For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried their favorite music is a dying art form. Oh, sure, something like trad jazz, loud and frenetic with a side helping of street funk, might be played for many more years in tourist trap clubs. But the real thing, the small-group ensembles with syncopated […]
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education is looking to rein in professor tenure, particularly at its community colleges, according to a draft report. The board’s Tenure/Post-Tenure Ad Hoc Committee has a draft report that could bring a massive decrease in tenured and tenure-track faculty at the state’s five community colleges, as well as pared-back […]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed introduced a budget proposal on Thursday that makes good on a campaign promise to increase police staffing despite facing a nearly $800 million two-year budget deficit. Breed, who is facing a tough reelection in November, has pitched a $46.7 million increase to the police department’s budget, bringing it to an all-time […]
In late 1977, in the days before he suborned mass suicide in a Guyanese jungle, the Rev. Jim Jones tried to buoy the sagging spirits of his 900-plus homesick parishioners with a series of celebrity guest appearances, patched into the Jonestown encampment through a dodgy phone connection and an even dodgier PA system. Before migrating […]
Former President Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, and in protest, his supporters are now sharing upside-down American flags all across X. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records by a Manhattan jury Thursday, in his hush money trial. Notable accounts sharing the inverted American flag include Rep. Marjorie Taylor […]
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche said the former president “should never, never face a jail sentence” for the conduct he was found guilty of earlier in the day. Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a Manhattan jury on Thursday in his hush money trial. TRUMP GUILTY […]
Unlike the countless men whose careers were killed in the fury of the #MeToo movement, Morgan Spurlock didn’t just deny he had committed serial sex abuse and misconduct, he embraced the reality that he was “a part of the problem,” canceling himself in a shocking 2017 blog post in which he confessed to harassing subordinates […]
Political shifts in Nevada’s growing Asian population paint a conflicting message about the swing state’s pivotal role in the presidential election. While record numbers of Asian American eligible voters have moved to the Silver State, the voting block could also be trending away from its historically deep blue roots. Now, Nevada’s growing Asian population could […]
Stormy Daniels, the star witness in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, was “emotional” about the guilty verdict reached by a Manhattan jury Thursday night, according to her lawyer. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, marking the first time a former president has been convicted of a […]
After a Manhattan jury handed down a guilty verdict to former President Donald Trump in his hush money case, third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the decision would only help his opponent’s chances of winning in November. Kennedy spoke on Trump’s conviction in Austin, Texas, at Consensus 2024, a crypto event, just hours […]
