Mayor Bill de Blasio lifted the Big Apple’s controversial curfew a day early in an unexpected announcement Sunday morning. “New York City: We are lifting the curfew, effective immediately,” Hizzoner tweeted, ending the planned final night of the city shutting down to help curb looting and violent protests that plagued the city earlier in the...
With quarantine keeping many of us at home, retailers are switching their focus from their brick-and-mortar stores to their e-commerce sites, flooding our inboxes with wild deals promising massive savings. However, with so many sale signs, it can be hard to differentiate what is a good deal from what isn’t. To help you out, we...
Behind the pretty filters and witty captions of your favorite Instagram posts, is an influencer who has spent time (and a lot of it) optimizing their profiles and posts so that they can increase their presence on the platform. It’s why they get thousands of followers after posting their photos and videos, and you barely...
A series by Joel Sherman chronicles how the Yankees’ fiasco of 1990 laid the groundwork for a dynasty. Buck Showalter gave a slight nod of his head to conspiratorially signal a reporter to follow him out of the press box. There was a game about to begin at the old Comiskey Park, Yankees at White...
It may not be October, but Yankees legend Reggie Jackson is still making powerful statements. Jackson in a social media post Saturday described his feelings after taking part in a Monterey, Calif., protest this week in response to the death of George Floyd. This is his unabridged post: “Our Protest feels different this time. “I...
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor is resigning after an uproar over a headline lamenting damage to businesses amid turbulent protests denouncing police brutality against people of color, the paper announced Saturday. The newspaper said Stan Wischnowski, 58, was stepping down as senior vice president and executive editor. The Inquirer had apologized for a “horribly wrong”...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.— A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was killed and two law enforcement officers wounded Saturday when they were ambushed with gunfire and explosives while pursuing a suspect, authorities said. Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was shot and killed in Ben Lomond, an unincorporated area near Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said....
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is getting her wand snapped in half again online, after a new series of tweets has offended transgender people and their supporters. On Saturday afternoon, Rowling snarkily retweeted an international-development group’s article on “global menstrual health and hygiene.” Rowling went into high snark mode over the article’s title: “Creating a...
A man was arrested in Toronto Saturday after showing up to an anti-racism protest while wearing blackface. The man, whose name was not released by officials, was filmed getting into a shouting match with demonstrators after protest organizers asked him to leave. “If I want to put this on my face then I can put...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle has been placed on administrative leave after several black former players posted on social media about what they described as systemic racism in the program. Head coach Kirk Ferentz made the announcement Saturday night, calling it “a defining moment” for Iowa’s football program...
Five members of a Florida family who were on their way to a funeral perished when their small plane crashed in Georgia, officials said Saturday. The 3:15 p.m. Friday crash in woods near Lake Oconee left no survivors. The cause of the tragedy remained unclear. The victims were identified as Shawn Charles Lamont, 41, his...
LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes became the first UFC fighter to defend a championship belt while holding titles in two weight classes Saturday night, earning a dominant unanimous decision over featherweight contender Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt also knocked out Raphael Assunção an instant before the second-round bell in the...
A woman was shot and another stabbed during an apparent domestic dispute in Harlem Saturday night, police said. A 44-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds to her left arm and back, while a 22-year-old woman was stabbed in her back at an apartment near 129th Street and Convent Avenue around 10:30 p.m. The two victims knew...
Police sure wanted to “axe” him about his sign. A protester was arrested in Manhattan Saturday for marching with an axe taped to his sign calling for justice in the police killing of George Floyd. The axe served as a handle and was duct-taped to the sign, which read, “Boomers asked 4 justice, millennials demand...
A New York City protester identifying himself as “Ace Burns” was taken into custody Saturday after he said during a live interview on Fox News that he planned to set fire to Manhattan’s Diamond District. The man was stopped for an on-camera interview outside the Barclays Center Saturday as demonstrations kicked off over the police...
FORT WORTH, Texas — IndyCar packed every bit of its delayed season-opening event into one long, hot day in Texas without any fans in the stands. Scott Dixon was the fastest for most of it at a place he knows well. Dixon, a five-time IndyCar champion, took the checkered flag at dusk Saturday for his...
The commander of the National Guard in Washington D.C. has said additional troops brought to the district could leave as soon as Monday, according to a report. Nearly 4,000 extra National Guards troops brought in from 11 other states to help D.C.’s 1,200 soldiers so they could return home, National Guard commander Maj. Gen. William...
We may not have seen the last of the Knicks, or the other seven teams not included in the 22-team NBA restart in Orlando. As the league’s contenders and pretenders will be at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in mid-July for training camp followed by the resumption of the postponed season on July 31,...
A source claimed to the Mail that Michael Sanchez wants a big time mea culpa.
The US Marine Corps has finally banned the Confederate flag from public and workspaces at its military bases — 155 years after the Confederate States of America surrendered to Union forces. “The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our...
The NYPD released startling footage showing the moment an officer was stabbed in the neck by an assailant in Flatbush on Wednesday. Suspect Dzenan Camovic — who remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds from responding officers — can allegedly be seen walking up Church Avenue before suddenly turning onto Flatbush Avenue and stabbing his victim shortly...
Influencer culture as we know it is over.
The ex-cop charged with murder for kneeling on the neck of George Floyd illegally voted in Florida elections while living in Minnesota, a lawyer alleged on Friday. Attorney Dan Helm sent a letter containing the voting record of ex-cop Derek Chauvin to Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala, asking her to pursue charges, the Orlando Sentinel...
Matt Harvey is one of the best No. 7 draft picks ever. It is because of controversy, injury and failure to translate talent into sustained success that Harvey was a bust. But if you are looking for busts, the No. 7 pick has two of the all-time greats, reminders how difficult it is to get...
What if we knew on June 7, 2010, what we know today? What if we were able to take so much of the guesswork out of the draft and know to avoid taking never-make-it-to-the-majors busts such as Barret Loux sixth (as the Diamondbacks did) and Karsten Whitson ninth (Padres), and to move up J.T. Realmuto...
