MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary penned a blistering resignation letter Monday comparing broadcast news to a “cancer” that is stoking national division and risking people’s lives. Ms. Pekary, a producer on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” said July 24 was her last day on the job after seven years with the network, explaining that she…
CLOSE Almost a month after Fay, another tropical storm is set to impact the Northeast. AccuweatherTropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped heavy rain as it roared up the East Coast on Tuesday morning after making landfall as a hurricane Monday night near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.At least one tornado killed a person and injured several others…
Reni Santoni, an actor known for his role alongside Clint Eastwood in “Dirty Harry," has died. He was 81.Santoni died while under hospice care on Saturday in Los Angeles following years of health issues that plagued the screen and stage performer, Santoni’s close pal, TV writer-producer and musician Tracy Newman, told Fox News."He passed away on Saturday, August…
An Illinois state lawmaker and other local leaders on Sunday called on the state’s Board of Education to temporarily suspend all history teaching in schools until a new curriculum can be developed that doesn’t contribute to systemic racism and white privilege. At a press conference in Evanston, State Rep. La Shawn Ford, a Democrat, said…
CNN media pundit Brian Stelter raised eyebrows On Monday night after he said that "mostly right-wing media" is behind the growing push for Joe Biden not to debate President Trump — despite high-profile calls from The New York Times and even CNN personalities for the former vice president to skip the events.Earlier in the day, the Times sparked…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…