Scholastic is facing backlash over their new decision to move some books dealing with LGBTQ and race issues into an optional book collection for school book fairs at elementary schools around the country this year. USA Today reported several librarians and best-selling authors condemned Scholastic on social media, accusing them …

EXCLUSIVE – Asaf Pozailov has seen a lot while working for Israel’s public broadcaster for 14 years, but nothing like what he’s seen in the past 13 days. In fact, the veteran reporter at the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation says at one point after Hamas first launched its terrorist attack …

British actress Emily Blunt is apologizing for fat-shaming a female server in a recently resurfaced interview from 2012. During an appearance on Britain’s “Jonathan Ross Show,” Blunt referred to her server at a Chili’s location as “enormous.” “I just need to address this head on as my jaw was on …

A suspected robber armed with a hammer was fatally shot when he allegedly tried to rob a California gun store. The Livermore Police Department said that before 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a man “wearing a mask, a hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head and gloves” who was “acting suspicious” entered East …

New 911 call audio released by officials in Massachusetts reveals a frantic search to rescue Barack Obama’s personal chef who fell off a paddleboard near the former president’s estate on Martha’s Vineyard. Tafari Campbell, 45, went missing while paddleboarding in the Edgartown Great Pond on Martha’s Vineyard on July 23. …

President Biden was apparently caught once again using a cheat sheet of reporters after a picture of him holding a note card with their images went viral. During his joint press conference with Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday, the leaders took questions from four reporters, two from each …

The White House said Sunday it “vigorously condemns” the group of pro-Palestinian rioters in Russia who flooded an airport as they were shouting antisemitic chants and reportedly searching for passengers from a flight that departed from Tel Aviv, Israel. The airport, located in the city of Makhachkala in the Republic …

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday that a person of interest in relation to threats of a mass shooting and antisemitic violence at Cornell University had been identified by law enforcement. “This individual is currently in New York State Police custody for questioning,” Hochul wrote on X, formerly …

An observant parent in Pennsylvania made a disturbing discovery after taking a bite from their child’s Halloween candy, alerting police to a sewing needle planted inside the sugary treat. According to the Silver Spring Township Police Department, 7:03 p.m. Tuesday — Halloween — officers were dispatched to the first block …

Travis Kelce was a star for the Kansas City Chiefs, a two-time Super Bowl champion, before he began dating Taylor Swift. But even he admitted the extra attention on him from paparazzi and millions of others has been an adjustment. Despite all the off-the-field spotlight, Kelce’s production on the field …