When a Brooklyn woman with a heart condition was on vacation in the Poconos over the summer, she had an episode and had to be taken to the hospital. It was her heart doctor who...
In 1964, Paul Gatling was wrongly imprisoned in the shooting death of a man in New York City. CBS News reports Gatling, 81, was fully exonerated Monday. Gatling was released from prison 40 years ago, but the...
On Sunday, a young boy from Brooklyn, New York, decided to dress as Hillary Clinton as a show of support for the Democratic candidate. His proud mother tweeted out this photo of her son:
https://twitter.com/DebbersGar/status/792841758526824448
It was...
Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, made a historic appearance as the first presidential candidate ever from any major political party to join the Pride Parade.
As the parade kicked off yesterday with thousands of members...
In a clear moment of physical abuse leading to a $5 million lawsuit and the loss of his job (thank God), a Brooklyn teacher was captured on tape punching his autistic student hard enough to give...
The Bernie Sanders campaign is refusing to lose any energy, and Sanders’ determination is proof of it. As Today News reported, Sanders said:
"Pundits told me that when we began this campaign there would be no chance...
One of my favorite comedians has just given me another reason to love him. The internet is full of conspiracy theories surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's health. She almost fainted during a 9/11 memorial....
New York may not have met Bernie Sanders’ expectations, but the determined politician refuses to hand off the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton.
According to the New York Times, Sanders lost the primary in New York by...
We already knew that Oath Keepers, the right-wing group of active and retired military servicemen and law-enforcement personnel who have declared they will not enforce laws they feel are unconstitutional, was a pretty extreme bunch....
"Jackson crossed paths with Timothy Caughman, a black man who was rummaging through garbage on a sidewalk in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood."--Reuters
"Coughman lived in transitional housing on West 36th Street that serves people with...
As I mentioned on Saturday, Congressman Michael Grimm, the only Republican representing a significant portion portion of New York City in the House, learned late Friday he was about to be indicted on federal criminal...
New York has proposed a first-of-its-kind legislation that would force drivers to submit their phones for testing following a collision. A new "textalyzer" device would help authorities determine whether someone involved in a motor vehicle accident was...
The Huffington Post is reporting on yet another story in which Donald Trump proved himself to be a bloviating buffoon. This time it was in front of a group of innocent children, who saw right...
Two weeks ago, New York became the 14th state to legalize recreational marijuana.
A week later, Virginia became the 15th and the first Southern state.
Most of the country now has either fully legalized, decriminalized, or allows...
We've seen some, shall we say, creative attempts to revise history from the Trump camp. But easily the most embarrassing attempt to date has to come from Rudy Giuliani. The man who was the most...
A 12-year-old Pakistani student with learning disabilities in New York was first bullied by his classmates, then he was bullied by the teachers.
First, his classmates bullied him because of his Muslim religion and Pakistani nationality....
Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney representing the state of New York, has kept fairly private since he was fired by President Donald Trump in March. Trump had originally promised Bharara that he would...
As part of Pride month, the gym brand Equinox, has made a video expanding the acronym LGBTQ into the entire alphabet. However it has left one group feeling quite excluded. The clever video is visually appealing...
Change may be slow at times, but nothing can stop it.
Every year is historic in its own way, but 2020 stands out as one of the most turbulent and interesting in recent times.
One of the...
They're coming down...finally.
The statues, that is.
Among same-sex marriage, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), ethics regulations, and a host of myriad issues, into the category of things the progressive movement is winning we can put the...
