FILE – Children and their guardians leave P.S. 64 in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File) In a letter to the federal Education Department, New York state officials said they do not believe the federal agency has the authority to make such demands. New…
A Texas man who was jogging along a highway in June of 2021 and says he gave the middle finger to a deputy sheriff who almost hit him with his patrol car contends that the officer decided to “teach him a lesson” by roughing him up, pepper-spraying him in the face and arresting him for…
President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) Trump said he didn’t want global markets to fall, but also that he wasn’t concerned about the massive sell-off either, adding, “sometimes you have to take medicine to…
The negotiation segment of “Shark Tank” is already intense, but sometimes things can get pretty explosive. Fans have revisited a 2015 episode of the show from season 7 that captured a heated argument between Mark Cuban and guest Shark, Chris Sacca, a venture investor who has been behind the early stages of companies such as…
Something has happened to Ben Affleck’s gray-tinged locks. At 52, the Oscar winner has been rocking the salt-and-pepper look for a few years now, but fans did a double take when he stepped out with dramatically darker hair and beard. Affleck debuted his surprising new look at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on April 2, where…
UConn guard Azzi Fudd (35) brings the ball up court during the first half of the national championship game at the Final Four of the women’s NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Sunday night’s victory against the Gamecocks, the defending champions, made UConn’s 12th national championship. UConn…
Imagine going on a date with actress Nia Long, giving her the wrong number, and laughing about it. Hollywood’s favorite ’90s it girl has never had a shortage of men pining away for her attention, but a resurfaced clip reminded us of how one short-lived fling went sour. On Saturday, April 5, a clip featuring…
A Massachusetts man accused of following a man home after a road rage incident and attacking him in his driveway while yelling racial slurs was jailed on hate crime charges. Police arrested 41-year-old John Thomas McNeil for the March 16 incident in Everett, a city just north of Boston. According to Middlesex County prosecutors, McNeil…
The CEO of California-based financial services company faces a federal assault charge after he allegedly choked a man on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship. Kenneth DeGiorgio, the CEO of First American Financial Corp., said he was protecting his wife, Nichol DeGiorgio, when he assaulted the man in international waters about 70 nautical miles from Fort-de-France,…
Comedic offerings continue to pour in days after gospel singer Marvin Sapp shook the internet with his $40,000 donation request from churchgoers. Now, fellow purveyor of the musical good word Kirk Franklin is getting in on the action. The “Stomp” composer posted a group photo of himself, singer John P. Kee, Sapp, musicians Zacardi Cortez,…
