Miller Sanford WASHINGTON — The federal government spent up to $267 million of your money to study and counteract so-called “misinformation” since President Biden took office in January 2021 — as President-elect Donald Trump vows to bar official use of the term. The funds doled out to universities, nonprofits and private companies spiked from $2.2 million in … Read more
All of your questions about the ‘Wicked’ movie, answered This article contains spoilers for the movie “Wicked.” “To be continued.” “Wicked” ends with these three words, leaving audiences to wait a year for resolution. And with a projected opening weekend domestic box office haul of $120 million, that adds up to quite a bit of … Read more
A Portland woman told a group of homeless men she suspected of stealing her phone that she had no problem with them ripping off “rich scum’’ — just not her, new video shows. The woman — taking a page out of the city’s left-wing activist playbook — was seen in the X footage Thursday pleading … Read more
Ice-T fronts his hybrid hip-hop metal band Body Count. Their new album, “Merciless,” is out Friday. (Alex Solca) “You don’t know, me fool / You disown me, cool,” Ice-T snarls in the 1988 hip-hop gang treatise “Colors.” The Afrika Islam-produced cut, the title track from the film of the same name, boosted the Jersey-born, then-L.A.-dweller … Read more
It wasn’t a chokehold that killed Jordan Neely. That was the testimony of forensic pathologist Dr. Satish Chundru for the defense — and he was pretty damn convincing. Or at least effective at sowing reasonable doubt that Daniel Penny’s maneuver caused Neely’s death on an uptown F train on May 1, 2023. On the stand, … Read more
Clarke Peters, standing, and Jonas Dassler, right, in the movie “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” (Angel Studios) For filmmakers with points to make about good versus evil (and not necessarily subtle ones), World War II would seem a safe space. Take the shortened life of anti-Nazi German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a voice against intolerance who worked … Read more
Stand clear of the defective doors, please. Faulty doors in six subway different trains — along with a cluster of other unrelated mechanical, signal and passenger issues — caused a collective commuting headache for straphangers on a cold, wet Friday morning. Delays hit 16 of New York City’s 25 subway routes during the morning rush … Read more
Braulio Castellanos died last week of stomach cancer. He was granted compassionate release last month after spending 35 years behind bars for two murders. (CDCR) From his prison cell, the older man with cancer in his stomach wrote down instructions to ensure his gang would not die with him. “Choose four representatives. Two youngsters and … Read more
Even in the absence of direct cuts to services, health-care managers have expressed concern that any dramatic reduction in spending would inevitably result in problems with access. Santé Québec has ordered hospitals and other facilities to chop nearly $1.5 billion from their budgets in the coming months.Photo by John Mahoney /Gazette files Santé Québec is … Read more
“We’re looking forward to playing really good football against a quality opponent,” says Rouge et Or head coach Glen Constantin. Laval University Rouge et Or Angel Vital raises the cup at the Dunsmore Cup provincial final game on Saturday, Nov. 9, in Quebec City. Laval won 22-17 over the Montréal Carabins.Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The … Read more