Claudia Bergnaum 
New Jersey’s top court Tuesday tossed out the conviction of a mom in the 1991 death of her 5-year-old son — one of the state’s most infamous and previously longest-running cold cases. Michelle Lodzinski had been sentenced in 2016 to 30 years in prison for killing her son, Timothy Wiltsey, who she claimed vanished from … Read more
A newly launched “Pay Gap Store” aims to highlight workplace inequality by encouraging shoppers to pay different prices based on their race and gender. Launched earlier this month, the online store asks shoppers to disclose their gender and race or ethnicity before browsing products such as T-shirts, mugs and bags. Users are then encouraged — but not … Read more
Billie Lourd is remembering her late mother, Carrie Fisher, in a powerful post about going through the grieving process — five years after Fisher’s death in December 2016. Lourd, whose mother was known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, opened up in a caption on Instagram alongside an adorable photo of the … Read more
Reuters Videos Armed and Isolated: Ten years of Kim Jong Un’s reign It’s been ten years since Kim Jong Un became leader of North Korea. He marks the third generation of his family to rule the reclusive state.At times throughout the last decade, the youngest Kim’s actions have raised and ruined hopes of economic transformation … Read more
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Jake Herslow caught a 26-yard, go-ahead touchdown pass from Clayton Tune with 3:27 left to help lift No. 21 Houston to a 17-13 victory over Auburn on Tuesday in the Birmingham Bowl. The Cougars (12-2) marched 80 yards on eight plays to cap the third season in program history with at least … Read more
More than 6,000 NYPD cops — about 17 percent of the 36,000-member uniformed force — were out sick as of Tuesday as COVID-19 infections continue to soar across the country, police sources said. Of that total, 3,000 cops had flu-like symptoms and more than 1,300 were diagnosed with COVID, the sources said. The percentage out … Read more
A New Jersey man who calls himself “the Vitamin Lawyer” and his business partner have been banned from hawking an unproven COVID-19 treatment that they claimed would allow people to have “no fear” about the virus, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Retired lawyer Ralph Fucetola and Dr. Rima Laibow were ordered to recall the treatment and … Read more
Typhoon Lagoon will reopen on January 2, 2022. According to a news release from Disney, the park will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and Typhoon Lagoon will be included in these celebrations. The water park closed in March 2020, along with the rest of Disney World due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, … Read more
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!! No, it’s a … comet heading right toward us!!! Adam McKay’s star-laden Don’t Look Up leads the Netflix Top 10 movie list for the week ending December 26, as viewers sat tight and assessed to the tune of 111 million minutes in the pic’s first week. ‘Don’t Look Up’ Netflix … Read more
A mummified adult man of the Ansilta culture, from the Andes of San Juan, Argentina, dating back approx 2,000 years. Credit: Universidad Nacional de San Juan New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration. Human DNA can be extracted from the ‘cement’ head lice used to glue their eggs to … Read more