Cops asked for the public’s help in tracking down three men linked to the murder of a Harlem gang member, officials and sources said. Raheem McWhite, 32, was walking along Lenox Ave. near W. 127th St. with a group of people, three or four abreast, at about 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 14. Suddenly, shots rang out, and McWhite clutched himself, then fell backwards to the ground outside of Yuzu Sushi on Lenox, sources said. He died at Harlem Hospital. McWhite, a Harlem resident who has 20 prior arrests on his record, survived a shooting in 2000, sources said.(nydailynews)…[+]

Debbie Reynolds’ broken heart just couldn’t take it.

The 84-year-old Hollywood icon died from a stroke less than 48 hours after her actress daughter, Carrie Fisher, suffered the same fate — and devastated movie fans immediately wondered whether the celebrity mother’s death was triggered by heartbreak. Science on “broken heart syndrome” — or “takotsubo cardiomyopathy” — is limited, but some studies suggest that passing away shortly after an earth-shattering event, such as a spouse or a close family member dying, is not just plausible, but natural.“A real life broken heart can actually lead to cardiac consequences,” the American Heart Association concluded in a study published this April. “You can experience these things even if you have no history of heart disease.”(nydailynews.com)…[+]

He’s a sitting judge who hasn’t worked in nearly three years — yet still collects a full-time annual salary of $193,000. No-show Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Daniel McCullough disappeared with an unspecified illness in April 2014.

“Don’t tell them anything!” McCullough snapped at a friend who tried to put him on the phone this week with a Daily News reporter. His disabling malady remains shrouded in secrecy — although a source indicated there has been no hint McCullough will ever don his judge’s robes again.McCullough, 65, has instead reaped the benefits of New York’s unlimited sick time policy for its judges across the last 32 months to the lucrative tune of $482,500.

The judge’s attorney, Roger Adler, said his client will visit a doctor Thursday for a follow-up on a surgery done this fall. Adler declined to elaborate on the cause of McCullough’s absences prior to the operation.(nydailynews.com)…[+]