Magic guard Michael Carter-Williams said he supported the Bucks’ decision to boycott Wednesday’s Game 5 against Orlando but added, “Maybe it wasn’t the best choice.” Carter-Williams also explained, in a video issued by the Orlando public-relations staff, the choice to restart the season following two days of player strikes at Disney World over the police...
A court decision blocking the city's controversial plan to add three high-rises to the Two Bridges project was overturned by an appeals court Thursday.
Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, a terminally ill scientist, cried as he heard his future robotic voice for the first time. The genius is on a mission to become the world’s first cyborg in a bid to combat his muscle wasting disease. Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, 62, wants to enhance his deteriorating body with a high-tech exoskeleton and...
The violent encounter happened just after 1:20 p.m. at E. 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue when a verbal dispute became physical, according to the NYPD.
The WNBA has suspended games for the second day in a row in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the league announced Thursday. After collectively taking a knee at center court and staging a walkout rather than playing their scheduled games in Bradenton, Florida Wednesday, the WNBA has decided to continue postponing games...
The Duchess of Sussex said its meaning "means everything to me on every level."
2020 watch: Biden’s Bounceless DNC Democrats hoped their convention would halt the slippage in Joe Biden’s lead in the polls over President Trump, notes Dominic Green at Spectator USA. Yet not only did they fail to see “a post-conference bounce,” support for Trump rose, “including in swing states.” While a Reuters/Ipso poll found no shifts,...
The former co-stars are vacationing together in Montana.
An Arizona boy with autism was kicked off a school bus for not wearing a mask — and then ran away before he was found moments later, according to a report. Jack Griffith, a 5-year-old Mesa boy, was set to start kindergarten Wednesday, but was “already super emotionally torn up” about hopping on a school...
The Democratic vice presidential nominee delivered a 20-minute address attacking Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic ahead of the closing night of the RNC.
Humans are living in space right this second, but that’s only because our technology has made such a feat possible. With decades of technological advancements on our side, you’d think humans would be the most well-suited of all the living creatures on Earth when it comes to enduring life in space. Well, you’d be wrong....
NEW ORLEANS — The quest is on for a better way to kill beautiful but brutally destructive lionfish than shooting them one by one with spearguns. The voracious invaders with huge appetites, flashy stripes and a mane of venomous spines are a problem in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast almost...
A Confederate monument in Louisiana that local officials voted to keep earlier this month was damaged by Hurricane Laura as the storm battered the Gulf Coast Thursday morning, a report said. The statue of a Confederate general that stood atop the South’s Defenders Monument on the grounds of a courthouse in Lake Charles was blown...
Rest in Puppy Power.
“That’s the only place they can protect him,” said Steven Greenberg, Kelly’s Chicago-based attorney.
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for “the immediate resignation” of Kenosha, Wisconsin’s sheriff and police chief in the wake of the fatal shooting of two protesters by an armed teenager, according to a report. In a statement Thursday, the state and national ACLU singled out Kenosha Sheriff Daniel Beth for “not only fraternizing...
NASA has found an active galaxy far, far away that looks eerily reminiscent of a TIE fighter from “Star Wars.” The galaxy, known as TXS 0128+554, is 500 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. TXS 0128+554 is considered an active galaxy, as it emits more light than all of its stars together. In 2015,...
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that COVID-19 tests “may be considered” for anyone exposed after new guidance suggested people without symptoms might not need one. Dr. Robert Redfield clarified in a statement late Wednesday that “testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable Covid-19 patients,”...
Actress Khadijah Haqq McCray is pregnant with her third child.
The bugs "quickly get inebriated" on fermented fruit.
COVID-19 has been shown to spread on airplanes even among asymptomatic travelers, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, which was published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, found evidence of transmission on an evacuation flight from Milan, Italy, to Seoul, South Korea in late March. Before...
Former employees, park-goers, and more take a deep dive into the legendary (and lethal) New Jersey institution.
President Trump on Thursday praised National Guard troops for helping pacify unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and blasted the National Basketball Association’s ratings as players refuse to compete in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. “I appreciate the governor calling and saying he wanted National Guard. As you know, last night was very quiet,...
Condé Nast tapped Dawn Davis as the new editor in chief for Bon Appetit after race controversies ousted the food magazine’s top editor earlier this summer. An award-winning book editor known for promoting marginalized voices, Davis was most recently vice president and publisher of 37 Ink, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. She replaced longtime...
The play-inspired storage line includes a 201-piece Lego brick set.
