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Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton says unruly pro-Palestinian protesters need to face charges

Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said police need to hit unruly anti-Israel protesters with criminal charges that would screw them up for the rest of their damn lives if they keep acting up as he slammed the city for ending a crowd control practice that he believes has handicapped cops.

Highly recommended urban fantasy / police procedural Ben Aaronovitchs Peter Grant series, sta

Very nicely done. The books are police procedurals set in a London where magical creatures exist and are known to the police but hidden from the public, with a wisecracking, apprentice magician police officer as the hero. But, of course, the trick in all these things is in the execution, and I found these to

In new book, Kelly Barnhill finally gets her dragon

Halloween witches are all about potions and black cats, right? Not Luna, the 12-year-old witch in Kelly Barnhill's new novel, "The Girl Who Drank the Moon." As a baby, Luna is left as a yearly offering to an evil witch. But a good witch named Xan rescues her, just as she had rescued babies like

Bill Russell, basketball great, dies at 88

Throughout his basketball career, Bill Russell compiled a legacy of championship achievement unparalleled in any sport. As the dominant defensive player of his generation, he won an Olympic gold medal for the U.S. basketball team in 1956, then over the next 13 years led the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA championships.

How do you fill gaps between vinyl tiles?

Use the putty knife to push the caulking down into the gap so that it fills any potential voids that could be under the edges of the vinyl tiles. Pull the putty knife across the joint to ensure that any excess is scraped off the face of the tiles and the joint is filled flush.Click