• The KKK plaque on the science building at West Point should be rethought

    The KKK plaque on the science building at West Point should be rethought

    In a new report, a Congressional panel said that West Point, a well-known military school in upstate New York, should think about taking down a plaque that honors the Ku Klux Klan.
  • The cost of a transit project in San Jose has nearly doubled

    The cost of a transit project in San Jose has nearly doubled

    Open The Books' #WasteOfTheDay A six-mile extension of San Jose's Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, was originally estimated to cost $4.7 billion but now costs $9.1 billion. Officials from the federal government are encouraging them to rethink the project because it is too pricey.
  • Maria Bartiromo says Wall Street ‘boys club’ made her NYSE gig rough at first

    Maria Bartiromo says Wall Street ‘boys club’ made her NYSE gig rough at first

    Maria Bartiromo has revealed how the Wall Street “boys club” made her life tough when she first broadcast live from the NYSE. The Fox Business vet was the first to go to Wall Street to report on TV when she was only 27 in 1995. She was among just a few women on the floor, …
  • ‘The Hills: New Beginnings’ to resume production on Season 2 this summer

    ‘The Hills: New Beginnings’ to resume production on Season 2 this summer

    “The Hills” are alive — again. Season 2 of “The Hills: New Beginnings” is set to resume filming at the end of July or in early August, an insider told Page Six on Wednesday. The returning cast was two episodes in when the coronavirus pandemic halted production in March. “Production is working with health officials in …
  • Bartolo Colon has one last Mets wish at 46 years old

    Bartolo Colon has one last Mets wish at 46 years old

    Bartolo Colon wants to pitch for the Mets again. Colon, who turns 47 next week, told ESPN he hopes to pitch one more big-league season and that it would be Amazin’ to end up back with the Mets, where he pitched from 2014-16. “That Mets team was really something special,” Colon said of his time …
  • 7 bars selling cocktails to go during coronavirus in New York City

    7 bars selling cocktails to go during coronavirus in New York City

    Sip to support your neighborhood gathering place! Despite all restaurants and bars following the COVID-19 mandated shut-down, licensed spots of lubrication may now offer cocktails to-go with the State Liquor Authority’s blessing. “I want to support my local pubs so they don’t go out of business,” says Chris Artis, a freelance book public relations rep …
  • Coronavirus pandemic doesn’t stop low-brow sports voices

    Coronavirus pandemic doesn’t stop low-brow sports voices

    Discretion — the act of being discreet — isn’t tough to grasp. In simple terms, it’s the art and act of looking around to weigh circumstances before you open your big mouth, lest you needlessly hurt someone’s feelings and/or get punched in your big mouth. Personally, I’ve long been in the habit of perusing the …