One buried Google Maps setting you need to change now
Before you use Google Maps to get somewhere, there’s one simple change you can make to take back at least a piece of your privacy.
As US schools resume testing, large numbers are opting out
Standardized tests are returning to the nation’s schools this spring, but millions of students will face shorter exams that carry lower stakes, and most families are being given…
Scammers targeting families with missing persons, FBI says
Scammers are identifying missing persons through social media posts – the starting point for extortion schemes, the FBI said in an advisory.
Florida high school issues refunds after yearbook edited 80 female student photos to be ‘more modest’: reports
A Florida high school offered refunds after parents discovered the school had digitally altered dozens of female student photos to make them appear “more modest,” according to reports.
PGA Championship sees brief delay after baby alligator appears on the course
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, is the site of this year’s PGA Championship, and it has presented some “wild” challenges for the golfers.
Bauer K’s 11, Dodgers beat Giants for fifth straight win
A theatrical Trevor Bauer struck out 11 in his first career start against San Francisco, Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their…
Count ’em! MLB hits 20,000 players when Godoy debuts for M’s
There was a big number reached in Major League Baseball during the San Diego Padres’ 16-1 blowout over Seattle, and it had nothing to do with runs.
Avalanche’s Nazem Kadri suspended 8 games for hit to head
Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri was suspended for eight games by the NHL on Friday night for a head shot on St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk in…
14 MLB teams reach 85% vaccinated, relax COVID protocols
Two more Major League Baseball teams have been able to relax coronavirus protocols after 85% of their players and other on-field personnel completed vaccination, raising the total to…
NYC principal under fire for email imploring staff to support Palestinians
A Brooklyn middle school principal this week urged teachers and administrators to demand government sanctions against Israel — sparking outrage and a pending probe by the school system’s…