailer from one neighborhood to another.

According to Thrash-Ntuk, the trailer had previously been parked in neighboring District 9, including along Long Beach Boulevard, a corridor known for human trafficking.

Parking authorities have coordinated multiple tows, but city ordinance allows vehicles to remain in the same location for up to 72 hours, allowing the trailer to return after being moved.

"Playing whack-a-mole every 72 hours is not a permanent solution," Thrash-Ntuk wrote in a Facebook post.

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He said he is now working with the police department and the city attorney's office on possible long-term solutions, including requiring the tow operator to obtain a business license to advertise on public streets and creating buffer zones that restrict ads for adult content, cigarettes and alcohol near elementary schools and daycares.

Long Beach police said they “have taken and will continue to take enforcement action where appropriate,” but did not specify what action could be taken.

Meanwhile, Thrash-Ntuk urged residents to continue reporting towing to police and through the GO Long Beach app to create a nuisance record.

Some neighbors, frustrated by the lack of a permanent solution, have even floated the idea of ​​spray-painting the trailer themselves on social media.

A beloved Los Angeles corner store has swapped dusty shelves for designer vibes, and some longtime Venice residents say the makeover has stripped away a piece of the neighborhood's history.

The century-old building at 1915 Penmar Ave., home to the neighborhood market since 1935, reopened as Bodega & Palms after an extensive renovation that transformed the once humble convenience store into a bright boutique-style market filled with artisanal foods.

The renovated store is located in the same historic building that housed generations of corner stores, most recently Mitchell's Little Market, a neighborhood institution where locals stopped to buy everything from snacks and groceries to beer and wine.

Over the decades, the market changed hands and names: first Jack's, then Gilbert's, and finally Mitchell's.

The new owners, Phil and Kaila Neuville, moved to Venice in 2021 and purchased the market three years later, after the death of the former owner, Mr.

Woo.

They said they promised Woo's family that they would preserve the store's legacy while giving it new life.

After two years of renovations, the dark, roughly 800-square-foot market now features skylights, exposed ceilings and a fresh coat of paint.

A new mural honoring Woo and the store's past is also in the works; the message on the side of the building reads: “The little market since 1935.” "A little reminder of the story we are going to continue," the owners wrote on social media.

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"We will also draw a mural of Mr.

Woo and the original Mitchell and hang it in the new market," they told YoVenice.

The store officially reopened Wednesday and offers breakfast, lunch and dinner items from local vendors along with specialty beverages and luxury grocery items.

"We will also feature local vendors serving prepared foods like focaccia sandwiches and breakfast burritos.

There will also be unique local beer and wine offerings," the owner said.

The menu also includes modern offerings including matcha, mesquite coffee and soft serve ice cream.

“The messages from people who grew up in the area have been very meaningful!” the owners wrote.

"Two brothers messaged us separately telling us that Mitchell's was a big staple of their childhood...riding the scooter to get strawberry shortcake ice cream." "Neighbors who live in their childhood homes have told us stories about how Mitchell's was the first place their parents let them walk alone with a few dollars.

They went after school every day." The reopening sparked a heated debate on a Venice community Facebook page, where critics criticized what they see as another sign of the neighborhood's relentless gentrification.

California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, "Heartbreaking.

I grew up on Preston Way in the mid 70s/mid 80s.

My brother and I always walked to the little store.

I remember the Now & Laters 25 cent store," wrote one resident.

"It was called Gilbert's Little Store before the new owners renamed it Mitchel's in honor of their son.

Many, many good memories!" Others argued that the neighborhood had lost a convenient convenience store to another trendy destination.

WASHINGTON – Accused rapist Graham Platner dropped out of his Maine Senate race on Wednesday in the wake of explosive sexual assault allegations that forced top Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to withdraw their support for him.

"We believe that for the movement to continue, it can't be me.

And for that reason we are suspending campaign operations," Platner said in a video announcement.

The announcement comes after a woman he previously dated, Jenny Racicot, publicly alleged that he drunkenly raped her at his Maine home in 2021, despite her repeated pleas for him to stop.

Platner called the accusations false.

Platner had until July 13 to withdraw from the race closely watched by Democrats so he could be easily replaced as the party fights for control of the upper house.

He vehemently denied the rape allegations against him, but canceled his scheduled appearances and said he was contemplating his path forward.

Just hours after the latest claims, Schumer and Sen.

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) issued a joint statement denouncing Platner.

"The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing: violence, abuse and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable," he said.

"Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw as a Democratic Senate candidate and allow Maine Democrats the opportunity to elect a new candidate who can defeat Susan Collins.

The DSCC [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ticket." Throughout his campaign, Platner had survived a steady series of scandals and repeatedly insisted to the public that he had no more skeletons in his closet before more bombs dropped.

He has been accused of sending sexual messages to other women while married, of lying about a Nazi tattoo that had since been removed, and of being unfaithful to his girlfriends and disparaging women.

Maine is widely seen as a race that Democrats must win to regain control of the Senate.

Most Democrats had supported Platner through almost every scandal that arose against Platner, and he still won his primary last month.

