San Francisco Giants Pride Night drama sparks DOJ probe as feds rip MLB hypocrisy: ‘Double standard’

The growing controversy surrounding the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball’s response to players displaying Bible verses on their hats during a Pride Night game has put the league in hot water with federal authorities. Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at Department of Justice, announced in a scathing letter on Thursday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would investigate the case. Dhillon’s letter, addressed to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred, blasted the league for potential violations of the law. “The Civil Rights Act prohibits MLB and its franchises from unreasonably burdening the rights of players with religious…

Red Lobster CEO using AI, nostalgia for ‘greatest comeback in the history of restaurant industry’

Red Lobster closed dozens of locations nationwide in May 2024 before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now, the seafood chain’s 37-year-old chief executive officer says he’s planning “the greatest comeback in the history of the restaurant industry.” Damola Adamolekun, former CEO of P.F. Chang’s, became Red Lobster’s new CEO in September 2024. Before that,…

Angel Reese mocks Caitlin Clark over foul call as rivalry continues

Angel Reese may be on a new team, but her rivalry with Caitlin Clark hasn’t changed. Reese, now with the Dream, faced off against Clark’s Fever on Thursday in what Atlanta coach Karl Smesko described as a game with “playoff intensity.” That became readily apparent in the second quarter when…

‘A completely different story’: 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren’t what we thought, researchers claim

Never-before-seen fossils of newly hatched crocodile-like creatures are shining new light on how our aquatic ancestors conquered land.Early four-limbed vertebrates (tetrapods), which would eventually give rise to humans, took their first steps on land in the Devonian period, some 419 million to 359 million years ago, marking one of the…

The Mauricio Pochettino speech that changed trajectory of USMNT

SEATTLE — The score was tied. The crowd in Colorado was growing restless. Inside the United States men’s national team locker room on October 14, 2025 head coach Mauricio Pochettino had seen enough.  Australia had spent the first 45 minutes doing what Australia does best — turning a soccer match…

LA cops escalate war with the city after jaw-dropping ‘blunder’

Los Angeles’ powerful police union is demanding City Hall slam the brakes on a controversial LAPD oversight overhaul that would expand political influence over police policy, accusing city officials of breaking labor laws and misleading the City Council. In a letter sent to the City Council on Thursday, the Los…

Gavin Newsom’s fishy M diaper deal riles Dem, Republicans

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s free diaper program is moving forward in a tentative California budget deal — over the objections of skeptical Democratic and Republican lawmakers who say the program reeked of favoritism. Baby2Baby, a Los Angeles nonprofit with deep Hollywood ties, is poised to keep running Newsom’s Golden State Start…

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