Federal takeover being considered at Rikers jail complex
Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After years of failed attempts to reform Rikers Island, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday will consider whether to put New York City’s sprawling and troubl…
HBO’s ‘We Own This City’ fights police corruption with truth, not slogans
Pictured: Jon Bernthal — HBO/Paul SchiraldiFans of the The Wire, buckle up. The new series We Own This City, which premiered Monday night on HBO, is almost a sequel. It comes from The Wire creator David Simon, and it’s set back in Baltimore, this time…
Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 via rapid and PCR tests on Tuesday, according to her office.
Harris, who received her second booster shot on April 1, didn’t have any immediate s…
Aspirin no longer recommended to prevent first heart attack, stroke for most adults over 60
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — For years, doctors recommended people in their 50s start taking baby aspirin every day to protect against heart attacks and stroke. But in recent years, with new evidence of the possible harm of daily aspirin, hea…
‘Rust’ movie set investigation ‘nearing completion,’ Santa Fe sheriff says
Sam Wasson/Getty Images(SANTA FE, N.M.) — The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department’s investigation into the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust is “nearing completion,” Adan Mendoza, the Santa Fe County sheriff, said in an in…
James Gunn fires back at Twitter troll’s “utterly false beliefs” about Chris Pratt
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(NOTE LANGUAGE) James Gunn is a “ride or die” guy with Chris Pratt.
On Monday, a Twitter user called @themeghanlodon_ posted a photo of Pratt next to Moonfall actor Patrick Wilson, snarking “Marvel. Hear me out. Just… rep…
Seeds, sawmills at center of effort to save California forests and restore burned communities
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(GREENVILLE, Calif.) — From seed to sawmill, residents from Greenville, California, are pulling up their sleeves to rebuild their community after it was turned into ashes by the Dixie fire in July 2021.
The community will …
Sony Pictures teases follow-up to ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’, ‘Venom 3’, and new Spidey spin-off starring Bad Bunny
Sony PicturesAt Monday night’s Cinemacon event in Las Vegas, the annual confab for movie theater owners, Sony Pictures announced there will be a fifth Ghostbusters movie, as well as a third Venom film, and — reaction to Mobius be damned — another Spi…
Fight for Melissa Lucio’s exoneration continues after stay of execution granted
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Melissa Lucio was first sentenced to death in 2008 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez. After nearly 15 years on death row in Texas, Lucio was granted a stay of her scheduled April 27 exe…
Twitter board accepts offer from Elon Musk to purchase the platform for $44 billion
The board of social media platform Twitter announced on Monday it has accepted a $44 billion offer from SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to purchase the company and make it private. The company said that under