‘Why do we need to rush?’ California’s Lake County may have the nation’s slowest elections department Maria Valadez would like everyone to chill out. Every election, the prickly Lake County registrar follows California’s litany of voting laws and certifies thousands of ballots by the time she is required to. And every year, people still complain. … Read more
Oh, my pod. Apple partisans who ponied up for a pair of the pricey new AirPods Max are calling the headphones a “nightmare” — blaming stubborn Bluetooth connectivity issues and short-lived functionality for their frustration. “I love Apple but the AirPods Max are the worst things I’ve ever purchased,” lamented one fan online, while another … Read more
Yep, he heard it. “Obviously,’ Sterling Shepard said. “It’s been everywhere.’’ Shepard is in contact fairly regularly with Daniel Jones but not this week, with Shepard’s new team, the Buccaneers, preparing to face his old team, the Giants. Shepard now works in Tampa but he spent the first eight NFL seasons with the Giants and he was … Read more
The Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. (Jerilee Bennett / Gazette / AP) The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse as aggrieved families looked on in court. Jon and Carie Hallford, … Read more
movie review BLITZ Running time: 120 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic elements including some racism, violence, some strong language, brief sexuality and smoking). On AppleTV+. There is an undeniably old-fashioned quality to Steve McQueen’s World War II drama “Blitz” on AppleTV+ — a rather unexpected one for the director of “12 Years A Slave” and “Shame.” … Read more
A U.S.-Canada border marker between Emerson, Manitoba, and northern Minnesota. (John Woods / Canadian Press / AP) Two men have been convicted by a Minnesota jury of charges related to human smuggling for a scheme that led to the deaths of an Indian family of four who froze while trying to cross the U.S.-Canada border … Read more
What to eat, see and do in the iconic beachfront city The Santa Monica Pier. PHOTO BY ANDREW GWIZDOWSKI/UNSPLASH Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Birthdays are always a great excuse for a vacation, and when celebrating … Read more
Scott Van Pelt does not want to hear that Diet Coke is better from cans than bottles. In response to a list of Diet Coke power rankings posted on X by this reporter from The Post, the star ESPN anchor of “Monday Night Countdown” and midnight “SportsCenter” laid down the gauntlet. This reporter ranked glass … Read more
Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images Meghan Markle and Victoria Beckham reportedly have no plans to reconcile after their fallout. Prince Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, were once close to the fashion icon, 50, and her soccer star husband, David Beckham, 49. The power couple even attended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s royal … Read more
Ramon Rivera, a suspect arrested after multiple people were stabbed early Monday, is escorted by NYPD officers at the NYPD 10th Precinct. AP New York’s criminal justice system has failed crime victims yet again — and its attorneys bear the lion’s share of the blame. Why aren’t the city’s prosecutors asking for mental competence exams … Read more