[ad_1] A former Department of Homeland Security official under President Trump told Yahoo News Friday that she is alarmed by the way the administration has ignored and even downplayed the growing threat posed by right-wing domestic terrorists, whom she said are “hands down” a far graver threat to American lives ...
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Mets' Smith hits go-ahead HR in 1st game since tearful plea
[ad_1] Dominic Smith hit the go-ahead home run in his first game since tearfully pleading for help combating racial inequality, Pete Alonso also connected and the New York Mets beat the crosstown Yankees 6-4 in the opener of a doubleheader Friday. Smith, a 25-year-old Black man, wept Wednesday night reflecting ...
Read More »Jacob Blake no longer handcuffed to hospital bed
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jacob Blake is no longer shackled to his hospital bed, as he had been following a police shooting in southeastern Wisconsin that left him paralyzed, his attorneys said Friday. Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back on ...
Read More »Bruce Smith trades barbs with NFLPA’s DeMaurice Smith on protests
[ad_1] A comment from Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians about protests against the shooting of Jacob Blake has led to a back-and-forth with NFL Players Association executive directory DeMaurice Smith. On Thursday, Arians told reporters after practice that he held a team meeting in which he challenged players ...
Read More »US Marshals find 39 missing children in Georgia during two-week sting, make nine sex trafficking arrests
[ad_1] A sting called Operation Not Forgotten netted 39 children who had been missing in Georgia This week, US Marshals revealed that over three dozen missing children were recovered in the state of Georgia during a two-week sting dubbed “Operation Not Forgotten.” READ MORE: Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend says she had ...
Read More »Yankees Takeaways from Friday’s 6-4 loss to Mets, including Chad Green’s rough sixth inning
[ad_1] The Yankees blew a 4-0 lead in their 6-4 loss to the Mets in Game 1 of Friday’s doubleheader. >> Box score Six things to know from Friday’s Game 1 1. Jordan Montgomery was locked in early against the Mets. After striking out the side in the first inning, ...
Read More »Leonard Cohen’s estate slams Republicans’ use of ‘Hallelujah’ as bid to politicize
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singer’s “Hallelujah” at the Republican National Convention (RNC), calling it a brazen attempt to politicize the song. A recording of “Hallelujah” by Tori Kelly was played ...
Read More »Follow Tiger Woods’ Friday round at the BMW Championship, shot by shot
[ad_1] Tiger Woods’ road to a record third FedEx Cup title passes through the suburbs of Chicago this week. The 15-time major champion is back in action at Olympia Fields Country Club at the BMW Championship, the second of three events in the PGA Tour’s season-ending FedEx Cup Playoffs. A ...
Read More »Kenosha police union gives its version of Blake shooting
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Kenosha police union on Friday offered the most detailed accounting to date on officers’ perspective of the moments leading up to police shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back, saying he had a knife and fought with officers, putting one of them in ...
Read More »Anthony Smith and Aleksandar Rakic go nose to nose
[ad_1] UFC on ESPN+ 33 (aka UFC Vegas 8) is set following Friday’s weigh-in at the Apex in Las Vegas. The UFC Vegas 8 fight card is topped by No. 5 ranked light heavyweight Anthony Smith vs. No. 8 ranked Aleksandar Rakic. The winner is looking to take a step ...
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