Asian American hate crimes not slowing down in 2021

Asian American hate crimes not slowing down in 2021

Attacks on the Asian-American community have not slowed down in 2021, despite heightened national awareness and policies against anti-Asian hatred, a new report released Thursday shows. From March 19, 2020 to June 31, 2021, there were more than 9,000 reports of anti-Asian hate incidents, reported Stop AAPI Hate. 4,548 of the attacks occurred in 2020 … Read more

Texas Hospitals Are Already Overloaded. Doctors Are ‘Frightened by What Is Coming.’

Texas Hospitals Are Already Overloaded. Doctors Are ‘Frightened by What Is Coming.’

Dr. Abhishek Patel, who works in the hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit, walked in and out of a room where a 6-month-old and a 2-month-old child were battling severe Covid-19 infections and breathing with the help of supplemental oxygen. This week alone, he said, two teenagers with other underlying health problems succumbed to the virus. … Read more

Best home products to buy at Anthropologie

Best home products to buy at Anthropologie

CNN – If colorful, playful and unique are three words to describe your furnishing style, then anthropologie should be your first port of call when it comes to finding home accessories that give you the space of your dreams. With everything from printed textiles and gorgeous mirrors to art you’ll treasure forever, you (understandably) don’t … Read more

Clayton County deputy who punched Roderick Walker indicted

Roderick Walker is pictured with his children.  Walker was repeatedly hit by a Georgia sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop.

A former Georgia MP was charged Wednesday after video showed him repeatedly slapping a man in the face during an arrest last year. Brandon Myers, 25, who is white, was fired for “excessive use of force” shortly after a video went viral in September showing him and another deputy nailing and beating 26-year-old Roderick Walker, … Read more

Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need

Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need

At the noisy premiere of her new show at the Beacon Theater on Tuesday, Ali Wong lamented the condition of male groupies, compared oral sex to a pepper mill and advised women to persuade themselves when talking dirty. “The lies,” she says, taking the voice of a preacher, “will set you free.” Too often, critics … Read more

Tropical Storm Fred forms in Atlantic with Florida in forecast path

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image shows tropical storm Fred near Puerto Rico late Tuesday.

Fred would be the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The probability that the fault will develop into a tropical storm is 90% within 48 hours. Most of Florida remains in the system’s five-day forecast cone. SARASOTA, Florida – Tropical Storm Fred developed south of Puerto Rico late Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center … Read more

Opinion | Universal Masking Can Protect Students From Covid

Opinion | Universal Masking Can Protect Students From Covid

Big questions arise in the upcoming back-to-school season: Do children have to wear masks? Should the children even go to face-to-face classes? If we send children to school without masks, we increase their risk of developing Covid-19. Some could get sick or die. If we close schools, millions of children will experience learning loss, and … Read more