The Texas education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible passages, widening conservative efforts to push Christian teachings in U.S. classrooms. The Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled by Republicans, approved the list of over critics who argued the titles lack diversity and blur the separation of church and state enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Supporters say Judeo-Christian traditions were fundamental to the nation’s founding and that should be reflected in the public school curriculum. The proposal, which mandates literary works such as Charles Dickens’ “Great…
Luxury retailer Saks Global on Friday emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after nearly five months, under a new ownership structure and corporate name and with a smaller store footprint and lower debt. The company will operate under the name Exemplar Luxury Group (ELG), and will focus on luxury retail, after Saks closed most of…
Soccer legend Lionel Messi was honored with an 85-foot statue in his home country of Argentina (in the small town of Cutral Có, in the country’s Patagonia region), marking the biggest Messi statue ever made. However, the pose that Messi is in for the statue is raising eyebrows, especially when…
Prime Day is here again, but the best value on Amazon is its Prime Video streaming service. For a reasonable price, you can stream some of Hollywood’s biggest hits from the past and present. The streamer just added several compelling titles in June, with the effective horror film, Escape Room,…
President Trump on Friday urged Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt to dispute his loss in the primary. The Republican president repeated claims he’s been making in recent days that he believes California’s elections were “rigged.” “Spencer Pratt…He shouldn’t go away quietly. He should protest because it was, in my…
It’s no secret that there has been some tension between the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and Dalton Rushing. But could it be a bit overblown? Joe Maddon, Ohtani’s former manager, believes it is and called the disconnection between the two “a bad look.” “The solution to this is [to put] Shohei,…
Love Island USA’s Gabriel Vasconcelos questioned how taboo sex is in America after discussing his hookups in the villa. “I was not worried about anybody else [having sex in the villa]. I was focusing on myself in the moment,” Gabriel said on the Thursday, June 25, episode of “The Viall…
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Friday that American forces conducted military strikes on Iran in a “powerful response” to an Iranian drone attack on a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites were hit by US warplanes in retaliation for the Thursday…
The wealthy husband and wife co-founders of the plant-based supplement brand Cymbiotika and their young children came face-to-face with armed home invaders in Cannes who escaped with millions, The California Post has learned. Shahab Elmi, Durana Elmi and their two minor children had rented a home in France for The…
QUICK FACTSName: Socotra ArchipelagoLocation: Northwest Indian Ocean, off the coasts of Yemen and SomaliaCoordinates: 12.48, 53.85Why it’s incredible: It is a biodiversity hotspot that hosts hundreds of species found nowhere else on Earth.The Socotra Archipelago is a cluster of four islands and two rocky islets belonging to Yemen. It is…
Matt Stafford is about to do something new for the first time in his professional football career. Serve as a mentor. When Stafford appeared as a guest on the Green Light Podcast, hosted by Chris Long, Stafford was asked what he hopes rookie quarterback Ty Simpson will say about him…
TLC star Deon Derrico broke his silence in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly after ex-wife Karen Derrico was arrested for threatening him and their 14 kids. “I still love her as a mother of my children. But I do not like her at all. I don’t like what she’s…
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false and that he says forced him to spend a night away from his four-year-old twins. Buttigieg wrote in a Substack post that a Michigan State Police officer told him they found nothing to…
Google is reportedly looking to bleed publishers yet again — threatening to exclude them from a lucrative new artificial-intelligence partnership unless they allow the tech giant to train its AI bots on their valuable content. In recent months, Google has been pitching news and entertainment publishers on a new pilot…
With the aid of AI, scientists have identified a potential new antibiotic to treat gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that’s increasingly resistant to drugs. The newfound antibiotic has shown promise in lab experiments involving a “vagina on a chip,” researchers report in a new study.”There’s an urgent need to…
Pass the patch. The US is in the middle of an estrogen patch shortage, with menopausal women struggling to get ahold of hormone therapy to stave off their symptoms — and experts don’t think the problem’s likely to resolve any time soon. But a study recently published in the New…
Pesach Osina, an Orthodox Jew who won the Democratic primary for a state Assembly seat to represent parts of Queens on Tuesday, doesn’t think that the party whose nomination he secured, which has embraced some politicians with antisemitic and anti-Israel views, is the same party that he has known his…
MS NOW is overhauling its weekend lineup by leaning harder into podcasts, taped programming and outside partnerships — a shakeup that will also mark the end of longtime anchor Alex Witt’s nearly three-decade run at the network. MS NOW chief Rebecca Kutler informed staff Friday that the network is revamping…
Who is responsible for AI’s output? Artificial intelligence (AI) companies like OpenAI maintain that they are not. In fact, their terms and conditions in 2023 stated that responsibility lies solely with the user. A German court disagrees.On June 9, a Munich court (subject to appeal) ruled that Google can be…
