When I was young in the Bronx, if I wanted to use a computer to do homework, look something up online, or improve my nascent tech skills, I had to stay at school late or find a local community center or library that had computers. Growing up with fewer resources did not just create challenges,… Read More »
Florida’s idiotic and politically motivated move to eliminate inoculation requirements for all the state’s schoolchildren will kill kids there and elsewhere. What’s next for the Sunshine State, getting rid of a clean public water supply? The rejection of modern and accepted science and medicine comes from the surgeon general of a state likening vaccine requirements… Read More »
Beware the degradation that gambling can bring Camden, N.J.: Oh, how I hate (loathe) to see this summer’s end. But as one who was conceived on Christmas Day, 1961, I have always been one to embrace autumn. Likewise, all the world identifies Times Square as the major entertainment hub of the Big Apple’s Theater District.… Read More »
Joseph Emerson, an ex-pilot who tried to cut the engines of an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit, has reached plea deals with state and federal prosecutors, his attorney said Thursday. Details of the plea were not released, but Emerson, 46, will have change-of-plea hearings Friday for the Oregon state… Read More »
A 30-year-old New Jersey man who drowned in Pennsylvania’s Delaware River during a family picnic has been identified. Fausto Berrezueta Morquecho, of Parsippany, was swimming with family in the Delaware River Water Gap National Recreation Area in Bushkill on Tuesday around 4:10 p.m. when he tired while trying to swim across the river — and… Read More »
Everybody wants in on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding plans — even the rock band Foreigner. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, known for classic songs such as “Feels Like the First Time,” “Juke Box Hero” and “I Want to Know What Love Is,” is offering up their services for the upcoming nuptials.… Read More »
The Minnesota gun store that sold a firearm to the 23-year-old shooter who killed two children and wounded 21 others at a Catholic school last month says they saw no reason to refuse service to the accused murderer. “We’re still scratching our heads thinking, ‘What did we miss?’” Frontiersman Sports owner Kory Krause told The… Read More »
A man convicted of a murder he didn’t commit was released from a Minnesota prison on Thursday after spending nearly 30 years behind bars. Bryan Hooper Sr. was freed a day after District Court Judge Marta Chou vacated his first-degree murder conviction, which had been based on a false confession from a woman who has… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to let the president fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of emergency appeals over the president’s removal power. President Donald Trump moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but lower courts ordered her reinstated because… Read More »
The Giants have declined to make backup quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston available to talk football with reporters this week ahead of Sunday’s season opener at Washington, putting the team in violation of the NFL’s media policy. Starting quarterback Russell Wilson conducted a solo press conference before Wednesday’s locker room opened. But when Dart… Read More »