The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics will soon be under new ownership. The franchise’s current ownership group agreed to sell the club to William Chisholm for a record $6.1 billion, agencies representing both sides involved in the sale confirmed to The Associated Press. ESPN and Sportico were among those first reporting the agreement for the […]
Read MoreThe New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, blocked a law on Thursday allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections. A former New York City Council member responded to the ruling by saying it should have been an “open and shut case” and that the law was “embarrassing.” In a court filing by […]
Read MoreCellphone video shows the arrest of Columbia University anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil by federal immigration agents. The two-minute clip shows several immigration agents confronting Khalil inside the lobby of his university-owned residence, informing him that he is “going to be under arrest” and ordering him to “stop resisting.” “There’s no need for this,” Khalil replies […]
Read MoreU.S. Customs and Border Protection shut down a migrant processing facility near San Diego, Calif., following an “unprecedented drop in apprehensions.” The temporary facility in Otay Mesa, which opened in January 2023, had a capacity of around 500 with a primary purpose to “safely and expeditiously process individuals in U.S. Border Patrol custody,” according to […]
Read MoreMangoes may be linked to lower insulin resistance, a factor involved in the prevention of diabetes, suggests a new study published in the journal Nutrients. Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology examined how eating fresh mangoes affected inflammation and insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese adults with low-grade chronic inflammation, as reported by SWNS. […]
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