Back With A Bang New York City Pulls Off Long-Awaited Macy’s Fireworks Show After a year of COVID-19 lockdowns, the city held a big Fourth of July celebration on Sunday — the annual Macy’s fireworks show, which organizers say was the city’s first large-scale public event, helping kick off summer and a full reopening. As […]
On July 4th thousands in D.C. celebrate a nearly normal Independence Day Thousands of Americans poured into the nation’s capital Sunday, welcomed beneath a firework-lit sky by a city eager to host an Independence Day that resembled some version of a normal one. In a moment when the pandemic is finally easing, the day began […]
Happy 4th of July America Stop letting polarization kill you As the nation celebrate its 245th birthday, it is increasingly and depressingly clear that America is becoming two very different countries: a blue one and a red one, with little in shared identity and vastly different health and economic outcomes. The cleavages in American society […]
The 13 Most Patriotic Sports Moments in America The United States celebrates another anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On July 4 is the biggest party of the North American country and in honor of the independence of the 13 colonies, we present 13 times when sports and patriotism joined and are, […]
NYC federal prosecutors slam column by Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer comparing her to Bill Cosby Federal prosecutors were miffed by a column in the New York Daily News written by Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney, comparing his client’s criminal case to Bill Cosby’s, a new court filing shows. Prosecutors asked a judge to remind the lawyer, David Oscar […]
‘Tex’ McIver is denied bid for new trial in wife’s killing A Fulton County judge on Friday rejected Claude “Tex” McIver’s request for a new trial for the September 2016 killing of his wife Diane. “This court’s conscience approves this verdict,” Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in an 18-page order. The judge’s ruling sets […]
Susan Tompor I Bonds are suddenly hot as inflation heats up What to know Sure, you can grumble about gas prices soaring well above $3 a gallon at the pump, the sky-high costs for booking a rental car and the price of remodeling a kitchen. Or you can consider where to make some good money […]
Disney sued by insurer in Hollywood’s latest COVID-19 coverage dispute Walt Disney Co. is facing a lawsuit from an insurance company that does not want to pay out coverage for certain delays of film and TV productions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. on Thursday filed a complaint with Los Angeles Superior […]
Julianne Moore People need to stop telling others to ‘age gracefully’ Julianne Moore wants people to stop using the term “aging gracefully”. The 60-year-old actress has slammed the popular statement as “totally sexist”, because it’s often used to make women feel as though getting older has to be a “negative thing”. She said: “There’s so […]
Chicago’s minimum wage is now $15 per hour. Here’s what to know Chicago’s minimum wage is now at $15 per hour, four years before the state is set to reach that bench mark. Groups like Fight for $15 have been lobbying for those increases for years, and a handful of large retailers have already boosted […]