• History plans documentaries, podcast looking at 9/11 attacks

    History plans documentaries, podcast looking at 9/11 attacks

    History plans two new hour-long documentaries and an original eight-part podcast devoted to coverage of the infamous events of Sept. 11, 2001. The two documentaries, “9/11: The Final Minutes of Fight 93” and “9/11: The Pentagon,” will debut Friday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. eastern, and will offer perspective on events that …
  • Kim Kardashian teams up with singer Monica in fight to free rapper C-Murder

    Kim Kardashian teams up with singer Monica in fight to free rapper C-Murder

    In her latest effort to reform the criminal justice system, Kim Kardashian is seeking the release of New Orleans rapper Corey “C-Murder” Miller, who has maintained his innocence in a 2002 murder. Miller – the brother of rap superstar Percy “Master P” Miller – was convicted in 2009 and is serving a life sentence in …
  • NYC showing an appetite for recovery with new eating venues

    NYC showing an appetite for recovery with new eating venues

    If anything reflects long-range faith that the city will recover from the pandemic crisis, it’s the counterintuitive commitment to new eating venues even though nobody knows when indoor dining will again be permitted. The latest example: RXR Realty just landed a 13,000-square-foot lease for a sprawling food hall at the Starrett-Lehigh Building. Tenants of the …
  • Barr Praises Operation Legend after Suspect Apprehended and Charged for Murder of Four-Year-Old

    Barr Praises Operation Legend after Suspect Apprehended and Charged for Murder of Four-Year-Old

    Attorney General William Barr praised “Operation Legend” after a murder charge was announced for the alleged killer of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, whose death sparked the Department of Justice operation. “Today’s arrest of LeGend Taliferro’s suspected murderer marks a significant step forward in his case and illustrates the potential of Operation Legend more broadly. The arrest …
  • Federal Appeals Court Rules California’s Ban on High-Capacity Magazines Unconstitutional

    Federal Appeals Court Rules California’s Ban on High-Capacity Magazines Unconstitutional

    A federal appeals court on Friday overturned California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, ruling that the prohibition violates the Second Amendment. “Even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster,” Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee wrote for the majority on the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, adding that California’s ban “strikes at the core of …
  • Inside the summer camp that grooms future presidents and governors

    Inside the summer camp that grooms future presidents and governors

    The Ivy League might be known for churning out US presidents and corporate CEOs, but many of our most powerful leaders are anointed years earlier, it turns out, at summer camp. Founded in 1935, Boys State is a national program put on annually in 49 states (not Hawaii) that simulates a small country for about …
  • Chris D’Elia replaced by Tig Notaro in ‘Army of the Dead’ after sex harassment allegations

    Chris D’Elia replaced by Tig Notaro in ‘Army of the Dead’ after sex harassment allegations

    Comedian Tig Notaro is replacing Chris D’Elia in Zack Snyder’s zombie movie “Army of the Dead,” Variety has confirmed. News of the recasting comes following allegations that D’Elia sexually harassed underage girls. Multiple women, some as young as 16, accused D’Elia of misconduct, including sending them inappropriate and explicit messages online. In wake of the allegations, …
  • Mom tortured by dementia is transformed by Fleetwood Mac song

    Mom tortured by dementia is transformed by Fleetwood Mac song

    All your life you’ve never seen a woman taken by a Fleetwood Mac song like this. TikTok user Nicole Petrie’s mother, Cheryl, suffers from dementia — but even in her darkest moments of anxiety, Nicole has found she can still be brought joy by familiar music. “My mother has Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), and when she …
  • R. Kelly’s manager charged for threatening NYC theater showing doc about singer

    R. Kelly’s manager charged for threatening NYC theater showing doc about singer

    R. Kelly‘s manager was hit with federal charges Friday for allegedly making a threatening phone call to a Manhattan theater that was screening a documentary about the sex-abuse allegations against the R&B star, authorities said. Donnell Russell, 45, allegedly called the NeueHouse theater on Dec. 4, 2018, and said there was someone in the crowd …
  • Oregon State Police Withdraws from Portland Courthouse after D.A. Announces He Won’t Prosecute Most Rioters

    Oregon State Police Withdraws from Portland Courthouse after D.A. Announces He Won’t Prosecute Most Rioters

    Oregon state police are backing out of an agreement to protect the Portland federal courthouse from rioters, after the Multnomah County district attorney announced he will not prosecute most rioters who are arrested. Portland has seen riots almost every night since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest …