By Michael Gold New York City is launching a new program to provide funding to artists for public works, an effort to lend financial support to artists whose income plummeted during the pandemic and who have clamored for government relief, officials announced on Thursday. The program, the City Artist Corps, will give money to artists, […]
It was a heart-rending killing in a summer of overwhelming grief: Davell Gardner, a 1-year-old boy sitting in his stroller last July during a nighttime barbecue in Brooklyn, was shot in the stomach after two gunmen hopped out of an SUV and opened fire on the gathering. Davell died at 2:30 the next morning and […]
After spending the weekend away, Cinda Mickols returned to her California house on Monday and found some unexpected visitors. At least 13 condors had made themselves at home on the deck of her house outside the city of Tehachapi in Southern California — and there were several more on the roof. “When I arrived home […]
SpaceX has finally nailed a test flight of the rocket ship that tech billionaire Elon Musk wants to use to send people to Mars. Four previous test flights ended in explosions but the upgraded Starship went vertical just in time for landing on Wednesday, having soared more than its planned maximum altitude of six miles […]
James R. Serritella, a lapsed seminarian who as counsel to four cardinals overseeing the Archdiocese of Chicago encouraged them and eventually the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to bar priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children, died on April 23 in Chicago. He was 78. His death, in a hospital, was announced by Cardinal Blase […]
The police in Colorado arrested seven people last week after finding a body, believed to be the leader of a controversial religious group, that was mummified, wrapped in Christmas lights and set up as “some type of shrine,” according to an arrest affidavit. The body was found at a home in Saguache County after the […]
A high school student and her mother who allegedly hacked into the school district’s computer system to rig the homecoming queen vote in her favor are now facing time behind bars. Emily Rose Grover, 18, and her mom Laura Rose Carroll, 50, could both serve up to 16 years in prison for trying to influence […]
Two popular Peloton exercise machines have been recalled after one child death and 70 injuries. Peloton and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced in a press release on Wednesday morning that customers who have the Peloton Tread or the Peloton Tread+ should stop using them immediately. Customers are encouraged to contact Peloton for […]
A Texas lawyer known as the D.W.I. Dude for specializing in defending clients charged with driving while intoxicated and drug possession was sentenced this week to more than 15 years in prison for a scheme to pocket money that Colombian cocaine traffickers had been told would go to bribe officials, federal prosecutors said. According to […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Facebook Inc’s oversight board on Wednesday (May 5) upheld the company’s suspension of former US President Donald Trump but gave the company six months to determine a “proportionate response” going forward, a verdict that may chart how social media will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future. The company inappropriately imposed an indeterminate […]