y

John Finlay aus Netflix-Hit "Tiger King": "Die haben mich als zugedröhnten Hinterwäldler dargestellt"

Raubtiere, ein polygamer Zoodirektor namens Joe Exotic und ein Mordkomplott bilden den Rahmen der Erfolgsdoku "Tiger King". Was geschah hinter den Kulissen? Exotics Ex-Partner John Finlay erzählt seine Version.




y

Flüchtlinge: Zahl der Asylanträge offenbar deutlich gesunken

Folgen der Corona-Grenzschließungen: Beim Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge sind in den ersten Monaten dieses Jahres offenbar fast ein Drittel weniger Asylanträge gestellt worden als im Vorjahreszeitraum.




y

Waldkraiburg in Bayern: Staatsanwaltschaft wirft Mann versuchten Mord in 27 Fällen vor

Ein 25-jähriger Mann hat die Anschläge auf Geschäfte türkischstämmiger Inhaber in Waldkraiburg gestanden. Der Tatverdächtige habe sich dem IS anschließen wollen, gab die Staatsanwaltschaft bekannt.




y

Corona in der Fußball-Bundesliga: Der Fall Dynamo Dresden könnte alle Saisonpläne zunichte machen

Fußball-Zweitligist Dynamo Dresden muss nach positiven Corona-Fällen für zwei Wochen in Quarantäne. Das könnte den Plan zur Fortsetzung der Saison gefährden. Denn die Chancengleichheit ist jetzt kaum noch gegeben.




y

What Is Mother's Day

From 2009 but still important I know we all celebrate Mother's Day when we try to make our Moms and Grandmothers feel extra special. My Mom is now 85 so I know the Mother's Day celebrations remaining can be counted on one or two hands. Both of my Gr




y

Gordon Monson: Utah, BYU, Utah State football players deserve the right to an NFL dream, and a way back if their dream is folly




y

Jack Connelly and Jim Sedinger: Will science or politics guide the future of greater sage grouse?




y

Nancy Workman, Salt Lake County’s first mayor, dies at 79




y

George Pyle: Where’s our Harry Truman?




y

Readers sound off on Mother’s Day, Biden and justice

Chicago: They were there when you were born and they’re there for you now. Mothers are first responders to any sickness or heartache that their kids have. They don’t come with sirens blaring, but have rescued us when we had a high fever, or tummy ache in the middle of the night.




y

Universal message for today

Dear Mom,




y

Reinvent, smartly: A Gates Foundation-led rethink of New York public schools has promise and risks

A state full of parents who, having been suddenly forced to help homeschool youngsters, have by the millions grown more appreciative of the work of professional teachers in actual classrooms, had reason to worry when they heard how Gov. Cuomo trotted out plans for a Gates Foundation reinvention of public education statewide.




y

A million thanks, ma: Today, support mothers working harder than ever

Every day should be Mother’s Day, because without mothers, none of us would exist. But today is the national holiday, designated 106 years ago by President Woodrow Wilson — a time when cards, flowers, chocolates and breakfast in bed typically accompany the kind words we send mom’s way.




y

The last days of the glitz age: The coronavirus and what comes next

“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes,” Mark Twain was first credited with saying in 1970, 60 years after reports of his death had ceased to be exaggerated.




y

A life-or-death moment for cities: New York and other metropolises must protect themselves from pandemics or our future will be far less urban

COVID-19 has killed at least 19,000 New Yorkers and dealt a body blow with lasting consequences to the city. Two paths lie ahead. If pandemics become common, then not only New York City but all of America’s service-based economy faces a bleak future. If this terrible plague is a unique event, then things will eventually get almost back to normal. To save both the nation’s biggest and most productive metropolis and tens of millions of service jobs across the county, we must invest enormously to prevent future pandemics.




y

Brooklyn man arrested for molesting eight women, including six victims groped in one day: police

Nearly all of the assaults occurred on Thursday along the border of South Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant between 9:55 and 11:15 a.m., cops said.




y

Brooklyn man triumphs in lengthy Airbnb battle with city as judge orders city to ‘leave the poor guy alone’

A disabled Brooklynite who ran afoul of Department of Buildings officials by renting out his home to Airbnb users triumphed last week when a Manhattan judge ordered the city to repay his $4,375 fine and cover any additional costs and payouts in his battle with the de Blasio administration. The decision ended a legal battle pitting Stanley “Skip” Karol against the city that began with an anonymous phone call back in July 2018.




y

Unhinged man shouts he has HIV, then punches, spits at train operator in Brooklyn

The C train reached its last stop just after 9 a.m. Saturday at the Euclid Ave. station in East New York when the man insisted he needed five more minutes before he could leave the car.




y

Did replays cost Galway the 2018 All-Ireland title?

Two years ago, Galway lost their All-Ireland hurling crown to Limerick after a draining two-game semi-final against Clare.




y

Offaly rage against Deane and the dying of the light

In the latest in this series on the greatest matches he ever witnessed, RTÉ GAA commentator Darragh Maloney looks back at that 2000 All-Ireland SHC semi-final between Offaly and Cork.




y

Clones lies silent today as sound of summer must wait

Damian Lawlor celebrates the special place Clones has in the GAA and how Cavan-Monaghan this afternoon would have heralded the start of an Irish summer




y

Georgia AG to probe local authorities’ response to Ahmaud Arbery killing

The Georgia attorney general has promised his office will investigate the handling of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the black 25-year-old man shot to death by two white men who escaped charges for more than two months.




y

Additional video footage surfaces in Ahmaud Arbery shooting — confirms his murder unjustified, say family lawyers

Investigators are using additional video footage to reconstruct the February afternoon that Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot in a quiet southern Georgia neighborhood.




