Month: March 2020

On March 8, a series of rallies to mark International Women’s Day are scheduled to take place in major cities across Pakistan. They are calling for gender equality, but in Pakistan, that has stirred controversy — and even violence. In the lead up to March 8, two petitions were filed in the courts of Islamabad

The New York City Police Department launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media showed at least eight officers arresting a 20-year-old man in Brooklyn, drawing criticism about the police’s handling of the incident. After the video hit social media, protests occurred outside the police precinct. The man was only charged with

Immobile populations of Earth’s earliest animals may have been connected by long filaments in a 500 million-year-old example of a social network, scientists say. The filaments were discovered in fossils of marine creatures called rangeomorphs in eastern Newfoundland, according to a report published in the journal Current Biology. Rangeomorphs lived between 571 and 539 million

After more than three seasons with the Brooklyn Nets, Kenny Atkinson is no longer the head coach. The team and Atkinson have “mutually agreed to part ways,” the team announced Saturday morning. Assistant coach Jacque Vaughn will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season. “After discussions with Kenny about the

The Golden State Warriors will take on the Philadelphia 76ers in San Francisco later today despite local health officials warning against large gatherings over coronavirus fears. The San Francisco Department of Public Health recommended Friday that “non-essential large gatherings should be canceled or postponed.” The department included sporting events in its recommendation. In a statement