| 04.10.2023 11:40
Jordan Montgomery is the epitome of an October gone horribly wrong
Instead of watching Aaron Judge and the Yankees looking to avenge last year's ALCS ouster or the Mets hoping to give owner Steve Cohen his money's worth for his record-setting payroll, both teams got a head start on planning for 2024 . Hopefully next year's blueprints don't include selling - or bei...
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| 04.10.2023 05:00
Josh Hart ready to power up his game as Knicks' backup four
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Josh Hart is only 6-feet-4 but is comfortable fighting in the paint with giants, a task he'll be required to undertake as the Knicks' backup power forward. It's a big reason why the Knicks never replaced Obi Toppin, believing Hart brings enough experience and rebounding prowess t...
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| 04.10.2023 04:13
McCarthy-connected PACs dropped millions on Republicans who booted him from speakership
Political action groups affiliated with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy shelled out millions - to support the same Republicans who ousted him Tuesday . Just last year, the California congressman's affiliated leadership PAC contributed close to $100,000 between eight Congress members that voted...
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| 04.10.2023 04:00
Hitman who killed minister's wife objects to being new execution 'guinea pig' after failed lethal injection
Kenneth Smith would be the first man executed via nitrogen hypoxia, but his attorneys say he should be spared the 'experimental' method. An Alabama death row inmate who beat a minister's wife to death for a $1,000 payout and survived lethal injection last year is fighting the state's decision to ki...
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| 04.10.2023 03:53
Tiger King' star Doc Antle banned from dealing exotic animals, must pay $10K after sentencing
"Tiger King" star Bhagavan Antle - better known on the show as "Doc Antle" - must paw over thousands of dollars and stay away from exotic animals after he was sentenced Tuesday for illegally purchasing endangered lion cubs in Virginia. Antle was convicted by a jury in June of two counts of wildlife...
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| 04.10.2023 01:28
Students being placed into advanced math classes based off standardized test scores, not grades
DALLAS (AP) - When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. "I didn't know 'honors' even existed," he said. Tha was little when his family immigrated from Myanmar and, for much of his time in Dallas schools, he t...
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| 04.10.2023 01:12
RJ Luis to miss time early in St. John's injury blow
Rick Pitino received his first dose of bad news as St. John's coach on Tuesday. Talented wing RJ Luis will be out for the early part of the season with a broken left hand, the Hall of Fame coach confirmed to The Post. The 6-foot-7 Luis, a UMass transfer , suffered the injury during Sunday's open pr...
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| 03.10.2023 21:02
McCarthy Is Ousted as Speaker, Leaving the House in Chaos
The House voted on Tuesday to oust Representative Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, a move without precedent that left the chamber without a leader and plunged it into chaos. After a far-right challenge to Mr. McCarthy's leadership, eight G.O.P. hard-liners joined Democrats to strip the Californ...
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| 03.10.2023 17:31
On Senate Choice, Newsom Was in a Box of His Own Making
The question came from out of the blue in 2021, as Gov. Gavin Newsom of California was on television, fending off a campaign to recall him. If Senator Dianne Feinstein left office before the end of her term, Joy Reid of MSNBC wanted to know, would the governor rectify a glaring gap in representatio...
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| 03.10.2023 14:07
The alarming surge of home title theft and how to protect your property
How to stop this silent criminal attack to your home and money. Home sweet home is a sentiment many of us cherish. Yet, imagine brewing your morning coffee only to discover that your beloved abode isn't yours anymore. No, we're not scripting a new "Twilight Zone" episode. This scenario captures the...
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| 03.10.2023 12:32
Joey Fatone: *NSYNC traded ‘sex, drugs, and rock and roll' for chats about air fryers
Baby, fry, fry, fry. *NSYNC recently reunited to release their first song in more than two decades, "Better Place ," and now, Joey Fatone is revealing how the 2000's heartthrobs have transformed into esteemed gentlemen. "There's more depth to the conversation. Let's go there," Fatone, 46, told The...
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| 03.10.2023 07:18
Widower reaches tentative settlement with 2 bars he says overserved driver accused of killing his new bride
Two bars accused of overserving a woman who authorities say drunkenly hit a golf cart carrying a newlywed couple away from their reception, killing the bride , have reached a tentative settlement with the groom , who was seriously injured. The Drop In Bar & Deli and The Crab Shack have agreed to pa...
