Chris Nesi

WASHINGTON — A wannabe spy convinced the CIA to give him $40 million in gold bars by claiming it was for “work-related expenses” — and it was just

A wannabe spy convinced the CIA to give him $US40 million ($A56m) in gold bars by claiming it was for “work-related expenses” — and it was just the latest in a lengthy career full of increasingly brazen lies, according to federal prosecutors.

“There would have had to be a lot of other co-conspirators,” former CIA staff operations officer Tracy Walder told The Post.

Switch between CA and NY editions here. A famous local grizzly bear and her two cubs were cruelly stalked and harassed by a drone operated

“A reminder for the rest of Flagler County: a late-night Taco Bell run should end with a receipt, maybe some regret, but not a booking number.”

A pair of unusual caught-on-camera sightings of men emerging from Brooklyn manholes in recent weeks raised concerns in the Big Apple and sparked an NYPD probe — but sources tell said it doesn…

“I heard a strange noise, and when I turned round, all I could see was blood.”

Treasures abound beneath city streets for anyone brave or crazy enough to explore the murky depths of the Big Apple's sprawling 7,500-mile sewer system — all in search of a wayward wallet or piece of jewelry that may have fallen through a grate above.

Far-left New York congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for the seizure of property from landlords and the abolition of police and prisons in more unhinged social media posts — in which she also rejected the existence of the state of Israel.

A teenage girl had her leg bitten off by a tiger shark in a horrifying scene a day after an 11-year-old boy endured a similar attack at another beach just a few miles away.