CEO who beat puppy says he's sorry and has given Bici to a loving family

The CEO who was caught on camera viciously beating his four-month-old puppy has apologizes for losing his temper and taking 'unreasonable and unjustifiable action' as his brother has defended him and insisted he was simply disciplining the pooch for peeing on a rug. Jeffrey Previte, 46, was slammed this week …...Read More

James Jackson, Who Changed the Study of Black America, Dies at 76

James S. Jackson, who changed the way scholars examined Black life in the United States, leading to new insights on health, social support systems and more, when he founded the Program for Research on Black Americans at the University of Michigan in 1976, died on Sept. 1 at his home …...Read More

A Fact-Checked List of Trump Accomplishments

This list of President Trump’s accomplishments has been circulating on social media for months and has most likely been viewed by millions of people. I examined each claim to the best of my ability, reaching out to people and institutions who had special insight to see if they considered the …...Read More

Ex-Felons in Florida Must Pay Fines Before Voting, Appeals Court Rules

MIAMI — Four months after a federal judge ruled that it was akin to an unconstitutional poll tax for Florida to require that people with serious criminal convictions pay court fines and fees before they can register to vote, an appeals court narrowly overturned that decision on Friday. The court’s …...Read More

Heart rate measuring can help spot depression as it beats faster, study finds

Measuring a person's heart rate could be a way of spotting if they are suffering from depression. Depressed people's hearts beat an extra ten to 15 times per minute on average during the daytime, a study has found. Their heart rates fell at night – which is normal as we …...Read More

Police Veteran Charged in George Floyd Killing Had Used Neck Restraints Before

In one instance, the prosecutors said, Mr. Chauvin had been arresting a juvenile when he used a neck restraint and pinned him to the floor. Another time, prosecutors said, he restrained a woman by putting his knee on her neck while she lay on the ground. And last year, the …...Read More

GCSE pupils are told they WILL have to study poetry after all

Teachers reacted angrily yesterday after being told their GCSE pupils will have to study poetry after all. They accused the country’s largest exam board, AQA, of giving in to ‘demands of some celebrity poets’ by making the topic compulsory in next year’s exams. Last month exam regulator Ofqual said that …...Read More

PLATELL's PEOPLE: Regal Diana Rigg taught us that we ARE the feistier sex

For men of a certain age everywhere, Diana Rigg's death will have come as a body blow. But millions of us women, too, are reeling from the loss of a superstar we worshipped and emulated. When I was a young girl in the Sixties watching The Avengers on our black …...Read More

Top Aide in Review of Russia Inquiry Resigns From Justice Dept.

“The idea is you don’t go after candidates, you don’t indict candidates, or perhaps someone that’s officially close to a candidate — that is essentially the same — within a certain number of days before an election,” Mr. Barr said in an April interview with the conservative radio host Hugh …...Read More

PIC EXC: Jude Law is VERY animated at son Rudy's 18th birthday party

Jude Law celebrated his son Rudy's 18th birthday on Thursday with a raucous party alongside wife Phillipa Coan, ex Sadie Frost, and their family. The actor, 47, appeared to be in great spirits as he threw his head back and laughed in delight before dancing in the street at the …...Read More