Domestic Glance
Suddenly inspired to do something brash about a bitter mass transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge not far from his City Hall office to encourage commuters who were forced to walk to work instead of jumping aboard subway trains and buses.
Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88
Washington's NFL franchise to drop team name and logo after 87 years
"NEVER," Snyder said at the time. "You can use caps."
Now, it appears "NEVER" has arrived.
In a monumental and long-awaited move, Washington's NFL franchise announced Monday it will drop its polarizing team name and logo at the conclusion of an ongoing review. The franchise did not immediately announce a new name for its team, or when it will finalize its new branding.
"Dan Snyder and Coach (Ron) Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years," the team said in a statement.
Naya Rivera: Is she latest victim of 'curse' of beloved TV musical series 'Glee'?
If you believe in curses then you've got to be wondering if there's a hex on the beloved TV musical series "Glee," staggered over the years by untimely deaths of its cast and crew. Now comes the latest tragedy: the presumed drowning of Naya Rivera.
Investigators continued their search and recovery efforts for Rivera, 33, best known as the snarky Santana Lopez on the show, Thursday at a reservoir 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles in the Los Padres National Forest by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
Rivera disappeared in the waters of Lake Piru on Wednesday after she and her 4-year-old son, Josey Dorsey, rented a pontoon boat at the popular recreational destination, said Capt. Eric Buschow, a spokesman for the sheriff's office. Authorities also said Rivera had been to the lake in the past.
Mississippi lawmakers clear path to remove Confederate emblem from state flag
Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem condemned as racist.
The flag’s supporters have resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in the state, which has a long history of systemic racism and saw more lynchings of African Americans than any other state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
As protests against racial injustice recently spread across the US, including Mississippi, leaders from business, religion, education and sports have spoken forcefully against the state flag. They have urged legislators to ditch the 126-year-old banner for one that better reflects the diversity of a state with a 38% Black population.
Town reeling after gas station clerk set on fire, killed
Shortly before 7 p.m. PT, a man dressed in yellow rain gear, a black hood pulled over his head and black gloves on his hands, walked into the gas station, sprayed a flammable liquid around the store and on the likable clerk behind the counter, lit the fluid on fire, and rode off into the night on a black bicycle.
The deadly exchange — only 15 seconds long — was caught on videotape. "He literally walked in and walked back out, in a hurried motion," Lt. Troy Clegg of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
When authorities arrived shortly after calls came in about the gas station in Highway 299 being on fire, they found 54-year-old David Wicks badly burned.
Florida reports more than 4,000 coronavirus cases, another single-day record
Florida on Saturday announced that 4,049 people had tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, setting another single-day record as the state continues to see a spike in numbers.
Friday's rise brings the total number of cases in the state to nearly 94,000, and more than 3,100 people have died from the virus in the Sunshine State.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has attributed the rise to increased testing in the state, but Florida isn't the only state to see a record number of daily cases this week.
Deputies kill half-brother of black man found hanged in park
The half-brother of a black man found hanged in a Southern California park was killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies Wednesday after, they say, he opened fire on them. The shots were fired shortly after 4:30 p.m. in the Kern County community of Rosamond, just north of the Los Angeles County border in the Antelope Valley, Sheriff's Department officials said. It's 80 miles north of downtown L.A.
Detectives with the sheriff's Major Crimes Unit were tracking a man who was wanted for kidnapping, spousal assault and assault with a deadly weapon but when they tried to stop his car, he opened the door and began shooting, authorities said.
Deputies shot and killed the man. A woman in the car was wounded in the chest and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening while a 7-year-old girl in the car wasn't hurt, sheriff's officials said.
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