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The Mets are finally finished with their West Coast schedule.

An NYPD cop appeared to slam a Knicks fan's face into a pole during an arrest outside Madison Square Garden's Friday night victory celebration, shocking video shows.

The actor told GQ he's trying to slow down as the years with his daughters moves 'quickly.'

The actor told GQ he's trying to slow down as the years with his daughters moves 'quickly.'

The only difference is that the Knicks are up 2-0 going home, one of three road teams to ever take the first two games of the Finals, along with the 1993 Bulls and 1995 Rockets. But Bridges knows this series isn’t over. He’s seen how quickly things can change.

The Old Barracks Museum is one of the nation’s last freestanding 18th-century barracks, and it brings the Colonial American world to life through interpretive programs, exhibits, and preservation. Its core mission is to allow visitors to appreciate New Jersey’s history, the diverse people who made it, and why it matters. This historic site in Trenton,...

After eight years of waiting, there’s no more runway.

Austin Wells is not exactly sure when it all began, or that there was any one incident that caused it.

CHICAGO — The Giants did what they couldn’t a day earlier: They plated the automatic runner placed at second base to begin extras and prevented the Cubs from doing the same in their turn to bat. And, in doing so, so did Keaton Winn. Winn, who allowed the walkoff blast to Pete Crow-Armstrong the previous...

Weirdly, Pink, who has never been in a Broadway show, hosted the ceremony honoring the best of Broadway.

Thousands of revelers filled the streets of West Hollywood on Sunday for the 2026 WeHo Pride Parade.

Pentagon Officially Removes 180 Faiths From Military Religion List

Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,

The Department of War has formally removed 180 faiths from its official list of religious affiliation codes, leaving 31 remaining, according to a memo posted by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on June 5.

The Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on May 25, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The military had initially listed 211 faith and belief codes, but that number has been sharply reduced under the direction of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to a memo signed by Anthony Tata, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, dated May 20.

The memo states that the change was intended to "streamline the DoW [Department of War] collection of religious preferences selection for Service members to enhance the delivery of targeted religious support from the Chaplaincy."

"The new 'Religious Affiliation Codes' list will provide chaplains with clear, readily available information that will better enable them to anticipate the religious support needs of Service members and to provide religious support activities that align with Service members' personal faith and practices," the memo reads.

The updated list includes agnosticism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and a range of Christian denominations such as Baptist, Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, and Seventh Day Adventist. Options of "no religion" or "other religion" are listed as well.

Parnell said that the cut in religious affiliation codes was not meant to make any judgment about the legitimacy of any faith or belief system, nor to serve as a list of "'officially approved' religions."

"Rather, it is designed to allow chaplains to quickly look at the religious composition of their units and determine how they structure resources to best provide for warfighters of all faith groups," he said in a post on X.

Parnell emphasized that the Pentagon remains committed to upholding service members' First Amendment rights and protecting their rights to the free exercise of religion.

"Chaplains play an instrumental role in providing spiritual care and facilitating the warfighters' ability to freely exercise their religion of choice, or no religion at all. With this new change, we believe we can provide the best data to support our chaplains in that effort," he said.

Hegseth first announced the planned reduction in March, saying that the previous system was "impractical" and that "many codes were never used at all." He noted that the vast majority of military personnel used only six of the religious affiliation codes.

"The previous system had ballooned to well over 200 faith codes," the Pentagon chief said in a video address posted on March 24.

"Our internal review committee recommended that going forward the department use 31 religious affiliation codes. This brings the codes in line with its original purpose - giving chaplains clear, usable information so they can minister the service members in a way that aligns with that service member's faith background and religious practice."

Tyler Durden Sun, 06/07/2026 - 23:20

It's been a challenging season in Indiana, and with that has come an increased focus on the Fever sidelines amid the team's recent struggles.

Sean Manaea has looked better during his recent resurgence, but he was afforded a cushion Sunday and utilized it.

Jennifer Aniston’s go-to workout actually blew my mind (and my core).

As part of her efforts to get back to a familiar place, Cori Close has gone overseas. The UCLA women’s basketball coach on Sunday imported an international prospect in Lina Jerkovic, a 5-foot-9 Slovenian guard who could accelerate the Bruins’ attempt to repeat as national champions. Jerkovic has shown significant promise on the international stage,...

You could almost feel sorry for Joe Biden when he crashed his wife Jill’s debut book talk in New York last week.

