Thompson’s days were numbered at the Census Bureau
Good riddance to John Thompson, the head of the Census Bureau. You all know Thompson because he’s been featured regularly in this column over the last five years as the bureau had various screwups,...
View ArticleThe luckiest lottery numbers in the world, according to science
Everyone knows the lottery is a game of chance — but it seems there are certain numbers that are luckier than others. A new study looked at the winning balls across fifteen international lotteries over...
View ArticleMath class isn’t as pointless as you once thought
It all adds up. Who didn’t roll their eyes in math class, thinking that they’d never use this stuff in real life? Well, it looks like solving equations in school works out to your advantage in the long...
View ArticleProposed bill would require schools to report bullying stats
City education officials would have to post school-by-school bullying statistics, under a bill proposed by City Councilman Mark Treyger. “If you want to examine the problem, you have to measure it,”...
View ArticleCalling out the world of junk science
If you hear about some important finding from a new scientific study, be skeptical: There’s a good chance it’s not true. That’s a key point in the National Association of Scholars’ new report, “The...
View ArticleMost American service members died outside combat
Some 15,851 US active-duty personnel and mobilized reservists have died while serving in America’s military since 2006 – but according to a new report, the biggest adversaries are not directly related...
View ArticleCity’s worst child abuse cases hit record high
Twenty years after it was created to tackle the city’s most heinous child-abuse cases, the ACS’s Instant Response Team is busier than ever, investigating a record number of high-risk cases in its most...
View ArticleNHL planning to microchip players and pucks to gather real-time data
Puck and player tracking is coming to the NHL next season. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long-expected news Friday during All-Star Weekend in San Jose, Calif. The league is partnering with...
View ArticleHate crimes skyrocket in NYC as overall crime drops: NYPD
Reported hate crimes are skyrocketing in the Big Apple, but overall index crime in the city is down by 6.7 percent this year, the NYPD said Thursday. Bias crimes are up a staggering 67 percent, with...
View ArticleAirline group predicts another record for summer travel
The airline industry’s U.S. trade group is predicting another record for summer travel. Airlines for America forecast Tuesday that 257.4 million people will fly on U.S. carriers between June 1 and Aug....
View ArticleNumber of measles cases so far this year surpasses 1994 total: CDC
The number of US measles cases reported so far this year has already surpassed the total from all of 1994 — and outbreaks in the Big Apple are in large part to blame, the CDC announced this week. A...
View ArticleFlight bookings from US to the Dominican Republic are slowly recovering: report
Flight bookings from the US to the Dominican Republic are making a slow recovery — following a dramatic slump amid the recent string of mysterious tourist deaths in the Caribbean nation, new data...
View ArticleDems’ rush left on race makes them unable to talk seriously about crime
Democratic accusations that America is endemically racist are becoming ever more frequent and strident. At the last presidential debate, Pete Buttigieg announced that “systemic racism” will “be with...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s ridiculous (and evil) ‘virus-free’ boasts
North Korea is telling the world it doesn’t have a single, solitary case of coronavirus. It’d be hilarious if the lie didn’t stand for untold human suffering. “Not one single person has been infected...
View ArticleCoronavirus leaves NYC with 80 percent less real estate listings than normal
As the real-estate market pause enters its fifth week, New York City listings are up to 71 -- an increase of 37 percent compared to the week before. Still, that's 80 percent less than normal.
View ArticleUS marriage rate plunged to lowest level on record in 2018
Americans are no longer putting a ring on it. The US marriage rate fell to its lowest level on record in 2018, federal stats released Wednesday show. New figures from the National Center for Health...
View ArticleThese are the NYC neighborhoods with highest coronavirus death rates
East New York, Far Rockaway and Flushing are among the neighborhoods hit hardest by the coronavirus in New York, according to a new trove of data released Monday by the city Department of Health. ZIP...
View ArticleWe’re past the peak — and it’s fine to cheer
It’s not March anymore. The novel coronavirus has taken a heartbreaking health and economic toll in America. But the course of the pandemic isn’t the same as it was a few months ago. We are on the...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo says NY coronavirus hospitalizations, death toll have increased
New coronavirus hospitalizations and the daily death toll have ticked up slightly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday — troubling blips amid the disease’s overall decline. Some 229 New Yorkers have been...
View ArticleCalling out the world of junk science
If you hear about some important finding from a new scientific study, be skeptical: There’s a good chance it’s not true. That’s a key point in the National Association of Scholars’ new report, “The...
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