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| 03.10.2023 06:39
Powerball jackpot soars to $1.2B - the largest of 2023 - after no winners in Monday night's drawing
The Powerball jackpot continues to rise after no tickets matched all six numbers Monday night to claim the $1.07 billion grand prize. The massive jackpot now sits at an estimated $1.2 billion - with a one-time cash payout option of $551.7 million - ahead of Wednesday night's drawing. It is the thir...
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| 03.10.2023 00:24
Powerball jackpot hits $1.2 billion after no winners Monday
The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.2 billion after nobody matched all six numbers in Monday's drawing. Monday's winning numbers were 12, 26, 27, 43, 47 and a Powerball of 5. Although there were no jackpot winners, one ticket in Delaware and another in Michigan matched the first five...
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| 02.10.2023 21:12
The simple Tom Thibodeau approach that offers the most Knicks hope
Tom Thibodeau turned 65 in January, an age when a man can look back, if he chooses, on the vast plane of his life and, if he chooses, opt to allow whatever successes he's already achieved serve as the pillars of his legacy. Thibodeau could do that. He's coached 834 games in the NBA across 11 season...
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| 02.10.2023 20:53
Federal court rules against ACLU, lets South Carolina continue working with faith-based foster care agencies
Court rules South Carolina can partner with private religious agencies. A federal court ruled in two cases Friday that religious foster agencies in South Carolina could remain open and continue their work partnering with the state to serve children in need. In Rogers v. Health and Human Services an...
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| 02.10.2023 19:02
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign asks RNC to change third debate rules
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign has lobbied the Republican National Committee (RNC) to change the rules of the third Republican primary debate , which will take place in Miami on Nov. 8. Ramaswamy is asking the party to allow only the top four candidates in national pol...
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| 02.10.2023 14:07
Knicks going back to no ‘BS' approach with training camp plan
It was the first day of training camp for the Knicks, the very first time Pat Riley led a session in Charleston. Anthony Mason and Xavier McDaniel, two massive humans with chips permanently attached to their shoulders, got feisty during a box-out drill and engaged in a one-on-one brawl. Punches wer...
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| 02.10.2023 14:00
If you want to fix foster care, here's where to start
Most Americans don't understand the pressure the border crisis puts on our foster-care system. It's not a partisan statement to say our immigration system is broken . Republican presidential candidates from Donald Trump to Ron DeSantis to Will Hurd are calling for major reforms to stem the flood of...
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| 02.10.2023 12:32
Trump says he would prefer to die by electrocution in bizarre campaign rant
Former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination delivered the odd remarks during a speech in Iowa. Faced with a litany of criminal charges, Donald Trump on Sunday told a campaign rally in Iowa that he would prefer to die by electrocution rather than be eaten by a shark if he eve...
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| 02.10.2023 12:22
Here's how much pizza the average person eats in one year
How much pizza do you estimate you can eat? The average American reveals they eat enough pizza per year to stuff a full-sized suitcase with cheesy 'za. A state-by-state poll of 5,000 US adults found the average person can eat over half (five slices) of an entire pizza by themselves in a single sitt...
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| 02.10.2023 10:55
Coast Guard: Reported California shark attack prompts search for missing swimmer
Swimmer vanishes along Wildcat Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore. The U.S. Coast Guard is among the agencies searching Monday for a missing swimmer off a beach in California following a reported shark attack near San Francisco. Coast Guard San Francisco Public Information Officer Grace Patton...
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| 02.10.2023 05:00
Supreme Court cases in new term pose a multi-front challenge to the unaccountable administrative state
The Supreme Court enters this new term after a torrent of abuse and bullying campaigns. The Supreme Court can look forward to a slower pace this term after consecutive blockbuster terms, but that's not to say that it won't hear cases with significant impacts. The major cases the court has agreed to...
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| 02.10.2023 05:00
What Haley Is Doing Right and Christie Needs to Do, According to New Hampshire's Governor
We saw a crowded Republican debate stage of seven candidates last Wednesday night - the kind of big field that worries New Hampshire's governor, Chris Sununu, who has argued that candidates need to drop out if one or two strong rivals emerge to stop former President Donald Trump from winning the G....
