I came to this realization talking to my three children, each of them an avid Harry Potter fan, in the wake of the terrorist attacks. It was difficult for them to comprehend the events that suddenly had brought them home from school and thrust them into a terrifying new world. As we groped for ways to discuss the enormity of the tragedy, the series came unexpectedly to mind. The heart of the Harry Potter novels is the raw, unadulterated evil and bone-chilling terror evoked by the shadowy villain, Lord Voldemort, and his secret society of determined followers....

I saw a brand of hopelessness that my son will never feel because he had opportunities that millions of young African-Americans don’t have. The big one was this: We got to choose his schools. It shaped his life. It shaped everything. And gave him a chance at a better life. There’s racism in America, no doubt. My father, the subject of the recently released Apple movie, The Banker, experienced it as a businessman of color....

The Newark Post reported that the reproductive health care facility on Delaware Avenue was attacked at about 2:15 a.m. on the morning of January 3. Police say Gulick was the man captured on surveillance video spraypainting “Deus Vult” onto the building’s facade. On either side of the writing, he placed a Marian cross and a Chi-Rho, two Catholic symbols. Video shows that after he finished, the man removed a primitive Molotov cocktail—a glass bottle filled with flammable material—lit it, and hurled it at the door....

Pickled Dick’s Deli and Catering Co. of Uniontown, Ohio, posted a sign on the establishment’s front door and a photo of it in a now-deleted Facebook post on September 28. The photo of the sign appeared Friday on the popular r/antiwork Reddit forum, captioned “I just can’t with this one,” along with an emoji of a facepalming woman. The post earned 34,000 upvotes and 3,300 comments in seven hours....

During my freshman year at Babson College, I was running a nonprofit called TILE (tile.org) and doing work with a group of students in Yemen. I was trying to figure out how to get educational resources to the most remote areas of the war-torn country, and soon learned that I couldn’t send textbooks or even deliver online courses because Yemen’s access to internet is extremely limited. After banging my head against a wall for months, I figured out that the most effective way to deliver education would be through text messages....

Try as it may, the late-November gloom filtering through the slatted white shutters fails to cast its long shadow on Morris, whose piercing blue eyes dart back and forth between his daughter, Arleca, and his grandson, Mark, as he tries to remember. Each time he regales the room with a vignette from his past, he glows, his words etching away some of the dimness that surrounds them. “I just thank the good Lord for all that he’s given me....

The variant—first identified in India and now the dominant strain in the United Kingdom—bears an increased transmissibility rate and has spread to over 80 countries, according to the World Health Organization. Experts have found the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines to be effective against the Delta variant, or B.1.617.2. Its spread within the U.S., so far confirmed in 41 states, comes as President Joe Biden’s vaccination drive appears likely to fall short of its target of 70 percent of adults at least partially inoculated by July 4....

Cousins’ most recent ejection was a bit confusing, however. In the Kings’ Wednesday game in Boston, Celtics point guard Marcus Smart worked hard to box cousins out for a rebound, and Cousins responded by grabbing Smart by the jersey and slamming him to the ground. MORE: Kings not informed of Corbin’s extension | Durant returning vs Suns | Mock Draft Luckily, the situation didn’t escalate any further, as Kings guard Ray McCallum was there to hold Smart back and stop any retaliation....

Give or take a Russell Westbrook, Cousins, a 6-11, 280-pound bruiser of a center might be the fiercest. Above all, he wants to win and he’s willing to do anything and everything short of coming to blows in order to gain an advantage. It’s part of the reason he leads the league in technical fouls. Sunday, after being heckled mercilessly by a Lakers fan on the road in Los Angeles, Cousins gave the spectator an expletive-laden piece of his mind as he walked to the Pelicans’ bench....

“New York City is the greatest city in the world but our people are struggling and need help - not insults hurled our way in front of a national audience,” Wiley said in a statement obtained by Newsweek. “The Governor has had ten years to work on the issues he tried to call New York City out on today and nothing gets solved by finger-pointing at press conferences. New Yorkers just deserve better than this....

