TOKYO — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. The very first match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament has been canceled because a Czech player tested positive for COVID-19. Markéta Sluková tested positive earlier this week, knocking her and […]

A California parents group called “Let Them Breathe” sued Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday over his school mask requirement. The San Diego-based group, which has 13,000 members, filed the lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court with the Reopen California Schools group, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “We’re seeing kids be more anxious, more depressed, have […]

After news broke that Hasbro was subjecting employees to racial bias training, the toymaker began publicly backing away from Critical Race Theory. But public statements on the company’s corporate website suggest the reported CRT instruction does reflect its official position. As The Daily Wire reported, whistleblower David Johnson, a packaging engineer, leaked documents to conservative […]

Actor Tommy Dorfman, most famous for starring in Netflix’s highly controversial “13 Reasons Why,” which centered on teen suicide, bullying, and more, came out as transgender in a new Time interview. Dorfman, 29, was born biologically male and now identifies as female. What are the details? In the interview, Dorfman said she privately has been […]

Public officials in at least two Republican-led states vocalized support for Israel in its dispute with Ben & Jerry’s, threatening to invoke state laws to punish companies that advocate or act to boycott, divest, or sanction the key U.S. ally. Top-ranking officials in Florida and Texas rebuked the ice cream maker after it announced it […]

A group of Texas Democrats staying in Washington, D.C., after leaving the Lone Star State earlier this month will receive about $600,000 to help finance the trip, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke said Thursday. The money will go toward a $1.5 million fundraising goal that the Democrats have set for their trip, the Texas Tribune […]

The corporate media is doing everything it can to protect Dr. Anthony Fauci after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) roasted him for allegedly lying to Congress about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China. During an extremely heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Paul challenged Dr. Fauci — who, as the director of the […]

Following Joe Biden’s CNN town hall on Wednesday night, the intern who runs the president’s Twitter account decided to reinforce some of the boss’s big messages. Here is the most infuriating one: It’s past time the wealthy pay their fair share. My Build Back Better Agenda gets it done. […]

A person wandering the Long Island Rail Road tracks east of Bridgehampton was struck by an oncoming train Thursday morning, officials said. The 11:18 a.m. out of Montauk struck the person shortly before noon, and had not resumed its journey as of 12:41 p.m., the MTA said. “The LIRR is reporting delays on the Montauk […]

The jobs market’s progress appeared to stall last week. New claims for unemployment benefits soared by 51,000 to 419,000 for the week ended July 17, the Department of Labor said Thursday. Economists had forecast 350,000 new claims, a decline of 10,000 from the previous week’s initial estimate of 360,000. That estimate was revised up to […]