President Trump signed an executive order expanding a ban on government agencies receiving sensitivity training involving critical race theory to federal contractors. “A few weeks ago, I BANNED efforts to indoctrinate government employees with divisive and harmful sex and race-based ideologies,” the president announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “Today, I’ve expanded that ban to people...
A college professor in West Virginia has been placed on leave after telling her students that she hopes supporters of a “certain person” running for president get coronavirus “and die before the election.” Video posted on social media identifies the teacher as Jennifer Mosher, a biology professor at Marshall University who made the inflammatory comments...
After taking a beating at Winged Foot, many of the world’s top players skipped the trip to the Dominican Republic for the Corales Puntacana Resort & Golf Club Championship. The only top-10 player from last week’s U.S. Open in the field is Will Zalatoris and he is the favorite at BetMGM at 12/1. Zalatoris currently...
An attorney for suspected militia member Kyle Rittenhouse — who is accused of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin — has released a video he insisted shows the teen acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Illinois, faces six criminal counts, including first-degree intentional...
Rep. Matt Gaetz warned billionaire Michael Bloomberg that he may be facing a criminal probe for paying the outstanding fines and fees of 32,000 convicted felons in Florida so they could regain their right to vote ahead of the November election. Speaking to Fox News’ “Hannity” Tuesday evening, Gaetz (R-Fla.) said that he had spoken...
He’s large and in charge — of 40 chihuahuas. Meet Bobby Humphreys, an ex-bodybuilder and wood floor professional, who took in dozens of rescue chihuahuas after his marriage of 17 years ended. See how the big-hearted dog lover is now drowning in canine kisses as he runs the nonprofit Big Guy, Littles World Sanctuary out...
The House on Monday passed a bill that would ban discrimination that stems from race-based hairstyles. The legislation, called the CROWN Act, would apply in part to situations in employment, housing and federally funded programs. Rep. Ilhan Omar celebrated the bill’s passage in a Monday tweet. “For far too long, Black women have been penalized...
SEATTLE — Seattle will reduce the police department’s budget and reallocate some money to community programs after the City Council voted Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s vetoes of adjustments to this year’s budget. The council’s proposals approved last month were supported by demonstrators who have marched in the city for months following the...
A Florida high school has reportedly prohibited their football team from waving pro-police flags during pre-game ceremonies after critics said the display is racist. Players on the Fletcher High School football team had been running onto the field with the “thin blue line” flag since last year to honor one of the player’s late father,...
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of his younger brother, according to Tucson police. They said the shooting occurred last Saturday night in an apartment on the city’s south side. The 13-year-old victim and his older brother were alone in a bedroom when the gun was...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jamal Murray had 28 points, 12 assists and two late 3-pointers to halt a Lakers charge, helping the Denver Nuggets to a 114-106 victory Tuesday night that cut Los Angeles’ lead to 2-1 in the Western Conference finals. The Nuggets lost almost all of a 20-point lead in the fourth...
After being elevated to the major leagues in the afternoon, reliever Tyler Lyons was called into Tuesday night’s 12-1 win over the Blue Jays to start the bottom of the eighth inning. The umpires, however, removed him before he could throw a pitch because his name wasn’t on the lineup card the umpires were working...
Michael Conforto missed a second straight start Tuesday night, but he was considered to be available coming off the bench, which represented an upgrade from a day earlier. The outfielder sat again because of left hamstring discomfort. Conforto incurred the injury Sunday in right field while chasing a ball hit by the Braves’ Marcell Ozuna...
The federal government on Tuesday executed a former soldier who claimed his belief in witchcraft led him to rape and murder a Georgia nurse he thought had cursed him. William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m. via lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana — the same facility where...
Next up for Aaron Judge is turning singles into home runs. In his fifth game back from a calf injury and the injured list, Judge had three singles, scored from first on a triple, touched home plate three times and drove in a run to help the Yankees destroy the Blue Jays, 12-1, on Tuesday...
The last of three convicted Black Revolutionary Army members behind bars for murdering two NYPD cops nearly 50 years ago is set to be freed on parole in October, police union officials said Tuesday. Anthony Bottom, who has spent more than 43 years in prison for his role in the assassinations of Officers Joseph Piagentini...
President Trump on Tuesday slammed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for changing his positions on fracking and trade during a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. Trump told a Pittsburgh crowd that Biden flip-flopped on fracking for oil and natural gas after promising to eliminate fossil fuels and prohibit “new fracking” — which he recently walked back....
BUFFALO — Ten straight wins begat two straight losses, bad ones, and surely part of you feared the Yankees were headed straight back into the tailspin from whence they came. So on Tuesday afternoon, YES’ Meredith Marakovits asked Aaron Boone how his team would try to rebound, to revert back to their best selves, with...
A cult leader who bills himself as the reincarnation of Jesus has reportedly been arrested in Russia. Sergei Torop, 59, will face charges for organizing an illegal religion and extorting money from his cult’s members, whom he allegedly emotionally abused, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Russia’s federal security forces conducted a special operation involving helicopters and...
That should calm down the neurotic Yankee fans. After two straight noncompetitive losses and slipping behind the Twins in the race for the best record among second-place teams in AL, the Yankees restored order to their chaotic universe with a 12-1 drubbing of the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Sahlen Field in Buffalo. No...
The debate over whether Seth Lugo belongs in the rotation or bullpen will likely continue until the right-hander develops the kind of consistency in his newest role that he displayed in his last one. Previously a top Mets reliever, Lugo showed resiliency Tuesday night with recovery from a shellacking last week in Philadelphia that could...
Six Big Apple neighborhoods now account for 20 percent of all coronavirus cases citywide — part of a local surge in the global pandemic that includes a stretch of southern Brooklyn dubbed the “Ocean Parkway Cluster,” health officials said Tuesday. The cluster, along the thoroughfare in Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst, reported a 4.7 percent...
With his refusal to crack down on crime and inability to get schools and restaurants fully opened, Mayor de Blasio has reached new depths of incompetence at exactly the wrong time. It’s one thing to be a dud when there is room for error, but this is an emergency, and the future of New York...
The national Society of Professional Journalists has elected its first-ever Latina president following a contentious race. Rebecca Aguilar, a seven-time Emmy Award-winning TV reporter out of Dallas, is the new president-elect, pulling in 62.3 percent of the vote and defeating Susan Kopen Katcef, a retired journalism lecturer and freelance reporter at Maryland Public Television, who...
The Giants may have lost their All-Pro running back, but now they have a two-time Pro Bowler to replace him. With Saquon Barkley out for the season with a torn ACL, free agent Devonta Freeman chose a starting role over more money in signing a one-year deal with the Giants worth up to $3 million,...