NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is following through on his call for more minorities to become head coaches and general managers. The league is planning to present two resolutions to incentivize diversity on Tuesday night during the owners’ virtual meeting, according to NFL.com. One proposition would take away teams’ ability to block assistant coaches interviewing for...
Aaron Rodgers took the high road, opting not to criticize the Packers for drafting his potential future replacement, yet still spoke his mind. In his first public comments since Green Bay used a first-round pick (26th overall) on Utah State quarterback Jordan Love, Rodgers said he understands the pick, but admits it caught him off...
City parents are warring over representation in the high stakes debate over screened school admissions. One faction argues that the Department of Education has given a partisan advocacy group a pivotal role — a claim the agency denies. The DOE tapped the Education Council Consortium — whose co-chairs oppose screened schools — to conduct a...
A video shows chalk-white human "parking spot" circles arranged in rows of fours along the river-facing grass.
A Colorado convict accused of murdering a 21-year-old woman last Saturday in Denver had been released from prison early due to the coronavirus, according to local media. Cornelius Haney, 40, was nabbed over the weekend for the fatal shooting of Heather Perry in an alleyway, NBC’s 9News-Denver reported. A motive for the slaying wasn’t disclosed...
Almost two-thirds of Americans who believe in God say the coronavirus pandemic is a message from the Almighty telling people to change how they live, according to a new poll. Those polled who identified as Evangelical Protestants were the most likely to believe strongly that the virus is God warning humanity to change their behavior,...
Illinois native Julie Montagu hosts "An American Aristocrat's Guide to Great Estates," an eight-episode series premiering Sunday (9 p.m.) on Smithsonian Channel.
As of Friday afternoon, DeAndre Baker had not yet turned himself in to authorities but his attorney has been in contact with detectives concerning the arrest warrant issued by the Miramar Police Department. Baker, the Giants cornerback taken in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, is charged with four counts of armed robbery...
His lawyers argued that he’s now prediabetic.
Central New York, the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country and the Southern Tier all started their reopening Friday after meeting the state’s seven COVID-related benchmarks.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has charged that Beijing refused to provide virus samples taken from patients when the pandemic began in China in late 2019, and that Chinese authorities had destroyed early samples.
NASA has unveiled the Tesla car that will be taking US astronauts to a rocket launch later this month. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine revealed images of the car in a recent tweet. The car is set to play a fairly important role in the first crewed launch to take off from US soil in years....
That's got health experts worried.
A cafe that makes customers wear gigantic hats fashioned from multi-colored swim noodles — to ensure they stay socially-distanced — is dividing the drinking public of Germany. “We are lost!!!” one critic posted to the cafe’s Facebook page, commenting on photos of the swim-toy-topped patrons at the Cafe & Konditorei Rothe in Schwerin. “Good sheep,”...
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London could be coronavirus-free as early as June, a new analysis suggests — though some researchers are skeptical of that conclusion. The reproduction value in the capital city — a figure which represents how many people one infected person can transmit the virus to — has fallen to 0.4, according to a Cambridge University and...
Apparently, Bloom enjoys whisky while building Lego cars.
A user manual naming the doll "Naomi" was found near the "realistic" doll.
Coronavirus has taken 24 percent off the MTA’s ovetime tab — except at agency headquarters, where OT spending is $4.4 million over budget. The $18 billion-per-year agency has paid $333 million worth of overtime through April of this year, compared to $437 million over the same period in 2019, according to newly-released agency documents. In...
HONG KONG – A 21-year-old Hong Kong lifeguard, the first anti-government protester to plead guilty to the charge of rioting during last year’s unrest, was sentenced to four years’ jail on Friday for a “direct attack on the rule of law”. Sin Ka-ho was among thousands who surrounded the Legislative Council on June 12 in...
One legendary player believes “The Last Dance,” ESPN’s 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan’s final season with the Bulls, should end the greatest player ever debate for younger generations. According to Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal, the show, which ends Sunday night, should quell any talk about who is the greatest because it provides video...
A New Jersey official reached a $1 million settlement with the state and Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign over claims that her rape allegations against another campaign staffer were mishandled, according to a report. Katie Brennan’s January 2019 lawsuit claimed that her assault allegations against Murphy’s campaign advisor Albert Alvarez, which she made volunteering on the...
"Zero tolerance policy. Arrested. By my cousin. At my high school graduation."
JCPenney shares surged after the retailer said it has made a $17 million interest payment that was due May 7. The announcement eased fears that the struggling retailer is headed for a bankruptcy filing soon, sending its shares up nearly 30 percent in afternoon trading, to 25 cents. The once-mighty department-store chain has been talking...
