Entangled humpback whale freed from fishing gear off Mass. coast

Local news Responders used a hook-shaped knife at the end of a 30-foot pole to free the young whale. View of a humpback whale after its release. Center for Coastal Studies A humpback whale entangled in fishing gear was rescued Sunday off the coast of Massachusetts, the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown announced. Late … Read more

Suspect at large after fatal shooting at Wilmington Hospital in Delaware; lockdown lifted

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE– One person is dead, and the gunman remains at large, after a double shooting Tuesday afternoon inside a Wilmington hospital in Delaware. Officials said in a press conference that investigators are still working to track down the suspect and confirm his identity. The condition of the second person who was shot, nor the … Read more

Jake Funk on Self-Scouting, the Tuesday Grind, and Building a Life After the Rams

Most prospects spend the pre-draft process selling themselves. Jake Funk spent it scouting himself like the general managers who would decide his future. That clear-eyed honesty runs through his whole career, a two-star recruit out of Damascus High in Maryland who scored a state-record 57 touchdowns as a senior, tore the ACL in his left … Read more

Jane Lynch and Megan Hilty added to Boston Pops July 4 show

Local news “Our popular 4th of July lineup just got even more exciting with the addition of Jane Lynch and Megan Hilty,” said Boston Pops frontman Keith Lockhart. Jane Lynch attended the Critics’ Choice 3rd Annual LGBTQ+ Film & Television Association Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on May 29. Valerie Macon … Read more

Brendan Sorsby’s Extreme First-Round Hype Doesn’t Hold Up on Tape

Brendan Sorsby’s tape has first-round believers. PFN draft analyst Jacob Infante is not one of them. The Texas Tech transfer, now bound for the supplemental draft after walking away from his eligibility fight, has drawn first-round chatter on the strength of his arm and athleticism. One NFC executive told ESPN he is “a first-round talent … Read more

Body found in NYC park is missing woman, 73, who suffered from dementia

The body found floating in a pond in a Queens park over the weekend is that of a 73-year-old woman suffering from dementia who appeared to have strayed from her home, police and sources said. Qinmei Lin was found unconscious and unresponsive in a boiler pond in Bowne Park just after 6pm on Sunday — … Read more

‘Impossible To Know If He’ll Stay Clean’ — NFL Insider Reveals AFC Team is Not Expected To Pursue Brendan Sorsby

Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Brendan Sorsby is planning to declare for the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft, and he could become the first player to be drafted in the first round of it since Dave Brown went to the New York Giants in 1992, but if he does, it’s unlikely to be the Cleveland Browns. … Read more

PHOTOS: Inside Performa’s ‘Live on Broadway’ Benefit

Fragments of Barbara Kruger Untitled (Questions). Courtesy of Performa, photo: Elise Mertz There was a certain magic in New York last Wednesday night – an unknown and unexpected thrill in the air. Knicks fans held their breath in preparation for Game 4, and a few blocks away, at the Town Hall Theater near Times Square, … Read more

OPINION: ‘Giant’ and the Seduction of Certainty

Aya Cash and John Lithgow in Giant. Photo: Joan Marcus giant The film takes place on a scorching summer day in 1983, in an elegant, shabby English country house. Roald Dahl, the world-famous children’s book author, is in a bad mood. His body is wracked with pain, his new book, Witches. His fiancée and the … Read more

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now

If everyone in the United States weren’t living downstream from its consequences, it would be a pretty good tragic flaw that Donald Trump wants more than anything to be seen as a brilliant man who has always been right about everything when he is transparently a butterfingered dunce whose professional expertise more or less begins … Read more