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| 02.10.2023 05:00
My Fellow Republicans: It's Time to Grow Up
Extremists in my party have threatened to try and remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy for relying on the votes of Democrats to keep the government open. Some of them appear to be authoritarian separatists who reject pluralism - a founding American principle that expects disparate groups to come together...
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| 01.10.2023 22:58
AOC defends Rep. Bowman's fire alarm incident, criticizes GOP's support for opponent
In a surprising turn of events, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, caused quite a stir on Saturday when he pulled a fire alarm in a congressional office building while lawmakers were voting on a bill to avoid a government shutdown. Bowman's intention behind pulling the alarm was to open...
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| 01.10.2023 18:42
Ron DeSantis turns focus to Trump, Iowa after second Republican debate
Following last week's rough-and-tumble Republican primary debate , the campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has opted to pass on attacking the other GOP candidates in the field - instead zeroing in on overhauling former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses. While national and state...
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| 01.10.2023 16:46
Flaws put Georgia's three-peat hopes in grave danger
Winning matters, even if those wins are unimpressive. Let's start there when discussing Georgia's uneven start to the season. The Bulldogs have now won 22 straight games, and this team has five of those victories. That can't be forgotten or dismissed. But, through five games, this isn't the same Ge...
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| 01.10.2023 14:43
Tennessee receiver Bru McCoy hospitalized after gruesome leg injury
Bru McCoy's reaction said enough. The Tennessee wide receiver suffered a gruesome leg injury during the team's 41-20 win over South Carolina on Saturday, providing a terrifying scene at Neyland Stadium. He caught a short pass from quarterback Joe Milton before turning upfield, and his right leg ben...
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| 01.10.2023 05:00
A Battered Supreme Court Returns to Confront a Challenging Docket
When the Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday, it will face a docket filled with unfinished business. The justices will revisit issues like gun rights, government power, race and free speech even as they are shadowed by intense scrutiny of their conduct off the bench. In the coming months,...
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| 01.10.2023 00:19
Nikki Haley Won the Debate Stage. Now, She's Trying to Win Over Iowa.
About 15 minutes after Nikki Haley took the stage at a town hall in a Des Moines suburb on Saturday, the former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations, was heckled - twice - by men demanding to know her views on Taylor Swift. Members of the crowd booed, and both questioners...
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| 30.09.2023 12:00
College football Week 5 predictions: Colorado vs. USC, more picks vs. spread
The only three college football coaches in the country (Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney) who have a higher salary than Lincoln Riley have won multiple national championships. The only three coaches in college football history (Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Urban Meyer) with a better career win p...
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| 30.09.2023 11:51
Supreme Court to hear cases on agency power, guns and online speech in new term
Washington - The Supreme Court will convene Monday to start a new term after a summer recess throughout which questions swirled about the justices' adherence to ethics principles. On the docket for the justices in the upcoming term, which runs through June 2024, are cases involving the First Amendm...
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| 30.09.2023 07:00
Trump's G.O.P. Rivals Must Unite or Die. (They'll Probably Still Die.)
I'm not sure that an assembly of presidential candidates have ever given off stronger loser vibes, if I may use a word favored by the 45th president of the United States, than the Republicans who debated at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library this week. A snap 538/Washington Post/Ipsos poll and...
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| 30.09.2023 04:00
Trump, DeSantis supporters battle for California's presidential delegates: 'Rig it for him'
Trump, DeSantis, Scott, and Ramaswamy make their pitch to Golden State conservatives this weekend amid a battle over the state GOP's delegate rules. LOS ANGELES - The road to the 2024 Republican presidential nomination run through deep blue California this week - and not just because of Wednesday's...
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| 29.09.2023 20:42
US presidential race: what are the key dates?
Nine main Republican candidates are jostling to be their party's presidential nominee in the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces two long-shot challenges for the Democratic nomination. Here is a timeline of events between now and Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024. 2023 Oct. 15: Federal Electi...
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| 29.09.2023 18:22
Trump suggests shooting shoplifters during California GOP speech
'There must be retribution for theft,' Trump said. Former President Trump said he would use "federal law enforcement assets" to prevent shoplifting and theft during a California GOP speech on Friday. Trump addressed the California GOP during a Friday luncheon where he discussed ideas to restore law...
