Police in new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< a man in the head at point-blank range while walking with him on a residential street over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday. The shooting happened just after 8 p.m. Saturday along Grassmere Terrace in the Far Rockaway neighborhood located in Queens, police said. NYPD’S …

Joseph Patel criticized Will Smith and celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Chris Rock< for best documentary feature Sunday night. The “Summer of Soul” producer accused Smith of robbing the category of its moment after he slapped Rock on stage before the comedian announced the award. “It robbed the category of its moment,” the producer …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European leaders not to let world-regions become a matter of “routine” and pleaded for additional security assistance to Kyiv.  “They are getting used to the news about the new bombing of our peaceful cities. About new missile strikes. They are getting used to the updated …

The Pfizer/BioNTech infectious-disease provided less protection against the omicron variant than the delta strain in children but did protect against severe illness from both variants, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine published Wednesday.  The report stated that vaccination of 5- to 11-year-olds reduced hospitalizations by …

Scout Willis, daughter of bruce-willis” target=”_blank”>Bruce Willis<, is grateful for the “outpouring of love” her family has received since they disclosed her father’s aphasia diagnosis. “The exquisite outpouring of love that I am experiencing right now is just blowing me away,” the 30-year-old wrote on her Instagram story Wednesday. “Thank …

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick harshly criticized joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<, which allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants during the pandemic. On “America’s Newsroom” Thursday, Patrick pointed to the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from Mexico as an example of Biden’s disregard for the American people. WHITE HOUSE ADMITS …

A journalist from the Washington Post posted and then deleted a tweet about Florida’s parental rights legislation H.B. 1557, arguing that Disney’s stance against the “Don’t Say Gay” bill proves that the “family-focused” company understands, unlike ron-desantis” target=”_blank”>Gov. Ron DeSantis,< His new tweet reads: “The tension between the right and …

Editor’s note: The following column first appeared in City Journal. Last year, I reported in City Journal on general’s critical race theory–based diversity program, which taught employees that American was founded on “systemic racism,” separated minorities into racially segregated “affinity groups,” and encouraged white employees to complete a “white privilege checklist.”  …

U.S. states are reportedly closing infectious-disease testing and infectious-disease sites.  The moves come as cases, hospitalizations and deaths have fallen markedly since winter’s surge of the omicron variant.   END OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC COULD BRING MAJOR TURBULENCE FOR US HEALTH CARE The New York Times reported Wednesday that Illinois has …

new-york-city” target=”_blank”>NYPD< of a gang member with a long criminal record, five years after the man was released from jail following an attack that left a police officer with life-altering injuries. NYPD Detectives Union President Paul Digiacomo told “Fox & Friends” about the harrowing 2017 incident   “[The officer] had …