Some of Hollywood’s most high-powered producers and agents have a pitch for Washington. Make streaming services spend half their original-content budgets buying from independent U.S. producers. Producers and talent agencies …
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Crime
Driver obliterates scooter rider, then flees to dealership where she worked to try to get car repaired: Cops
Inset: Keila Isabel Maldonado (Broward County Jail). Background: Sheridan Street near the intersection of SE 2nd Avenue in Dania Beach, Florida, where Maldonado allegedly hit a pedestrian and fled the …
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Back in the good old days of “honest graft,” William “Boss” Tweed didn’t mess around when it came to enriching himself at the expense of New York City taxpayers. Take …
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Let’s start with the obvious: Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest and most populous city, doesn’t have the best reputation. In reality, however, like most metropolises, safety comes down to common sense …
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Good Monday morning. To commemorate the opening of Early Voting across the state this week, the Florida House Republican Campaign Committee honored Norman Rockwell’s 1944 “America at the Polls” with …
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New York Knicks guard Josh Hart (3) drives against Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) during the first quarter of game three of the second round of the 2026 NBA …
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Most patients do not need to be convinced that physical activity is good for them. They have heard the message from clinicians, public health campaigns, family members, television commercials and …
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A Brutalist-style city office building in Lower Manhattan is slated for a transformation — the likes of which New York City has never seen. The city Economic Development Corporation is …
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Crime
Woman escaped boyfriend by climbing down 3rd-story balcony, only to be murdered when she returned to get her things — now he's headed to prison
Insets: Anthony Jimenez (DuPage County Jail) and Jessica Reyes (GoFundMe). Background: The 1600 block of S. Michigan Avenue in Villa Park, Illinois, where Jimenez murdered Reyes (Google Maps). An Illinois …
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Education
OPINION: In a prison writing workshop, I found refuge and a road to understanding the “untold stories” inside us
I remember the first time I walked into a prison writing workshop. The shadowed room contained little more than a dozen mismatched plastic chairs and a few warped tables. Before …