A Pennsylvania mom who prosecutors argue gave her baby fentanyl in a sippy cup so she could return to smoking pot was found guilty in the child’s death. Jhenea Pratt, 23, showed no emotion when she was convicted Tuesday in Allegheny County Court of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of her 17-month-old daughter, news Read more about Mom found guilty of killing baby with fentanyl in sippy cup[…]
We expect a Legislature controlled by Democrats to renew and probably extend New York City’s rent laws, even though it only poisons the housing market. The key question now is whether legislators from areas outside the city will go along with spreading the poison — including to their districts. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins claims Read more about Don’t spread the poison of rent control[…]
A former Police Academy instructor testified Wednesday that NYPD cops routinely employ physical tactics against suspects without undergoing training — sparking outrage from spectators at the departmental trial over the deadly arrest of Eric Garner. Retired Sgt. Russell Jung appeared as a defense witness for embattled Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who’s accused of using a banned Read more about Ex-NYPD instructor at Garner trial: Cops use tactics without training all the time[…]
In its 880 pages, Neal Stephenson's Fall; or, Dodge in Hell navigates many of the themes the science fiction author has become known for. The history, and future, of science. How knowledge engenders power, and how that power perpetuates itself. How technologies that sound far-fetched are in fact inevitable, derived as they are from a Read more about Neal Stephenson's Latest Book Dodges Its Scariest Premise[…]
We have entered that restless season of pop maximalism, the post–Memorial Day sprint to chart ubiquity—what will reign as 2019's Song of Summer? Today, even as the music industry moves beyond its decaying center—the result of ferocious, enterprising work from artists like Tierra Whack, Solange, and Bad Bunny—summer remains a period of deep singularity. It Read more about 2019's Top Contenders for the Song of Summer[…]
In January, climate change claimed its first corporate victim. Facing billions in liabilities after contributing to some of California’s deadliest and most devastating wildfires, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This spring, flooding in the Midwest ruined fields, grain silos, and infrastructure. The agriculture conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland reported that the floods would cost Read more about Companies Expect Climate Change to Cost Them $1 Trillion in 5 Years[…]
Former Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein resigned Tuesday from several nonprofit boards in the wake of a controversy triggered by a new Netflix series about the infamous Central Park Five case, The Post has learned. In a letter to the chairman of the Safe Horizon victims-services agency, Fairstein said she wanted to spare it further Read more about ‘Central Park Five’ prosecutor resigns from charity boards over Netflix show backlash[…]
Tech stocks short-circuited Monday on reports that Silicon Valley’s top companies are facing unprecedented scrutiny of their business practices by government regulators perusing anti-competitive practices. Google parent company Alphabet and Facebook both tumbled more than 6%, and Amazon dropped close to 5% on reports that the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are probing them Read more about Tech giants face new scrutiny, causing stocks to recoil[…]
President Trump clarified his remarks about British royal Meghan Markle in a television interview set to be aired Wednesday, saying it wasn’t his intention to call her “nasty” but thought her past comments about him were nasty. “And I said: ‘Well, I didn’t know she was nasty.’ I wasn’t referring to she’s nasty,” he told Read more about Trump clarifies ‘nasty’ comments about Meghan Markle[…]
Larry Johnson makes frequent visits up to the display case on the 200-level of the renovated Garden to reminisce. The glass-enclosed shrine includes photos, a copy of the boxscore and the shoes and “2’’ jersey he wore the wild night of June 5, 1999. It is glorified among the “21 Defining Moments” in the history Read more about Larry Johnson’s Knicks miracle: The inside story, 20 years later[…]