Approximately 2,600 officers departed while another 2,746 filed for retirement As anti-police sentiments continue to intensify across the country after a string of high-profile police brutality cases, officers are now leaving the New York Police Department in record numbers. More than 5,300 NYPD officers have retired or submitted paperwork to leave the force in 2020,…
A white Texas teacher has resigned after she took a picture of her foot on the neck of a Black student and then sent the picture to the child’s mother. The Lamar Elementary School teacher, who has not been identified, apparently was friends with 10-year-old Zaelyn Jackson’s mother and said the photo was sent as…
Former “The View” talk show host Sherri Shepherd celebrated her 54th birthday by dropping 20 pounds. In an interview with People magazine, the Chicago native revealed that she gained weight during the pandemic and realized that she needed to make a change. “During COVID, I put on weight and realized I needed to get back…
Master P says he’s waiting for an NCAA rule change to go into effect in August to sign deal for teenage son Hercy Miller Master P has made a name for himself making big deals as a music mogul and now he’s setting his sights on a big deal for the next generation. The No…
The grim announcement comes a day after Indonesia said the submarine was considered sunk, not merely missing Indonesia’s military on Sunday officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead, and that search teams had located the vessel’s wreckage on the ocean floor. The grim announcement comes…
Source: Tom Szczerbowski / Getty Family members of former football player Phillip Adams want to know if injuries sustained during his NFL carrier could have led to a gruesome mass shooting earlier this month. As officials continue to investigate, family and friends say Adams had a change in attitude. His sister told USA Today there was…
The lack of progress reflects the nation’s conflicting views on whether reparations to atone for slavery are necessary During last summer’s reckoning over racial injustice, decades-long debates about whether to offer reparations to the descendants of slaves in the U.S. finally seemed to be gaining momentum. State lawmakers in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York…
“We just can’t sit by and think it’ll go away. It’s not going to go away. We’ve got to push it away. We’ve got to confront it,” the South Carolina Democrat says in a CNN interview Despite the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, many Americans continue to protest police brutality…
The 93rd Academy Awards will begin at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC An Oscars unlike any before will get underway Sunday night, with history on the line in major categories and a telecast retooled for the pandemic. The 93rd Academy Awards will begin at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC. There will be no host, no audience, nor…
Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire in a Baghdad hospital Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients. Negligence on…