But the rape allegations, first reported by Politico, proved to be a death knell for his candidacy.

Racicot described in disturbing detail how Platner, a “nearly passed out drunk,” entered her home without permission one night in 2021 after she texted him that she didn't want to see him.

In graphic detail, she told how she repeatedly rejected him, but he followed her into the bedroom and ejaculated on her.

“And, from the look on his face and realizing what was happening, I realized that I'm in a situation where there is no consent here,” he told Politico.

"One of the reasons I didn't speak out sooner was the enormous moral conflict I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person," Racicot told the outlet.

"I just want the truth to come out.

I just want people to have a full view of who he is as a person." When asked by CNN if she alleged he raped her, Racicot responded: “By definition, yes, absolutely yes.” Ahead of the July 13 deadline, Democratic operatives rushed to make all information about Platner public as part of an apparent pressure campaign to force him out of the race.

The nonprofit group Reckoning Action, founded by progressive attorney Cheyenne Hunt, contacted Racicot, according to Politico.

Hunt endorsed Platner late last year but backed out after accusations he was harsh on w.

Last week, a man was arrested and charged with allegedly hiding a skeletal body in his apartment under trash piled on a Brooklyn couch, police and prosecutors said.

Jose Rivera, 53, was arrested Friday and charged with concealing a human corpse in connection with the disturbing discovery Thursday morning inside the building on Union Street near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, police said.

The man's body had been reduced to just bones when a cleanup crew chanced to find him buried under clothing and other debris, including picture frames, according to prosecutors and law enforcement sources.

He reported the disgusting discovery to the police.

Rivera initially did not want to let the cleaning crew in, despite complaints from neighbors about the bad smell, according to sources and a criminal complaint.

The man's identity remained unknown Wednesday and his body is so decomposed that the city medical examiner's office has not yet been able to determine how he died, according to the complaint.

The building where the body was found houses mentally ill and disabled residents, according to sources.

Rivera pleaded not guilty and was released on personal recognizance during his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Sunday, records show.

He has four prior arrests, most recently in 2018 for criminal possession of a weapon (a knife) in Manhattan, police said.

The recently approved city budget will shell out $1.5 million in gifts for the Big Apple's furry friends, including the creation of a pet food pantry.

The city-funded initiatives will increase spending on free and low-cost animal spay and neuter services by 50%, or up to $750,000, in fiscal year 2027, according to budget documents reviewed by The Post.

A separate $750,000 will be allocated to launch a pilot pet food pantry, the first of its kind, the council's animal welfare group said in a social media post last week.

"These investments will help reduce animal overpopulation, relieve pressure on the shelter system, and ensure that New Yorkers are not forced to choose between basic needs and feeding their pets," the group wrote.

Flatbush Cats, a charity that cares for stray and feral cats, will be the primary provider of subsidized spay and neuter services funded by a $500,000 core grant.

The remaining funds will be distributed among other animal care centers and nonprofit organizations.

The year-long pet food pantry pilot project is led by $250,000 in funding to the Department of Social Services.

The pet pantry's total $750,000 funding, which is distributed through city council discretionary funds, is still being sorted among the organizations, the animal welfare group's president, Harvey Epstein, told The Post.

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While the caucus initially sought more than $4 million in funding for animal welfare causes, the group still celebrated securing a fraction of the city's historic budget of more than $128.5 billion.

He also applauded Council President Julie Menin for championing his efforts.

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“While there is more work to do, this investment is an important step toward a more compassionate and affordable city that keeps New Yorkers and their pets together,” the group wrote.

"No New Yorker should have to choose between caring for themselves or having a beloved pet, and we are grateful to the Animal Welfare Caucus for advocating for this funding to help keep pets in loving homes," the nonprofit animal organization's senior director of municipal affairs, Michelle Villagomez, said in a news release.

The Department of Social Services and City Hall did not respond to The Post's requests for comment.

The Mamdani patronage machine has hired the wife of left-handed actress Cynthia Nixon as an educator, earning $203,500 a year, The Post has learned.

Christine Marinoni works as chief of mass engagement in the Department of Education's Family and Community Empowerment (FACE) office, according to a well-placed DOE source.

The DOE source said this was Mamdani's reward to the former “Sex and the City” star after she endorsed him during the mayoral primary.

Nixon hosted a fundraiser for Mamdani in March 2025 and raised more than $200,000 for the upstart socialist mayor.

“I'm so excited to host a fundraiser for the incredible Zohran Mamdani whose clear message and ambitious plan for a more affordable New York is exactly what we need right now,” she posted on Instagram at the time alongside a photo of her and Mamdani together, smiling from ear to ear.

The hiring is already drawing strong comparisons to New York's most notorious political machine.

"It's painfully appropriate that inside the Tweed Courthouse, a DSA machine reminiscent of Tammany Hall is handing out taxpayer-funded jobs to the well-connected spouses of billionaire celebrities," said another source, a City Hall insider.

When reached for comment, Nixon denied that the DOE rehired his wife for political reasons and declined to speak further.

Marinoni could not be reached for comment.

