A white Philadelphia teacher and activist has admitted to lying about her identity for years, falsely claiming Palestinian and Black heritage while working with Palestinian and racial justice organizations. Hannah Gann posted a statement to her Instagram page last week, admitting she has no Palestinian or Tunisian heritage and describing herself as a “white woman…
An attempted traffic stop by federal immigration officers ended in a deadly crash Sunday after the driver fled and smashed his car into a tree in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to police. The driver, a Guatemalan national, was pronounced dead at the scene. Rosario Ovando, consul general of Guatemala in Chicago, which serves Michigan, identified…
The FBI said Wednesday that it is investigating a notorious hacking group over its claims to have stolen data on agents. “The FBI is aware of a cyber-criminal enterprise group claiming a compromise of the FBIJobs.gov portal and alleged impact to FBI employee personally identifiable information (PII),” the FBI said in a statement. “While the…
Maintaining a clean home all the time is already a feat on its own, but it can be even harder when you have young children, particularly ones who have lots of toys. While cleaning rooms and doing laundry are a part of everyone’s routine, keeping toys like Legos, stuffed animals, electronics and dolls clean isn’t…
The yields on U.S. Treasury bonds surged Wednesday as oil prices also climbed. The 10-year Treasury yield, which heavily influences consumer borrowing rates such as mortgages, rose as high as 5.08%, its highest level since June 2007. The 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.38%, also a level not seen since before the global financial crisis nearly…
ESPN college basketball analyst Chris Spatola died suddenly, network officials said Tuesday, triggering a flood of tributes for the former West Point guard and Army combat veteran. The network did not reveal how Spatola — the son-in-law of all-time college basketball coaching wins leader Mike Krzyzewski — died, only saying that he had “passed away…
For the first time since announcing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis over the summer, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger has discussed his experience with the disease and what lies ahead. “I’ve done harder things than this before,” Sullenberger, the retired pilot who successfully landed a commercial airliner filled with passengers on the Hudson River in 2009, told “Good…
Lickable wallpaper. An edible garden replete with gummy foliage. A chocolate river made of 25,000 gallons of chocolate goop. Nods to the “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” films appear everywhere in Netflix’s new reality competition show “Wonka’s The Golden Ticket.” But the show, which debuted on the streamer Wednesday, also embraces the darker elements…
On Feb. 27, the day before the United States and Israel attacked Iran, the American economy was on a steady course to lower inflation and attain greater buying power. Gas was cheap and interest rates were coming down. Today, none of those things are true anymore. When it comes to the U.S. economy, there’s before…
Trump tells world leaders he could “annihilate” Iran. ICE under scrutiny again after incidents in Texas and Illinois. And authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students that could be linked to “gas station drug” kratom. Here’s what to know today. Trump tells U.N. he could ‘annihilate’ Iran President Donald Trump said he…