y

Brett Favre says he actually worked for that $1.1 million in Mississippi welfare money

He's still giving the money back though.




y

New York moms just want time to breathe this Mother’s Day

Many mothers are pulling double and triple duty caring for kids, juggling jobs, homeschooling, navigating financial hardship and acting as unofficial family doctor at time with unprecedented health concerns.




y

Georgia AG to probe local authorities’ response to Ahmaud Arbery killing

The Georgia attorney general has promised his office will investigate the handling of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the black 25-year-old man shot to death by two white men who escaped charges for more than two months.




y

Additional video footage surfaces in Ahmaud Arbery shooting — confirms his murder unjustified, say family lawyers

Investigators are using additional video footage to reconstruct the February afternoon that Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot in a quiet southern Georgia neighborhood.




y

Study: Earth reaching alarming heat and humidity levels quicker than expected

Earth is heating up at a much higher level than expected.




y

French World War II patriot Cécile Rol-Tanguy dead at 101

French Resistance leader Cecile Rol-Tanguy has died at the age of 101.




y

Brett Favre says he actually worked for that $1.1 million in Mississippi welfare money

He's still giving the money back though.




y

New York moms just want time to breathe this Mother’s Day

Many mothers are pulling double and triple duty caring for kids, juggling jobs, homeschooling, navigating financial hardship and acting as unofficial family doctor at time with unprecedented health concerns.




y

Study: Earth reaching alarming heat and humidity levels quicker than expected

Earth is heating up at a much higher level than expected.




y

French World War II patriot Cécile Rol-Tanguy dead at 101

French Resistance leader Cecile Rol-Tanguy has died at the age of 101.




y

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For 1st Coronavirus Antigen Test

The agency announced approval for the diagnostic method on Saturday. Cheaper and easier to administer than genetic tests for the virus, it could potentially expand to daily testing of millions.




y

Elon Musk Says Tesla Suing California County, Moving Headquarters Out of State

The company's CEO tweeted Saturday that the automaker is seeking legal action against Alameda County. The billionaire executive has been sharply critical of shelter-in-place orders in recent weeks.




y

Ex-Mets reliever Turk Wendell enjoying the good life on his Iowa farm: ‘I’ve kind of been quarantined my whole life in the offseason’

At first, it was hard to hear what Turk Wendell was saying from atop his tractor.




y

ESPN booting Booger McFarland and Joe Tessitore from Monday Night Football: reports

The McFarland-Tessitore MNF experiment is over after two years.




y

Brett Favre says he actually worked for that $1.1 million in Mississippi welfare money

He's still giving the money back though.




y

’Harry Potter’ actress admits she wanted Boris Johnson to die of coronavirus

The gloves — and filters — are off.




y

Tyra Banks responds to critics of her ‘insensitivity’ on ‘America’s Next Top Model’

Tyra Banks probably isn’t smizing too much right now.




y

John Lennon’s former Florida estate on market for eye-popping $47.5M

The former Palm Beach, Fla., home of John Lennon and Yoko Ono is for sale at $47.5 million.




y

Ex-Mets reliever Turk Wendell enjoying the good life on his Iowa farm: ‘I’ve kind of been quarantined my whole life in the offseason’

At first, it was hard to hear what Turk Wendell was saying from atop his tractor.




y

Ex-Mets reliever Turk Wendell enjoying the good life on his Iowa farm: ‘I’ve kind of been quarantined my whole life in the offseason’

At first, it was hard to hear what Turk Wendell was saying from atop his tractor.




y

Brooklyn man triumphs in lengthy Airbnb battle with city as judge orders city to ‘leave the poor guy alone’

A disabled Brooklynite who ran afoul of Department of Buildings officials by renting out his home to Airbnb users triumphed last week when a Manhattan judge ordered the city to repay his $4,375 fine and cover any additional costs and payouts in his battle with the de Blasio administration. The decision ended a legal battle pitting Stanley “Skip” Karol against the city that began with an anonymous phone call back in July 2018.




y

Domino’s deliveryman says he’s forever scarred after being robbed of e-bike in Manhattan: ‘You remember something like this for the rest of your life’

Edwin Cabrera, a father of two, was unlocking his e-bike after dropping off a pizza on Fort George Hill near Fairview Ave. on May 3 when two suspects jumped out of the shadows and attacked him around 9 p.m.




y

NYC child abuse reports plunge in coronavirus pandemic — but ACS doubts there’s less mistreatment

While the city was on lockdown between March 23 and May 4, ACS received 3,855 new allegations of child neglect and abuse — 4,496 fewer cases than the 8,351 taken in by the child welfare agency at the same time last year.




y

New York moms just want time to breathe this Mother’s Day

Many mothers are pulling double and triple duty caring for kids, juggling jobs, homeschooling, navigating financial hardship and acting as unofficial family doctor at time with unprecedented health concerns.




y

Unhinged man shouts he has HIV, then punches, spits at train operator in Brooklyn

The C train reached its last stop just after 9 a.m. Saturday at the Euclid Ave. station in East New York when the man insisted he needed five more minutes before he could leave the car.




y

CARIBBEAT: BKLYN Commons ‘shared’ work spaces firm moves smartly into ‘the new normal’

There was certainly was stress in the air when health and economic consqeuences of COVID-19 bore down on Brooklyn and the rest of America. But as these pressures grew, constructive hearts and minds prevailed at the BKLYN Commons (BKC) shared workspace operation at 495 Flatbush Ave., in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens area, which creatively and passionately morphed to adapt to the new normal.




y

Video: Joel Anderson & Co. Ride Techy DH Jumps in 'Tea & Biscuits'



Hucks, cases, mud, roots, and full commitment by all the riders. And tea drinking. Of course.
( Comments: 9 )