Новости за 22.09.2020

A substitute teacher shortage is looming in some school districts already grappling with the complicated logistics of returning to the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic. A number of schools throughout the Northeast are already facing challenges with classroom coverage weeks into the new school year. In Trumbull, Conn., Hillcrest Middle School has reportedly closed due...

An Indiana woman is believed to have murdered her husband by having him consume toxic amounts of poisonous mushrooms before dumping his body in a ditch.

Today in celebrity news, there are talk show apologies, reality TV pregnancies and supermodel canoodling.

There aren't 99 bottles of beer on these walls, but there are thousands upon thousands of cans.

Teachers at a CUNY high school nicknamed the “brick prison” say the school hasn’t made good on its promise to install an air filtration system that’s effective against the coronavirus during reopening, new court papers show. The teachers are asking for an emergency court order as the Hunter College Campus Schools is slated to reopen...

"Since Emily’s article has dropped I have been a wreck," Nola Palmer wrote on Instagram.

Stand clear of the open door!

The Canadian woman accused of sending President Trump a ricin-laced envelope also penned a threatening letter telling him to “give up and remove your application for this election,” according to court papers. Pascale Ferrier, of Quebec, allegedly called the deadly delivery “a special gift” to the president, and referred to the chief executive as “The...

Costume and party supplies store Party City ordered one of its franchises to pull a kids’ Confederate soldier costume from its shelves after facing backlash about the outfit being racist. Caroline Brasler, who is the adoptive mother to two young black daughters, said she came across the Civil War costumes emblazoned with the Confederate flag...

NBCUniversal, which owns cable networks like Bravo, E!, USA and Syfy, is reportedly overhauling its entertainment division to focus on video streaming. The rise of cord cutting and the coronavirus pandemic has pushed NBCU Chief Executive Jeff Shell to take a scalpel to the media conglomerate’s business, and has made him rethink the inner workings...

Fed-up New York City restaurant owners and workers are planning to march on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan headquarters next week to protest what they call lethal COVID-19 restrictions on the industry. The group is demanding that outdoor dining be extended past its current cut-off of Oct. 31, indoor dining be expanded from 25 percent to...

The defaced headstones at Evergreen Cemetery – established in 1926 as the city’s first major municipal graveyard dedicated to black residents – were covered in blue spray-paint.

The woman charged with chucking a glass bottle and yelling a racial epithet at a jogger in Queens last month was held on $2,500 bail Tuesday. Lorena Delaguna was caught on video Aug. 17 allegedly throwing a bottle at Tiffany Johnson — a black woman who passed Delaguna while she was jogging in Woodside midday,...

A brute barked “That’s what I do” as he randomly delivered the blow that left a 77-year-old in Manhattan in need of brain surgery, the man’s wife said Tuesday. “I’m really upset that this happened to him,” the wife, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for her safety, told the Post. “The man...

A former president of the Tibetan Community of NY & NJ said the group became suspicious of Officer Baimadajie Angwang, 33, and "cut off the relationship" with him.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed the earliest the NBA will consider starting next season is January and still hopes to stuff in an 82-game slate. Under normal times, NBA training camps would begin next week with the season opener in mid-October. During these pandemic times, the NBA is in the midsts of the conference finals...

Former House Speaker John Boehner is the latest Washington DC luminary with a tell-all book deal — and the cover art alone is worth the purchase price.

Pete Alonso or Dominic Smith. Who you got? The Mets can and probably will keep both, especially if the NL goes to a designated hitter permanently or the Mets willingly continue to have dubious defense by shoehorning Smith in left field. But that this is even a question says something about how both have played...

Mommy needs a break.

NASA has discovered something peculiar on the asteroid Bennu — bits of another asteroid. In a statement posted to its website, the government space agency said parts of the asteroid Vesta were discovered on Bennu, ranging in size from five to 14 feet. They are also significantly different in color when compared to asteroid Bennu....

An 86-year-old Florida man who paid a dating service nearly $5,000 couldn’t get a refund despite letters from doctors ordering him to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, a lawsuit claims. Widower Alexander Walker Sheen, of South Pasadena, sued Sun Coast Introductions LLC earlier this month for more than $8,000 in damages after signing a...

The Oakland Athletics have been superb with their pitching in 2020 but have seen Frankie Montas become a weak link. Montas will try to recapture his prime form on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chavez Ravine. Since having a start pushed back nearly a month ago due to a back injury, Montas has...

Notre Dame is joining the postponement parade. Its game against Wake Forest was postponed on Tuesday after seven players tested positive for COVID-19. First, practice on Tuesday was canceled. Later, the Wake Forest game was pushed back. The players were put in isolation and their close contacts were identified. “With student-athlete health and safety our...

Now that’s alarming. The troubled start of the COVID-19-wracked school year got even wilder for teachers at a Sunset Park school, when they had to temporarily abandon their remote classes Tuesday because of a fire alarm. Teacher Annie Tan said the unwelcome racket only added to ongoing staff bewilderment. She posted video of the din...

The official start of fall may be Tuesday, but forecasters in Arizona recently spotted a sight in the sky more fit for Halloween. The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast office in Phoenix last Sunday spotted something strange over the city. “What might be causing all the radar returns around Phoenix between 6-7 PM this evening?”...