Wilson Chandler has said no to Orlando. The Nets veteran forward, citing health concerns, has opted out of playing in the NBA’s restart, a source confirmed. Commissioner Adam Silver has given players permission to not play because of the fear of COVID-19 spread without violating their contracts. However, Chandler will be docked eight regular-season games...
At least 85 people in Michigan have tested positive for the coronavirus after an outbreak at a popular college bar, health officials said. The cases are all linked to Harper’s Restaurant and Brew Pub, near Michigan State University’s campus in Lansing, the Ingham County Health Department said Saturday. Eighty of the infections were people who...
Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause social media ads after a campaign led by civil rights organizations called for an ad boycott of Facebook, saying it doesn’t do enough to stop racist and violent content. Starbucks said Sunday that its actions were not part of the “#StopHateforProfit” campaign, but that it...
New York City’s official annual Pride parade was held virtually Sunday because of the coronavirus — but that didn’t prevent hundreds of people from packing sections of Manhattan for a pro-LGBTQ, anti-police-brutality march. The crowd protested under Black Lives Matter and other banners while waving rainbow flags. Participants in the event — which was organized...
About 150 people rallied outside the Museum of Natural History on Sunday in an effort to save the statue of President Teddy Roosevelt there from removal. Cries of “Save Teddy!” and “Save Our History!” came from the crowd protesting the Upper West Side institution’s move to remove the bronze effigy of Roosevelt, which has stood...
A second post from Hurley came on Saturday, once again expressing his gratefulness for his supporters.
Adele threw it back to 2016 on Saturday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars in Los Angeles immediately closed — a little more than a week after they were allowed to reopen — amid a surge in local coronavirus cases. Los Angeles was one of seven counties to have its establishments shut down by state health officials — who urged another...
Brett Favre has been in Aaron Rodgers’ shoes, but still thinks Jordan Love should see some action this fall — just not at quarterback. While Rodgers sat behind Favre and rode the bench for three years after the Packers drafted him in the first round in 2005, Favre believes there’s a way for the franchise’s...
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, is anticipated to enter a deal that will spare him the death penalty on charges for 13 murders and 13 kidnappings spanning six counties in California.
The city’s acting correction union boss has been voted out in the first election since the group’s long-term ex-leader, Norman Seabrook, was convicted in a corruption scandal. Members of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association elected Bonny Boscio in a landslide — an apparent repudiation of acting president Elias Husamadeen, who came in third. Boscio netted...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A suspect has been arrested in the death of a Kentucky man who was fatally shot amid a protest in Louisville over the killing of Breonna Taylor, police said Sunday. The suspect was hospitalized and being interviewed by homicide investigators, interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said at a news conference. The...
The European Union will plow more money into rocket launches, satellite communication and space exploration to preserve its often unsung successes in space and keep up with US and Chinese ambitions.
Sacha Baron Cohen gatecrashed a right-wing event in Washington while posing as a racist country singer — where he encouraged the crowd to chant along to lyrics about liberals getting “chopped up” or “injected with the Wuhan flu,” viral footage shows. Dressed as a pot-bellied singer in denim dungarees and a cowboy hat, the “Borat”...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A male suspect is facing numerous charges after Fayetteville police say he stole a police vehicle, dragging an officer behind it, struck an EMS worker and then fled the scene. The incident started Sunday morning when police officers were dispatched with EMS units for a medical call, police said in a news...
Three people have been charged in Tennessee with keeping a toddler in a dog cage surrounded by mice and snakes including a 10-foot boa constrictor, according to reports.
Get trout of here! A Louisiana man was busted after going for a swim through a gigantic fish tank at an outdoor recreation store, authorities said. Kevin Wise, 26, was charged with simple criminal damage to property for his surreptitious dip Thursday at a Bass Pro Shops in Bossier City, news station KTAL-TV reported. Video...
New York City hospitals are rescheduling thousands of elective surgeries that were postponed because of the coronavirus — much to the relief of patients. “A week before the procedure, I was notified that I had to reschedule. When they canceled it, I said to myself, `Oh, no,’ ” recalled Brooklyn Heights resident Roger Best, 54,...
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the Trump administration to renew the coronavirus emergency declaration before it expires at the end of next month, in order to preserve billions of dollars in healthcare funds for New York to fight the pandemic. “If we have learned anything from COVID-19 it is that a ‘stitch in time...
Search-and-rescue missions are underway for three hikers who have gone missing on Mount Rainier in Washington state last week in separate incidents. The National Park Service said rangers do not want the public’s help in the searches due to dangerous late spring conditions, which includes unstable snow bridges over creeks. Dozens of professional rescuers have...
Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday the Trump administration is leaving it up to states to decide whether face masks should be mandatory to protect against the coronavirus — while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a nation-wide mandate on facial coverings is “long overdue.” Asked about a spike in coronavirus cases across the south —...
Aroldis Chapman will soon be roaming the streets of New York in style, and it will be hard to miss him. The Yankees closer is the new owner of a custom-made, six-wheel Jeep that is lined with black Kevlar on the outside and red fabric on the inside, including Chapman’s “The Cuban Missile” logo. “The...
The episode’s removal is the latest in a string of shows that have seen episodes taken down or significantly edited due to blackface scenes or jokes.
An angry mob hurled bottles at police cruisers during a tense, caught-on-camera standoff between cops and civilians in Harlem early Sunday. The rowdy encounter — footage of which was posted on Instagram — shows at least three NYPD vehicles at Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and 132nd Street in the early morning hours, with dozens of...
Shay revealed Friday that she had recently suffered a miscarriage.
