A Land Cruiser in Wadi Mukkatab, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Photo By: MyLoupe/UIG Via Getty Images There’s not much you can’t do with a Toyota Land Cruiser. However, allowing a mongoose …
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Politics
Spectrum completing fiber-optic service to rural Seminole County, provides educational grant
Spectrum is nearing completion of a broadband expansion in Seminole County, a project that also includes new funding aimed at supporting digital education. On Thursday, Spectrum officials announced a $15,000 …
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We as a species have grown far too miserable to the point where, as expected, there was considerable pearl-clutching from those watching Jefry Yan’s major league debut on Wednesday night …
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A little over a third of employers are considering Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) as a potential option for health benefits, but there are challenges to adoption, a new …
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New York City
Less Than Half of 3rd-8th Graders in NY State Are Reading Proficient, Test Scores Show
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Reading proficiency plunged across New York state last school year while math scores ticked up slightly, according to preliminary …
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Crime
2 brothers gunned down by 'ticking time bomb' neighbor while backing out of their own driveway: Police
Insets (top to bottom): Dravyn Quiroz and Maliki Perales (Facebook). Background: Doorbell camera footage of Daniel Antonio Perez after the alleged shooting (KSAT). A Texas man faces two capital murder …
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Manhattan
Harlem mother pleads for New Yorkers to help find missing autistic son: ‘I know he is suffering’
A Harlem family, community, and local activists are calling upon New Yorkers on Thursday to help search for a young autistic man missing since Monday. “Son, I love you. I …
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Sports
Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr. confident he can still produce, even if it looks a little different
Odell Beckham Jr. knows that his second stint with the New York Giants is going to look and feel different. At 33, he is looking for a semblance of stability …
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As the flu season unfolded last year, the available vaccines turned out to be mismatched to the strain that became dominant. The vaccines still offered some protection, but that protection …
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Attorneys and families of dozens of Legionnaires’ disease victims from last summer’s Harlem outbreak are suing the city and several contractors they allege failed to maintain cooling towers linked with …