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Most black Americans say they want police to continue their current presence in local areas, even as protests against racism and police brutality sweep the nation, and calls to reform and even defund police departments persist. Close to two-thirds, 61 percent, of black Americans said they want the police presence in their area to remain …
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Chicago public schools, the third largest district in the country, will begin the fall semester with all-remote learning following strong pushback from the city teachers union against a hybrid plan. The Chicago Teachers Union had threatened strikes if the district moved ahead with a combination of in-person and remote learning, saying the plan would not …
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Progressive “Squad” member Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) has claimed victory over her establishment challenger in a primary race for her House seat. Tlaib beat out Detroit City Council president Brenda Jones, whom she narrowly defeated in a crowded primary in 2018 before first being elected to her seat. Tlaib’s 2018 election made her one …
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WASHINGTON — The battle between 2016 Cy Young award-winners ended with one injured and the other in control. If you guessed Rick Porcello as the injured, given the Mets’ health misfortunes this week and Max Scherzer’s ability to dominate, wrong answer. In the kind of performance the team envisioned when it gave Porcello a one-year …
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The offseason began Wednesday, when the Rangers left the bubble in Toronto for disparate precincts across the globe. It is on to 2020-21 for the players who amassed just a little more than three weeks ago for camp and the trek into the bubble. It is on to the offseason for management that not only …
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That’s a long, long swim to the shallow end of the dating pool. It appears that in just four months, Jon Peters went from being married to Pamela Anderson — arguably one of the most-desired women of the 20th century — to trawling for dates on low-rent “sugar baby” site SeekingArrangement. The “Baywatch” star, 53, …
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Not even CEOs are safe from the wrath of 2020. From Disney to Ford to Bleacher Report, heads are rolling at the top of America’s most recognizable companies. Whether from resignations, firings or retirements, the blood is flowing as companies from all industries experience a changing of the guard. Here’s who lost their job in …
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Daisy Coleman, one of the subjects of the 2016 Netflix documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” died by suicide on Tuesday, according to her mother, Melinda. Coleman was 23. Coleman’s body was found after her mother asked police to conduct a welfare check. “Audrie & Daisy” detailed Coleman and Audrie Pott’s experiences with sexual assault, and how …
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Brian Austin Green trolled his estranged wife Megan Fox and her new boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly. After the “Transformers” actress, 34, lusted over the 30-year-old rapper on Instagram Tuesday, calling him her “Achingly Beautiful Boy…” and writing, “My heart is yours,” Green, 47, took a playful jab at the happy couple. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” actor …
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“Screams from the haters” kept Kanye West from getting on the presidential ballot in New Jersey. West has withdrawn his petition to appear as an independent presidential candidate on the state’s ballot, according to an email chain between a judge and someone representing the billionaire rapper using a campaign email address. In the email, the …
Most black Americans say they want police to continue their current presence in local areas, even as protests against racism and police brutality sweep the nation, and calls to reform and even defund police departments persist. Close to two-thirds, 61 percent, of black Americans said they want the police presence in their area to remain …
