Why are Giants preventing Dart, Winston from talking to media?

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 »

Elon Musk not invited to White House meeting of AI tech giants

Elon Musk reportedly wasn’t on the invite list asking tech world CEOs to discuss “artificial intelligence education” at the White House on Thursday. President Trump plans to dine in the newly renovated Rose Garden with more than a dozen pioneering AI executives, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta CEO Mark… Read More »

At least 16 dead in Lisbon streetcar crash

At least 16 people are dead and 21 others injured when a popular streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. The streetcar, which is one of the capital city’s big tourist attractions, crashed during evening rush hour around 6 p.m. Armando Franca/AP People look at a tourist streetcar derailed and… Read More »

Texas bill to limit abortion pill access passes state legislature

Texas lawmakers passed a bill designed to limit access to abortion pills in the state on Wednesday, with hopes of creating a nationwide template to limit medication abortions. The bill, designated as HB7, allows private citizens to sue abortion pill manufacturers, doctors who prescribe them and anyone who transports or mails the pills into the… Read More »

NY prisoner who strangled woman charged with killing cellmate

A New York man serving time for fatally strangling a 32-year-old mother is now charged with killing his prison cellmate. Kevin Farley, 42, of Canastota, was indicted Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, court records show. Farley is accused of strangling 40-year-old Adam Lafferty to… Read More »

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani dead at 91

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, has died, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91. Armani died at home, the fashion house said. Armani, one of the most recognizable names and faces in the global fashion industry, missed… Read More »

NFL Week 1 Thursday Night Bettors Guide: Cowboys at Eagles

COWBOYS at EAGLES Thursday, 8:20 p.m., Eagles by 7 ½, 46 ½ HANK’S HONEYS: The defending Super Bowl champs figure to be whooping up against a Cowboys team under new coach Brian Schottenheimer and without stud defender Micah Parsons. Philly outscored the Boys, 75-13, in the two meetings last season, and with Dallas in rebuilding mode,… Read More »

September 4, the 1949 Peekskill Riots

Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2025. There are 118 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers. Also on this date: In 1781,… Read More »

Learning first, minus smartphones – New York Daily News

Today’s first day back in school for New York City public school kids is always a happy one to see friends again and a sad one to be leaving behind summer break, but today’s first day is the first day without any smartphones or other distracting electronic devices. Kids may be sad at first without… Read More »