BEIJING – The Chinese government signaled on Wednesday that it would not follow Taiwan’s example on same-sex marriage after the first legal unions in Asia were hailed by activists as a social revolution for the region. Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill this month that endorsed same-sex marriage. More than 360 same-sex couples married on Friday … Continue reading "China signals it won’t follow Taiwan in allowing gay marriage"

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s statement upon the shuttering of his two-year investigation into the Trump campaign was weird even by the standards of the weirdness of the past couple of years. “Charging the president with a crime was not something we could consider,” he reported. Indeed, even pursuing that question, he added, would have been … Continue reading "Robert Mueller\u2019s \u2018final statement\u2019 was a disgraceful mess"

You’d have to be living on another planet not to have heard one of the biggest news stories in recent times: After years of denial, it turns out that the US government has a secret program, researching and investigating UFOs. The conspiracy theorists were right all along. The story broke in December 2017 and generated … Continue reading "UFOs have come out of the fringe and into the mainstream"

CAEN, France — The emotion of being liberated from Nazi occupation was so sweet and intense that the French refugees burst into song, a spontaneous rendition of “La Marseillaise” that echoed around the underground network of dank, dark tunnels where they had been sheltering for weeks since D-Day, amid filth, fleas and the rumble of … Continue reading "D-Day joy, hell told anew with virtual reality"

There’s more upheaval at Newsweek, as full-timers are being gradually replaced by a slate of well-credentialed journalists — who are being hired on a part-time basis. “They’ve been letting people go in dribs and drabs over the past few weeks,” said one source. That seemed to accelerate last week, when copy editors and videographers were … Continue reading "‘Newsweek’ staff replacements continue at full force"

Click:15w street light The ESPN spotlight shined on a defensive Magic Johnson Tuesday night, as the former Lakers club president was left to answer for countless allegations laid out in an explosive exposé published on its website earlier that morning. “Do you think (Lakers owner) Jeanie Buss will allow me to abuse employees? If that … Continue reading "Defensive Magic Johnson blasts ESPN’s Lakers report head-on"

With corruption, incompetence and indifference so routine under Mayor Bill de Blasio, Democrats hardly need another reason to give him the cold shoulder in his silly presidential campaign. What, they wonder, could he possibly do that is worse than what we already know? Here’s what: His school chancellor is using anti-bias training as a rationale for … Continue reading "Richard Carranza’s prejudicial race politics have gone too far"

Justice Clarence Thomas predicted the Supreme Court eventually will have to take up abortion law, after the court on Tuesday refused to consider reinstating Indiana’s 2016 law that bans women from aborting a fetus based on its race, gender or disability and requires burial rites for aborted fetuses. “Given the potential for abortion to become … Continue reading "Clarence Thomas predicts Supreme Court will have to take up abortion law"

WeWork has leased another space — but this time it is for its own HQ. The co-working behemoth is moving to 212,387 square feet at 630 Sixth Ave. along Ladies’ Mile between West 18th and 19th streets. Now known as the We Company, it is right around the corner at 115 W. 18th St. in … Continue reading "WeWork leases space for its headquarters on Sixth Avenue"

Not all of Masahiro Tanaka’s splitters loitered in the strike zone Tuesday night against the Padres. Like in a lot of his outings this season, some had more bite than others, but the one that hurt the most put the Yankees in a deep first-inning ditch they couldn’t climb all the way out of. Trailing … Continue reading "Masahiro Tanaka puts Yankees in hole they can’t get out of"