• A scientist who works on AI was called 'racist' for 'fixing' black Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid'

    A scientist who works on AI was called 'racist' for 'fixing' black Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid'

    After an AI scientist 'whitewashed' actress Halle Bailey in 'The Little Mermaid' trailer, Twitter said that two users could no longer be part of their world.
  • ‘Special’ Islanders built for the NHL playoff grind

    ‘Special’ Islanders built for the NHL playoff grind

    The Islanders, who scored a 5-3 series-clinching victory over the Penguins, are built to make long runs in the playoffs.
  • Josh Bailey’s fluky 2OT goal gives Islanders series lead

    Josh Bailey’s fluky 2OT goal gives Islanders series lead

    There’s a reason why they call it the “pivotal Game 5.” And it was only fitting that one of the tightest series of the first round needed double overtime to decide it. Josh Bailey was the...
  • Islanders fall to Penguins with series knotted at one

    Islanders fall to Penguins with series knotted at one

    The Islanders suffered a 2-1 loss to the Penguins in Game 2.
  • Appeals court denies R. Kelly’s bid for freedom in sex-trafficking case

    Appeals court denies R. Kelly’s bid for freedom in sex-trafficking case

    An appeals court shot down R. Kelly’s latest bid for freedom Tuesday, ruling that a federal judge acted appropriately in denying the R&B singer’s repeated bail requests. “We perceive no clear error in the district court’s determination,” wrote the three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit. “The government has demonstrated by clear …
  • Over half of NY restaurants face closure without COVID-19 bailout

    Over half of NY restaurants face closure without COVID-19 bailout

    Nearly two-thirds of restaurants in New York State say they’ll have to shut their doors if they don’t obtain additional government relief, according to a grim survey released Thursday. The New York State Restaurant Association polled 1,042 eateries and 64 percent said they are likely to close by year’s end without help to counter a …
  • Cynthia Bailey is having ‘horrible’ quarantine sex with fiancé Mike Hill

    Cynthia Bailey is having ‘horrible’ quarantine sex with fiancé Mike Hill

    “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Cynthia Bailey recently confessed that her sex life with fiancé Mike Hill hit a slump once they decided to quarantine together in Los Angeles with their children. The couple lived under quarantine together with Cynthia’s daughter Noelle Robinson as well as Mike’s two daughters, Kayla and Ashlée Hill, making for …
  • Cynthia Bailey gained and lost 20 pounds in quarantine

    Cynthia Bailey gained and lost 20 pounds in quarantine

    Cynthia Bailey opened up about the 20-pound weight fluctuation she experienced while quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star, 53, discussed a bikini photo she posted in July, recently telling Us Weekly, “This was after I came back from Los Angeles and honestly you can’t tell so much in there, but …
  • The Bailout State Is as Old as Rome

    The Bailout State Is as Old as Rome

    More than 2,000 years before America’s bailouts and entitlement programs, the ancient Romans experimented with similar schemes. The Roman government rescued failing institutions, canceled personal debts, and spent huge sums on welfare programs. The result wasn’t pretty. Roman politicians picked winners and losers, generally favoring the politically well connected — a practice that’s central to …
  • From bailouts for the rich to stimulus for the dead, Congress has already made its incompetence clear

    From bailouts for the rich to stimulus for the dead, Congress has already made its incompetence clear

    In the United States and around the world, concern is mounting over a potential COVID-19 “second wave” as economies reopen and nominal coronavirus case numbers rise. While we don’t yet know how the virus will play out and whether this concern is warranted, one thing is certain—no matter what happens, American taxpayers shouldn’t support a …