Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday said some of President Trump’s backers support the idea that “all Mexicans are rapists” and “all Muslims are bad.” “There are people who support the president because they like the fact that he is engaged in the politics of division,” Mr. Biden said at a virtual fundraising…
THE ESPN DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN and the Chicago Bulls debuts this week, and President DONALD TRUMP’S threat to adjourn Congress to push through stalled nominees reminds us of another Michael Jordan moment.REMEMBER THOSE MCDONALD’S COMMERCIALS where Larry Bird played Jordan in H-O-R-S-E, and he’d say, “Off the floor, off the scoreboard, off the bank…
A Yonkers Fire Department EMT wears full personal protective equipment during the coronavirus shutdown in Westchester County, New York. County leaders across the country say they need help paying for essential services as the shutdown continues. John Moore / Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Moore / Getty Images A Yonkers Fire Department EMT…
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon, an anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft, flying over the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday was intercepted by a Russian SU-35 fighter jet."The interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-35 conducting a high-speed, inverted maneuver, 25 [feet] directly in front of the mission aircraft, which put our pilots and…
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…