Marinoni previously worked as a special assistant to the chancellor during the de Blasio administration and earned $131,708, according to public data.

Nixon, who ran for governor in 2018 and was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, is a longtime left-wing firebrand.

“We have two different educational systems in our state: one that sends rich white kids to college and another that sends poor kids of color to prison,” she said during her unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign.

He has compared ICE to a terrorist organization and called for the agency's abolition.

Nixon met Marinoni through her work with the Alliance for Quality Education, a left-wing education group that opposes gifted and talented programs.

Marinoni was once the group's New York director and Nixon was its spokesman for 17 years.

Zakiyah Ansari, an AQE official who once praised cop killer Assata Shakur, called on former Mayor Eric Adams to dismantle G&T in elementary schools.

"We believe that every child is a gifted child, every child is a talented child, we have to have people so angry about taking away a program that affects a few people and be more upset about black and brown children who haven't had access to a great education," Ansari told NBC News in 2021.

Also back at the DOE is Sadye Campoamor, who began serving as the agency's chief of external affairs in March, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Campoamor faced controversy the last time he worked for the DOE in 2019, when he allegedly sent an email from his work account encouraging DOE employees to attend a political rally for former New York City Schools Chief Richard Carranza.

"Christine is a long-time public servant, community organizer, and education advocate—precisely the leadership experience and commitment our public schools need...Sadye is also a long-time public servant with invaluable knowledge of our city's education system," a DOE spokesperson told The Post in a statement.

The iconic Fourth of July parade in Washington DC on Saturday was canceled due to scorching temperatures.

Organizers of the decades-old American Independence Day Parade abruptly canceled the event due to extreme heat warnings Friday night, according to a statement from Mayor Murial Bowser's office.

The event that draws hundreds of thousands of eager spectators each year was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.

m.

on Saturday, when temperatures are expected to reach an unbearable 102 degrees.

The heat index value, which takes into account air temperature and humidity, is expected to range between 110 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

"This decision was made after extensive and careful consideration of the safety of our participants, spectators and staff as a top priority," Boswer wrote.

This shocking cancellation comes days after the mayor issued an extreme weather alert, urging residents and visitors to prepare for the heat wave between July 1 and 5.

Saturday's warning in DC remains in effect until 9 p.m.

m., when it is expected to cool down, according to The Weather Channel.

President Donald Trump plans to give a speech at the Salute to America party on the National Mall to commemorate the nation's 250th Independence Day at 9:45 p.m.

Saturday.

A group of lifeguards who fear they were filmed naked inside the Huntington Beach locker room by the former parks chief described the horrific experience while announcing a lawsuit against the state Thursday.

Kevin Pearsall, 59, of Long Beach, is accused of using hidden cameras to capture audio and video of workers undressing inside an employee locker room at Bolsa Chica State Beach.

He is accused of taking and sharing intimate images of men over an 11-month period and then sharing some of them with other men, prosecutors said last week.

On Thursday, two of the alleged victims appeared at a news conference with high-powered attorney Gloria Allred to announce the lawsuit against the California Department of Parks and Recreation, which employed Pearsall as superintendent in Huntington Beach.

Mathew Dawson, who started working as a lifeguard in 2014, said the revelation of the secret recordings was "like getting punched in the gut." "I was getting ready for me to get naked on camera," Dawson said, calling it "the ultimate betrayal of trust." The lawsuit, filed in Orange County Superior Court, was filed on behalf of alleged victims Dawson, Richard Corey, Nichola Petkus and an unidentified fourth person.

The lawsuit alleges sexual harassment, discrimination, and failure to prevent harassment and discrimination, all in violation of the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act.

Pearsall has been charged with five felony counts of eavesdropping, 23 misdemeanor counts of secretly filming another person and three misdemeanor counts of unlawful distribution of private recordings.

is accused of using hidden cameras to capture audio and video of workers undressing inside an employee locker room at Bolsa Chica State Beach.

President Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate retired Oklahoma State Trooper Lance Schroyer to be the new director of ICE, calling him a patriot with experience locking up “the worst of the worst.” "Lance has over 29 YEARS of law enforcement experience in Oklahoma," Trump wrote in Truth Social, noting that he won every county in the state in three successive elections.

The agency has not had a Senate-confirmed director since 2017, amid angry partisan clashes over immigration enforcement.

Trump called Schroyer a “PATRIOT with real operational experience and a proven leader with DECADES of experience locking up the worst of the worst, including spearheading 287g partnerships between law enforcement and ICE!” He noted Schoyer's firsthand experience taking “illegal aliens off our streets” and said, like Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “LOVE the men and women of ICE.” Mullin, whom the Senate confirmed as Homeland Security secretary, stepped in after Trump ousted his predecessor Kristi Noem.

Former acting ICE Director Todd Lyons announced his resignation in April, following the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January amid anti-ICE protests.

Trump called on the Senate, on recess for the week of July 4, to confirm Schroyer immediately.

A LinkedIn page in your name has no posts, activity, or personal information beyond its title; News reports from 2015 and 2016 document Schroyer's response to traumatic highway car accidents.