Is the internet villain known as “Phillies Karen” employed by your friendly neighborhood New Jersey school district? No! Absolutely not! So please, please, please, please, stop saying it! That’s essentially the message from Hammonton Public Schools, which somehow found itself sucked into the latest viral video turned online sleuthing frenzy on Saturday. “The woman identified on social media as ‘Phillies …
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Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images When you’re winning an honor like a Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, it’s easy to feel frazzled and forget a name or two in your acceptance speech. But it is hard not to notice when Benny Safdie doesn’t thank his brother, Josh Safdie, with whom he co-directed some of his biggest …
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he didn’t know “anything” about what the New York Times reported was a classified 2019 SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea in which unarmed North Korean civilians were killed during an aborted operation. The Pentagon and U.S. Special Operations Command declined to comment to ABC News about The New York Times report. …
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The perception that the Chiefs get all the calls took a hit on Friday night, when tight end Travis Kelce took a literal hit to the head after a play — and when the Chargers player who threw it wasn’t thrown out of the game. It happened in the third quarter, with L.A. leading, 13-6. The Chiefs were driving. As …
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President Donald Trump learned the hard way Friday morning that firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t change the facts: the economy is cooling, the unemployment rate is going up, and the number of job openings isn’t keeping pace. The U.S. economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, less than economists had expected. Friday morning’s jobs report …
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Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward ended his training camp hold-in, but he hasn’t stopped looking for a new contract. Heyward made that clear when he spoke to reporters in Pittsburgh on Friday, but he was less clear when it came to his availability on Sunday against the Jets. The Steelers have a longstanding policy that they don’t negotiate during the …
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Running back Christian McCaffrey’s absence from the lineup in Week 1 this year would come as less of a surprise than it did last year, but it would be just as big a blow to the 49ers. McCaffrey is listed as questionable to play against the Seahawks on Sunday because of a calf injury that caused him to miss practice …
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College football coaches have long, long memories. Every play, good or bad, is burned into their brain. The bad plays, and losses, are burned into their souls. Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has a memory probably longer than most. He has good reason to. He also doesn’t want history to repeat itself Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. His first team at …
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CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta vividly remembers the day he impaled himself on a wrought iron fence. He had just turned 12, and he was running through the neighborhood when he spontaneously decided to vault over a fence that he usually ran around. Except he didn’t quite make it. “One of the spikes caught me on my side and …
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As the Pittsburgh Steelers get ready to open their season against the New York Jets on Sunday, there’s been a calmness vibe emanating from their starting quarterback. One who would have reasons to feel some extra motivation as he takes on his former team, who he’s publicly disagreed with this offseason. Yet, Aaron Rodgers hasn’t had much to say about …
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