Matt Miller got candid about next steps following a horrific crash Wednesday that led to the amputation of his left arm. The ESPN NFL draft analyst shared Friday morning that he was set for surgery, with the procedure being “a big one.” “To find out if my shoulder can be…
Nearly a decade after The Vampire Diaries came to an end, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley are reuniting for a new show. The former costars will executive produce and star in Hulu’s You Deserve to Know, which is based on the 2025 thriller book of the same name by Aggie…
Sephora is about to be as quiet as a library. The beauty retailer is rolling out “Quiet Hours” to all locations after a successful try in 32 of its stores. The inclusive initiative is aimed at anyone who “enjoys a more peaceful and calmer shopping environment,” the company said earlier…
Israel and Lebanon signed a framework peace agreement on Friday — icing out Iran and its proxy group Hezbollah — following four days of negotiations in Washington. “In this performance-based trilateral framework agreement, Iran is out, Hezbollah is out, and the road to peace between Israel and Lebanon is in,”…
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Do you know the craziest part of the Lakers’ second-round playoff series against the Thunder? There’s such a wide chasm between the two teams that it has all-but-nullified what would’ve been a burning question in every other series involving LA. Would things have been different had Luka Doncic played? Doncic,…
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San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi has finally weighed in on potential heirs to her nearly 40-year reign in Congress — giving a nod to a left-wing pol who’s trailing badly in polls. The longtime San Francisco rep and former House speaker lavished praise on Connie Chan, a member of the…
Tens of millions of Americans may be eligible for pandemic-era tax refunds – and even though the issue is still playing out in court, the deadline to file for relief is fast-approaching. In Kwong v. United States, the US Court of Federal Claims last November ruled that a tax provision…
Turns out that little blue pill could be a boon to women, too. Erection pills do more than help men rise to the occasion, with research showing Viagra can improve the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes as well as treat enlarged prostates. And the infamous sex pills may…
It’s hard not to think back to one of the more poignant moments of last season. Jalen Brunson sat at the podium, not long after the Knicks were eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals, in Indiana and detailed how much had to go right just to get back to that…
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WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is investigating more than 120 biological laboratories abroad that were funded by US taxpayer dollars for decades, as part of an effort to end potentially risky experiments with viruses pursuant to President Trump’s executive order on so-called “gain-of-function” research. Gabbard told The…
Beef prices aren’t easing anytime soon and economists warn the pressure could last for years. That’s because the US cattle herd has fallen to its smallest size in 75 years, after years of drought, rising feed costs and an aging ranching workforce forced producers to scale back. “The biggest thing…
Bumble is swiping left on the swipe feature. Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd told Axios that the popular dating app will be doing away with the feature that asks users to swipe right or left on a person to share their interest or disinterest. On top of that, Wolfe…
Talk about a slumber setback. It’s not just when you go to bed, but how your head hits the pillow that can significantly influence several aspects of your well-being, from breathing and digestion to spine alignment. And while many prefer two pillows to get a good night’s rest, some people…
Through the first three weeks of the season, the Dodgers had the most dangerous offense in baseball. Over three frustrating weeks since, they’ve been perhaps the most mediocre unit in the majors. Reconciling the difference has become the most pressing storyline surrounding the team to this point of the campaign…
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Republican candidate for California Insurance Commissioner Stacy Korsgaden has warned she would crack down on insurance fraud and conduct a full audit of the California Department of Insurance if elected. “The reason that I’m running is that we have a situation that I cannot sit back anymore and watch, the…
Burger chain Five Guys is shuttering multiple California locations and cutting dozens of jobs as the fast-casual giant buckles under financial pressures — as critics say their high menu prices are pushing consumers away. The chain is permanently closing two restaurants in Los Angeles County, one in Whittier and another…
Sam Altman’s OpenAI allowed employees to cash out a whopping $6.6 billion in sales of shares last October, according to a report. More than 600 current and former workers participated and were allowed to sell up to $30 million in shares each as part of a financing round, the Wall…
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. For the last few years, it seems like Ozempic has been the main drug calling the shots in weight loss. But now, some health experts…
“The Roast of Kevin Hart” on Sunday night somehow turned into the blasting of Draymond Green. The Warriors star, whose NBA season came to an end just a couple weeks ago via a playoff loss to the Suns, attended Netflix’s special event at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and while…
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