Inside Voices: Frequent Use of Solitary Confinement at DC Jail May Be Worse Than Rikers Island The D.C. Department of Corrections’ use of isolation is ineffective and harmful, especially for people experiencing suicidal thoughts. 05/3/2024 - 3:38 am | View Link
Rikers Island jail search uncovers large cache of contraband drugs, weapons A search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and marijuana in vacuum sealed bags, dozens of fentanyl-soaked papers, cigarettes, tobacco and ceramic ... 05/2/2024 - 12:49 pm | View Link
Harvey Weinstein back in Rikers Island jail, will appear in court after overturned rape conviction The 72-year-old former Hollywood powerhouse was transferred on Friday from Mohawk Correctional Facility, about 42 miles from Syracuse, New York, to a medical ward at Rikers in New York City. 04/27/2024 - 7:44 am | View Link
Harvey Weinstein returns to Rikers Island following shocking reversal of rape conviction One day after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned in a New York appeals court on Thursday, Harvey Weinstein is having his "medical needs tended to" upon his return to Rikers Island on Saturday. 04/27/2024 - 5:59 am | View Link
Harvey Weinstein cooling his heels in special Rikers cell after overturned rape conviction The fallen movie mogul is cooling his heels in a special cell unit at Rikers’ west facility for inmates with medical issues. 04/26/2024 - 2:25 pm | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.