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| 29.09.2023 16:40
Dianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics
Read the latest updates about Senator Dianne Feinstein's death and her possible replacement here . Dianne Feinstein, the grande dame of California Democrats who became the mayor of San Francisco after a horrific double assassination at City Hall in 1978 and then gained national stature as an influe...
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| 29.09.2023 15:49
Man wanted for child sex abuse charges fatally shoots himself after injuring US marshals during arrest attempt
US Marshals conducting arrest operation at extended stay hotel near Columbia when gunfire erupted. A man wanted by police for child sex abuse crimes shot and killed himself Friday after wounding two federal marshals trying to arrest him at a South Carolina hotel , investigators said. A special team...
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| 29.09.2023 14:36
States with the highest STD rates revealed: ‘Out of control' epidemic
The US is in the midst of an "out of control" STD epidemic, with cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia on the rise nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says gonorrhea cases spiked by 28% across the country in 2021, while total syphilis cases soared by a staggering 74%. Ho...
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| 29.09.2023 13:59
Republican presidential candidates use TikTok and Taylor Swift to compete for young voters
By 2024, Gen-Z and millennials - anyone born between 1981 and 2012 - will likely make up about 49% of the voting population. Young voters historically lean toward Democrats , but Republican presidential candidates have been trying to make inroads ahead of next year's GOP primaries. Biotech CEO Vive...
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| 29.09.2023 13:58
Reaction to Democratic U.S. Senator Feinstein's death
Long-serving U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, has died at 90, a source familiar with the news said on Friday, although Feinstein's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Following are some quotes from current and former members of Congress following her re...
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| 29.09.2023 13:52
New Tim Scott ad says Biden ‘caved' to China, ‘sold out' US workers
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott is hitting President Biden over his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and vowing to stop borrowing from Beijing in a new ad being released in Iowa. "For too long, politicians like Joe Biden have caved to China and sold out American workers," the...
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| 29.09.2023 11:02
From Harvey Milk's Side to the Senate: 9 Key Moments in Dianne Feinstein's Career
For generations, she was an iconic American political figure - a leader on issues from the environment to assault-style weapons, the longest-serving senator ever to represent California, the first woman to make it to the top of San Francisco's political system, catapulted there after a still-shocki...
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| 29.09.2023 10:12
2024 rivals Trump, DeSantis to court Republican activists in California
Presidential rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis will court Republicans on Friday in California, a glittering prize in the race for the party's 2024 nomination and home to many wealthy donors. Trump, the former president and runaway frontrunner to be the party's nominee in the November 2024 genera...
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| 29.09.2023 10:00
How to watch Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs game
The Alabama Crimson Tide are packing up for their first SEC road game of the 2023 NCAA college football season when they face the Mississippi State Bulldogs this Saturday. Coming off a Week 4 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels, a strong second half surged the Tide forward thanks to the team's strong...
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| 29.09.2023 09:54
Biden Administration to Offer Fewest Offshore Oil and Gas Leases in History
The Biden administration announced Friday it would lease a handful of spots in the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies for drilling over the next five years, a move that is likely to anger both climate activists and the fossil fuel industry. The administration said oil and gas companies would be able t...
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| 29.09.2023 03:35
9.5 million viewers tuned into second GOP debate - most-watched program on cable Wednesday
Nearly 9.5 million viewers tuned in to Wednesday's second Republican presidential primary debate, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. The two-hour event, moderated by Fox Business Network's Stuart Varney, Fox News Channel's Dana Perino and Univision's Ilia Calderon, was the most-watched...
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| 29.09.2023
Trump still favorite after skipping GOP debate despite fraud charges: poll
Former President Donald Trump is still the top pick for the Republican presidential ticket despite skipping Wednesday's primary debate , according to a poll commissioned exclusively for The Post. The post-debate survey of 1,303 people, conducted by Leger and released Thursday, found that 62% of GOP...
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| 28.09.2023 23:01
Republican presidential hopeful DeSantis says he would sign 15-week US abortion ban
U.S. Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis would sign a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday, underlining how the Florida governor has stiffened his rhetoric on the procedure in recent weeks. DeSantis initially made the remarks during th...
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