Platner Has Fundraising Surge After NYT Exposé, Which Is Bad News For Nervous Democrats

Graham Platner raised $200,000 in a single day on Friday, pulling in donations from more than 5,000 supporters, averaging $40 each. For a party trying to win back the Senate, it should be cause for celebration, but for Democrats trying to quietly push him toward the exit, it is a disaster.

The money came pouring in just hours after the New York Times published a damaging account based on interviews with several of Platner's former girlfriends. The timing made everything worse. The Times story days after Platner reportedly assured Democratic allies that nothing further would surface. The report described "unsettling" behavior, including an allegation from Lyndsey Fifield, a GOP operative, who claimed Platner bragged about having a Nazi tattoo and grabbed her by the shoulders. Platner denied any physical abuse and said he was unaware of the Nazi connection to the now-covered tattoo. The only thing he would concede to is being a bad boyfriend during a period when he was using alcohol to cope after returning from combat.

In addition to the fundraising, Platner's campaign released an internal poll from Public Policy Polling this week showing him with a 4-point lead over Collins. While that may seem like a positive development, analyst Nate Silver was skeptical, noting the results are "not super reassuring given that internal polls typically exaggerate their candidate's standing by 4 points or so." A campaign releasing its own polling in the middle of a scandal is usually a sign of pressure, not confidence.

Despite Platner’s fundraising boon, he has lost some support.

“I pulled my endorsement of Graham Platner because the information that has come to light at this point is inexcusable," liberal activist Cheyenne Hunt said on CNN.

"From comments on Reddit that excuse rape to now multiple allegations from a number of women that detail behaviors that are just grotesque, from demonstrably poor judgment to physical altercations, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, it's disqualifying for someone seeking to hold higher office, and we have to do what is right, even when it is politically and electorally inconvenient."

Meanwhile, Democrats in Washington are struggling to figure out how to handle Platner’s candidacy.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) repeatedly dodged questions about whether he supports Platner, recycling the phrase "We're going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate" each time reporters pressed him. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) declined to endorse Platner during an awkward CNN interview. 

The problem for Democrats is simple.

A candidate who can bank $200,000 in an afternoon, even amid allegations this serious, has little incentive to listen to nervous party leaders.

Platner told MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Thursday, hours after the Times story dropped, that he had not once considered stepping aside. "No, not once," he said, when Hayes asked whether he had thought about dropping out. Earlier in the same interview, Platner tried to contextualize the allegations by framing them as a byproduct of the trauma he brought home from war. "In this piece, there's a lot about my struggling, not being a good boyfriend, certainly self-medicating with alcohol, and I've been very upfront since the beginning of this campaign that that was a pretty dark period of my life after I came back from my combat service," he said.

Democrats had mapped out a straightforward path to flipping Maine, the most important state in their plan to win control of the U.S. Senate: The race was supposed to function as a referendum on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a longtime incumbent whose brand of moderate Republicanism has always made her a target. That strategy is now in tatters. "There is dramatically higher concern about losing Maine now across the caucus than there was before the stories broke," a senior Democratic Senate aide told Politico. "Everyone realizes that without Maine, the path to taking back the Senate is impossible." The aide added, "Everyone is apoplectic."

Democratic strategist Joel Payne diagnosed the problem with uncomfortable precision. "There's no way he's going to win a referendum on himself," Payne told The Hill. "He's got to make sure that when Maine voters go to the ballot, they ask, 'Am I really comfortable with Susan Collins for another six years?'" He acknowledged the campaign had failed to keep that frame intact. "They've lost the thread on that," Payne added.

None of this appears to be moving Platner. He rallied supporters in Bar Harbor ahead of Tuesday's primary, signaling that his base remains energized even as the party apparatus quietly panics around him.

That enthusiasm is exactly what makes this such a clean trap for Democrats. They cannot force him out. They cannot openly abandon him without handing Republicans a gift. And every day he stays in the race, the question Maine voters will answer in November shifts further away from Susan Collins and closer to Graham Platner. His donors just made sure he understands he does not need the party's permission to stay. And if more damaging information comes out, and there’s every reason to believe it will, the party may be stuck with a candidate who cannot win an election critical to their strategy for flipping the Senate.

Tyler Durden Sun, 06/07/2026 - 22:45

The Spurs got a true New York welcome outside their hotel Sunday. 

All eyes are on Victor Wembanyama. But all ears are on De’Aaron Fox, with the Spurs trailing 2-0 in the NBA Finals.