Exclusive | Disgraced SF human rights chief collects city retirement benefits as corruption case moves through courts

A former San Francisco human rights boss accused of squandering city funds to pay for personal projects and her son’s tuition is still collecting a taxpayer-backed check as she faces a battery of criminal charges in court. Sheryl Davis — 57-year-old former head of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission who resigned in September 2024 after she was accused of conflicts of interest — is receiving a retirement benefit of $4,952.23 per month, according to the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement system. Davis was hired in 2018 to lead the troubled Human Rights Commission and earned close to $340,000 in total…

Science history: Doctor hypothesizes that ‘transmissible proteins’ can cause disease, contradicting a ‘central dogma’ of molecular biology — April 9, 1982

Milestone: Prions identifiedDate: April 9, 1982Where: San FranciscoWho: Dr. Stanley PrusinerOn April 9, 1982, a doctor at the University of California, San Francisco, published a paper in the journal Science showing that infectious proteins caused a degenerative nerve disease in sheep. In doing so, he transformed our understanding of how…

Ranking the top 10 offensive linemen in the 2026 NFL Draft

The Post’s Ryan Dunleavy ranks his top 10 offensive linemen in this year’s NFL draft, based on evaluations and conversations with people around the league: 1. OL Francis Mauigoa, Miami, 6-5 ½, 329 Mauler in the run game and stout in pass protection. Mirrors speed rushers. More than 2,700 career…

Former ExxonMobil lawyer David Woodcock named SEC’s next enforcement director

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped David Woodcock, a Gibson Dunn lawyer and former agency official, to be its next enforcement director after the regulator’s top cop abruptly quit last month. Woodcock, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dallas, will join the SEC to lead the more than 1,000-person division beginning May 4, the…

LA Galaxy acquire new star forward for upcoming season

The LA Galaxy didn’t just make a signing — they made a statement on Tuesday.  The sleeping giants of Major League Soccer acquired Brazilian forward João Klauss from St. Louis CITY SC in a $2.375 million cash-for-player deal, that gives the five-time MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy a crucial Designated…

FBI raiding Georgia election office in case related to the 2020 election

Federal investigators raided an election office in Fulton County, Ga., Wednesday in a case related to the 2020 vote, a Justice Department official told The Post. FBI officers are acting on a search warrant, but no more details were immediately available. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged former President…

Patrick Reed leaving LIV Golf for PGA Tour return

Patrick Reed is coming back to the PGA Tour. The former Masters champ announced Wednesday on X that he would not return to LIV Golf and would seek to return to the PGA as a past champion member. “I’m a traditionalist at heart, and I was born to play on…

Melania Trump rings NYSE opening bell to mark documentary premiere

Melania Trump rang the opening bell on Wall Street Wednesday to mark the upcoming premiere of her self-titled documentary. The first lady, dressed in a black dress and wide black belt, hit the button to start the day at the New York Stock Exchange to cheers from traders on the floor.…

Recall of high-priced chocolate bars over salmonella risk expands

A specialty chocolate company is expanding its recall of candy bars to include several more flavors due to possible contamination with salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration.  Spring & Mulberry – a Raleigh, North Carolina-based company that sells date-sweetened chocolates for $10 a bar, or $95 for a…

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