Photo: Google Maps An Arizona mother is outraged after, she says, her 9-year-old son was singled out and yelled at in class as part of a lesson on segregation in the United States. Claudia Rodriguez expressed her frustrationin a Facebook poston April 12, writing that her son, a third-grader at BASIS Phoenix Central, was forced to endure verbal abuse from his classmates for the sake of a lesson about the Civil Rights movement....

Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage A Thursday performance of Broadway’sMoulin Rouge! The Musicalwas canceled after audience members were seated due to a positive COVID-19 test. Theatergoers at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre were “seated and waiting for the music to start” when the performance was canceled,Deadlinereported. A rep for the production told PEOPLE on Friday in a statement that “last night’s performance ofMoulin Rouge! The Musicalwas canceled following a late-in-the-day positive test result in the company....

The biggest night in music is here! Musicians wait all year to honor their peers at the annualGrammy Awards, but before the incredible performances begin and the gilded gramophones are handed out, the industry’s biggest stars do a lot of prep behind the scenes. Whether it’s carving out time for a relaxing treatment or kicking back while the pros work on hair and makeup, tonight’s nominees, performers and presenters give us an inside glimpse at what it’s really like to get ready for the 2022 Grammys....

Photo: Courtesy Tammy McManis Chase McManis, 15, is an avid runner and soccer player who doesn’t eat junk food, drink alcohol or do drugs, which is why his family is now struggling to determine why his heart suddenly stopped on Sept. 7 at Edmond North High School in Oklahoma — a terrifying ordeal he ultimately survived. “I was shocked that something like that had happened. My husband and I were dumbfounded,” Chase’s mother, Tammy McManis, tells PEOPLE of the moments she and her husband, Robert McManis, first got the news....

Photo: GettyAn Onondaga County Sheriff’s deputy was found dead from a gunshot wound on Monday, along with his son and his wife, who was critically wounded.The body of off-duty deputy Isaac Eames, 48, was discovered at his home in the town of Clay around 7:30 a.m., according to authorities, after a neighbor reported gunshots to 911 dispatchers.The Associated Pressreported that Karen Eames, Isaac Eames' wife, and their son Troy were taken to Upstate University Hospital....

Ruschell Boone.Photo:Ruschell Boone/Instagram Ruschell Boone/Instagram Beloved anchor Ruschell Boone has died due to complications related to pancreatic cancer. She was 48. Boone, who became an anchor in 2021, briefly stepped away from her desk shortly after celebrating 20 years with NY1 in June 2022, according to the station. The following month, NY1revealedthe Emmy award-winning journalist was being treated for cancer. Boone returned to the desk in March 2023 after nine months of treatment, which she documented on herpersonal social media accounts, NY1 said in aprevious statement....

Eric Adams.Photo: Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock A leading candidate in New York City’s mayoral race staged an unlikely press event in an unlikelier place on Wednesday, welcoming reporters inside his Brooklyn home after it was reported that he has been sleeping at an apartment he owns in New Jersey. “How foolish would someone have to be to run to be the mayor of the city of New York and live in another municipality?...

Photo: Getty A New York City police officer — who is also a mother — is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband as well as a girl. Instead, investigators say the boyfriend contacted the FBI, eventually working with them as a confidential informant and wearing a recording device whenever he’d meet with Cincinelli to discuss the alleged attempted murder-for-hire plot. His phone calls with Cincinelli — who has been an NYPD officer since 2007 — were also recorded....

Photo: Paul Martinka via AP New York City police and prosecutors are investigating the death of a 30-year-old subway busker after a fellow passenger restrained the man and held him in a chokehold. “This is a solemn and serious matter that ended in the tragic loss of Jordan Neely’s life,” Doug Cohen, press secretary for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, said in a statement to PEOPLE. “As part of our rigorous ongoing investigation, we will review the Medical Examiner’s report, assess all available video and photo footage, identify and interview as many witnesses as possible, and obtain additional medical records....

Naomi Osaka and Rafael Nadal Set to Return to Tennis for Australian Open, Tournament Director Says.Photo:Carmen Mandato/Getty; Cameron Spencer/Getty Carmen Mandato/Getty; Cameron Spencer/Getty The 2024 Australian Open is set to serve some major star power. On Tuesday, the tournament announced on social media that tennis starNaomi Osaka, who won the tournament in 2019 and 2021, will compete in the 2024 edition, which begins January 14. Former Australian Open champions,Caroline Wozniackiand Angelique Kerber, are set to play as well....

Nate Berkus.Photo:Heather Talbert Photography Heather Talbert Photography Nearly a decade ago,Nate Berkuswas visiting California to film a television show when he woke up to red patches all over his face, immediately having a moment of “sheer panic” while looking in the mirror. “I was in a dermatologist’s office two hours later. I’mnotmessing around with that,” he tells PEOPLE with a laugh. The interior designer, 51, recently spoke to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with psoriasis nine years ago and why he’s waited until now to reveal his skin condition....

Most enquiry on laboratory animals has been done on males . Any differences between male and female mouse brains have been largely ignored . That could be distorting our hunt for drugs for term such as major depressive disorder , since some subsist versions aim a brainiac social system where , at least in rodents , these differences are very big . Dr Joseph Doughertyof Washington University , St Louis , investigated the venue coeruleus of mice ....

Photo: Change.org A New York resident is maintaining his innocence after being accused of strangling his neighbor’s dog to death in July. In Suffolk County District Court on Thursday, Huynh Toquoc pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and misdemeanor charges,NBC 4 reportedFriday. Toquoc’s neighbors, Elana Greenfield and Dominic Primerano, claim while walking their two-year-old pit bull Rex on a leash around their apartment complex on July 14, two unleashed dogs — Tuquoc’s shih tzu and another neighbor’s goldendoodle — attacked him....