Domestic Glance
A pro-Israeli group has targeted a CUNY professor it said has engaged in anti-Semitism.
The Zionist Organization of America, in a letter to state Sen. Jack Martins, ripped Sarah Schulman, who holds the title of distinguished professor of English at the College of Staten Island.
Schulman also serves as the faculty adviser to Students for Justice in Palestine, which has been accused of instigating anti-Jewish harassment and intimidation on different CUNY campuses.
Pro-Israel group accuses Jewish CUNY professor of anti-Semitic behavior
Frank Sinatra Jr., son of the legendary actor and singer, dead at age 72
His voice was his, yet echoed his father’s just enough to invite a comparison he could never live up to. He was talented and tenacious, but Frank Sinatra Jr. was always burdened with that magical name.
Sinatra Jr. died Wednesday while on tour in Florida of cardiac arrest, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 72 and had not been ill, his family said.
Dozens hospitalized after Kansas train derailment
At least 29 people were injured when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in rural southwest Kansas early Monday, authorities said.
The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it came off the tracks just after midnight about 20 miles west of Dodge City, Amtrak said in a statement. Kansas Highway Patrol communication specialist Patricia Munford said five train cars derailed.
Grey County spokeswoman Ashley Rogers said no one has life-threatening injuries.
U.S. police escape federal charges in 96 percent of rights cases: newspaper
Federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against law enforcement officers in the United States facing allegations of civil rights violations in 96 percent of such cases between 1995 and 2015, according to an investigation by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper.
The newspaper examined nearly 3 million U.S. Justice Department records related to how the department's 94 U.S. attorney's offices across the country, and in U.S. territories including Puerto Rico, handled civil rights cases against officers.
9 firefighters hurt, 3 businesses destroyed in Seattle gas explosion
Seattle officials say an early morning natural gas explosion that injured nine firefighters and destroyed or damaged businesses in the Greenwood neighborhood was accidental, but investigators are still determining where the gas leak occurred.
At least 36 businesses suffered some kind of damage in the blast, said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. During an afternoon news conference next to the debris, Murray said police planned to increase patrols in the area to provide extra security.
Nine hurt as train derails, car plunges into California creek
A commuter train struck a tree and derailed in storm-soaked Northern California, plunging its lead car into a rain-swollen creek and sending passengers scrambling in the dark to get out of the partially submerged car.
Nine people were injured, four seriously, the Alameda County Fire Department said.
Rescuers battled the creek’s fast-moving currents Monday night to pull riders to safety, Alameda County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly said.
Report: Nancy Reagan dies at 94
Nancy Reagan has died ... TMZ has learned from a close family member.
The former first lady was living in Bel Air and has been in failing health in recent years. She died from congestive heart failure at her home.
Mrs. Reagan married Ronald in 1952 and went on to became a First Lady who at first was severely criticized for her fancy taste -- particularly in china -- but went on to become beloved, along with her husband.
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