On a recent weekend afternoon, Damian Biollo went to Hudson Yards with his wife to meet up with a drawing group that typically convenes in Central Park, where the mysteries of nature reveal themselves more reliably. On this day, a mall-cum-office park would dubiously provide the inspiration, but not long after they arrived, they noticed […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud are about to get the first government payouts since the con man died behind bars five months ago, with a fund set up years ago preparing to send out US$568 million (S$760 million) in reimbursement cheques. About 31,000 investors worldwide will soon get payments derived […]
The Police Department in Aurora, Colo., engaged in a pattern of racially biased policing and excessive force, according to an investigation that began after the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who was stopped by the police, put into a chokehold and injected with a powerful anesthetic. The investigation, by the Colorado […]
The Brazil Senate and Supreme Court have nullified rules that President Jair Bolsonaro issued last week banning social networks from removing what they judge to be disinformation about the coming presidential election. The dual moves by the court and by Congress late Tuesday quickly killed one of the most restrictive and intrusive internet laws imposed […]
The only exit poll from California’s recall election showed Mr. Newsom winning with an unusual coalition. In a departure from nearly every recent election, longstanding racial and ethnic divides between white voters and voters of color seemed to vanish. According to the exits, 63 percent of people of color and 60 percent of Latino voters […]
The only exit poll from California’s recall election showed Mr. Newsom winning with an unusual coalition. In a departure from nearly every recent election, longstanding racial and ethnic divides between white voters and voters of color seemed to vanish. According to the exits, 63 percent of people of color and 60 percent of Latino voters […]
American Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles teared up as she shared her story on the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In her opening statement on Wednesday, Biles, 24, said she believes Nassar abused her and other gymnasts because organizations that Congress formed to protect athletes […]
WASHINGTON – Revelations that Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Mark Milley took secret action in January to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to order a nuclear strike, and made a phone call to China to assuage its worries of being a target, are reverberating through Washington. They also raise questions as to civilian control […]
The city of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $2 million to a young Black mother after police officers smashed the windows of the sport utility vehicle she was in, yanked her out and beat her after she inadvertently found herself in a police barricade last fall, the woman’s lawyers said on Tuesday. The encounter happened […]
The coronavirus pandemic helped propel the recall attempt of Gov. Gavin Newsom to the ballot in California, and on Tuesday, his handling of the pandemic was an overriding issue as about two-thirds of voters decided he should stay in office. Across the nation’s most populous state, voters surveyed by New York Times reporters outside polling […]