Day: June 22, 2023

NHL players will not wear Pride jerseys during warm-ups anymore: ‘Keeping the focus on the game’

10:08 pm June 22, 2023

The NHL and several of its teams and players caught both flak and praise in response to not wearing LGBTQ-themed jerseys during warm-ups on their respective Pride Nights. In order to avoid any “distraction,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says themed jerseys will no longer be worn on the ice. “I suggested that it would be […]

‘Home Improvement’ star Zachery Ty Bryan downplays domestic violence allegations: ‘Blown out of proportion’

10:02 pm June 22, 2023

“Home Improvement” star Zachery Ty Bryan downplayed a 2020 altercation between him and Johnnie Faye Cartwright, who at the time was the actor’s secret girlfriend. Bryan, who had been seeing Cartwright for two years while married, was arrested in October 2020 and charged with felony strangulation, fourth-degree assault, coercion, menacing, harassment and interference with making […]

North Carolina officer fatally shot suspect in street who was displaying a firearm

9:15 pm June 22, 2023

A North Carolina police officer fatally shot a person who was walking down a street early Thursday displaying a firearm, authorities said. A Greensboro officer responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle and while searching for it saw a person walking in the street who displayed a firearm as the officer approached, a statement […]

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison warns Target about their ‘obligations’ to the LGBTQ community

9:15 pm June 22, 2023

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, D., wrote a letter to Target warning that their decision to pull Pride merchandise from certain stores encourages bullying and will embolden “hateful” methods. Ellison co-lead an open letter of 15 AG’s expressing their concerns over Target pulling products in response to consumer outrage, and said they could use Civil […]

Charter schools outperform public schools: report

9:12 pm June 22, 2023

The latest progress report on our nation’s schools shows that charter schools are outperforming when compared with their public school counterparts. The non-partisan, a-political study from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University has compared standardized state math and reading test results between the two types of schools since 2009. That first […]