The Blacks in Law Enforcement of America is backing Eric Adams’ position on punitive segregation in jails. A black law enforcement organization backed Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ position on revamping solitary confinement in New York City jails amid a push by lawmakers to ban the practice. “Our elected officials cannot have it both ways; you should…Continue Reading
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the presidency said on Sunday. Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and in recent years he was hospitalized on several occasions to treat infections associated with his cancer treatment. “Ultimately,…Continue Reading
A man is under arrest for shooting his parents at their Long Island home Christmas morning. Gunshots rang out at a home on Seawane Drive in Hewlett Harbor just after 10 a.m., and investigators arrived to find a 64-year-woman shot in the head and a 65-year-old man shot in the back, according to Nassau County…Continue Reading
A Pennsylvania father and two of his sons were killed in a Christmas morning fire that was believed to have been started by lights on the family’s Christmas tree. Eric King, 41, and children Liam, 11, and Patrick, 8, died when the fast-moving blaze tore through their Quakertown home around 1:20 a.m., according to the…Continue Reading
Ready to make up some precious socializing time this holiday season? As company parties return and we charge up our small-talk batteries to reunite with friends and family members during this festive season, give yourself an extra boost of confidence by ensuring your teeth are sparkling clean. Since you’re never fully dressed with a smile,…Continue Reading
Some 300 years ago, when Londoners were railing against the city’s filthy streets and proposing ways to make them cleaner, the philosopher Bernard Mandeville did the opposite. He argued that dirty streets were a welcome sign of prosperity — “a necessary evil, inseparable from the felicity of London.” Once people “come to consider, that what…Continue Reading
My friend Dante Barksdale was murdered in January. I failed him. I failed Dante. Saying anything other than that, in any other way, would be a performance. You could call it “performative,” and you’d be right. Performative speech and acts are everywhere; I hear them, see them, witness them every day. What does it mean? I think of leaders like Republican Sen. Mitt Romney out in the…Continue Reading
Fans of gingerbread tend to divide themselves into two camps. There are those who are devoted fans of crispy and crunchy cookies, and those who swear by soft and chewy gingerbread. And while getting your cookies to the desired consistency in your home kitchen may seem like a small Christmas miracle, there are a few…Continue Reading
I remember coming home from school to the heavenly smells of my mother’s fresh baked cookies and pies most every day leading up to Christmas. She baked not only for us but also for friends, creating beautifully packaged, homemade treats that always looked as wonderful as they tasted. I remain in awe of how in an instant…Continue Reading
The main accused in the December 23 bomb blast in Punjab court was an ex-cop and had links to Khalistani elements, state’s top police chief Siddharth Chattopadhyaya said, suggesting that the attack was carried out on the behest of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI. Addressing the media for the first time after assuming charge as Punjab’s…Continue Reading