“I take complete responsibility for the language I used on the Caucus Conference call this afternoon. My words were wrong, hurtful, and completely inappropriate. I sincerely apologize to my colleagues, constituents, and friends for the pain I caused,” Schrader said in a tweet on Friday. “I recognized the horrible historical context of these words and have started to reach out to my colleagues personally to express that I understand the harm caused,” Schrader added....

“OK Repubs,” Waters tweeted. “Keep shielding & protecting this impeached prez despite his lies (15k); despite his unilaterally pulling out of Iran deal; despite weak answers on imminent danger; despite Mattis quitting, now Pentagon CoS quits; you are going to be responsible for dragging us to war!” Newsweek reached out to Waters’ office for further comment but did not receive a comment in time for publication. Waters has taken aim at Trump in the past, including in a press statement released Friday in which she referred to the president as “dangerous....

Trump is set to speak at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, to drum up support for Republican candidates ahead of the November midterms. GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance is expected to appear at the event, while a spokesperson for DeWine told Newsweek Friday that the governor hasn’t made a decision yet about whether he’ll attend. The latest polling average in the Senate race compiled by FiveThirtyEight shows the Democratic candidate, Representative Tim Ryan, slightly ahead of Vance—with 44....

How do I know this? Well, I have unique insight into the interests of Black Americans, because I’ve owned and operated the Black celebrity news site Media Takeout for over a decade. MTO, as we’re known online, reports mostly on African American news, but not exclusively, and we decide what articles to publish based on a fairly complex data analysis. Every day, I spend hours looking over data, monitoring the sentiments of our 35 million readers, many of whom are Black....

Congressional Democrats who want quick passage Biden’s plan scoffed at a group of self-proclaimed “bipartisan” GOP senators who drafted their own last-minute “compromise” for a much smaller $600 billion package. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, is among several members of the new Democratic majority who say passing coronavirus relief for Americans is more important than GOP complaints about “unity.” Sanders said the 10 senators are not being “practical” but are instead using a disingenuous demand for bipartisanship in order to chip away more moderate Democrats, including Biden....

Even though Democrats knew that their voting rights bill was unlikely to pass, they spent an enormous amount of political capital on trying to move voting rights legislation in the Senate, with President Joe Biden visiting Georgia to champion the bill, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pushed aggressively to carve out a filibuster exemption for the bill which was defeated by Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. Despite these efforts, top Democrats have failed to even mention one of the biggest voting rights injustices happening in America today, which is that the over 3 million U....

Democrats vying to retain control of the Senate see North Carolina as one of their top opportunities to pick up a seat, as GOP Senator Richard Burr is retiring, and Trump only won a narrow victory in North Carolina in 2020. The Democrats are banking on former state Supreme Court Justice Beasley to deliver a victory in the Tar Heel state. She is set to face Budd, a Trump ally who currently represents North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District....

While Wales has already exceeded expectations by advancing as the No. 2 team out of their group ahead of Switzerland and Turkey, Denmark was the team many were eyeing as a pre-tournament dark horse pick. The team that advances from this Round of 16 matchup will be a real threat to make it all the way to the semis with the Netherlands or Czech Republic waiting in the next round....

Rodman, one of the NBA’s most vivacious and exotic players, was the focus on Episode 4 of ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” which chronicles the Jordan-era Bulls. And all of Rodman was on display: his work ethic, his personality and, most importantly, his sex life. The story starts: Infamously, during the 1997-98 season, Rodman told head coach Phil Jackson he needed a “vacation” from the team. Jackson and Michael Jordan were adamantly opposed to the idea, but Jackson allowed Rodman a few days away from the squad to recoup for the stretch run....

Running in fifth place and entering Turn 1, Hamlin wheel-hopped on Lap 221 of the 500 lap-race, sending his car into the wall and heavily damaging the right rear. MORE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins early | Crazy NASCAR trophies | Junior’s ’no-brainer’ decision The damage would prove unrepairable. Hamlin would finish 39th of 40 cars in the field. The only driver to finish worse, Aric Almirola, lasted 206 laps before engine failure....