People call 911 about giant sunfish in Massachusetts, officials ask them to stop

A cluster of coronavirus cases has been linked to an early voting site on New York’s Long Island, according to a local executive.The cluster, which occurred at a Suffolk County polling site, has led to at least 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases, six of which have occurred among poll workers. An additional 48 contacts are under quarantine in relation to the cluster, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said in a Facebook update on Wednesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter the news broke that CNN legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin allegedly exposed himself during a a Zoom call with the magazine’s staff, the subject of Toobin’s most famous book weighed in on the controversy.None other than O.J. Simpson shared a video on Twitter in which the NFL great turned convicted felon smiled as he said, “Damn, Jeffrey Toobin.

50 Cent really doesn’t want his taxes raised.

50 Cent has seemingly endorsed Donald Trump for president after voicing his concerns about proposed tax increases for top earners under Joe Biden.Posting on Instagram, the rapper conceded that “Trump doesn’t like black people” and shared a screenshot from CNBC to illustrate his concern over apparent tax raises.According to the somewhat misleading screenshot, top earners face 62 percent tax in his native New York.“WHAT THE FUCK! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT.

Jordan Moreau The New Yorker has suspended reporter Jeffrey Toobin and launched an investigation after he allegedly exposed himself during a Zoom call, according to Vice’s tech news website, Motherboard.“Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended while we investigate the matter,” a New Yorker spokesperson said in a statement to Variety.According to Motherboard, Toobin exposed himself during a Zoom call last week with The New Yorker staffers and the radio station WNYC.

Ted Johnson Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer for The New Yorker and chief legal analyst for CNN, was suspended by the publication after an incident in which he allegedly exposed himself during a staff Zoom call.“Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended while we investigate the matter,” said a spokesperson for the New Yorker.CNN also said that Toobin requested time off from his role.

the clip below."I think it's going to be a very skeptical American public about taking the vaccine, and they should be." New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tells @GStephanopoulos he's "not that confident" in the FDA's approval process for a COVID-19 vaccine.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a “streak of anti-Semitic discrimination” with a recent crackdown on religious gatherings to reduce the state’s coronavirus infection rate.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is rehiring 15 retired judges to fire up what critics call the "eviction machine," according to reports.

with Ed Helms and Mike Schur, which is an upcoming Peacock original about the lives in a small town in upstate New York and the Native American reservation it borders, which are turned upside down after town namesake Nathan Rutherford (Helms) fights the moving of a historical statue.

Breathe easy film and gay twitter, Michelle Pfeiffer is officially your fan-favorite Best Actress contender. The three time Oscar nominee stars in Azazel Jacobs’ “French Exit,” an unconventional dramedy that closed the 2020 New York Film Festival on Saturday night and is currently dated to hit theaters on February 12.

Chloe Moretz is back to work and she’s playing a pregnant woman in her upcoming movie Mother/Android!

Legendary comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin discussed the historic snubbing of comedies at the Oscars. The two comedians got together for an hour-long virtual discussion about their careers as part of the New Yorker Festival Wednesday night, where the duo mentioned how Netflix has helped comedians gain a little recognition in the movie industry.

Steve Martin has commented on the absence of comedy films at the Academy Awards.The actor, who has starred in hit comedies such as Father of the Bride and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, was speaking at a virtual session at the New Yorker Festival on Wednesday night (7 October), when he said: “It’s a lifetime of dismissal of comedy.

Manori Ravindran International EditorGrasshopper Film has picked up North American distribution rights to Paul Felten and Joe DeNardo’s “Slow Machine,” ahead of the film’s premiere at the 58th annual New York Film Festival this week.Set to release theatrically next year, the film is billed as a “miniature epic” of paranoia, espionage, subterfuge, music and performance on 16mm.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorJerry Seinfeld gave a shout out to Netflix for helping shift perceptions of comedians — and their paydays — as he and Steve Martin trash talked the genre-snubbing Oscars.“I think for a long time, and actually until Netflix, comedians were just not as important, not as valuable, not considered major artists or real artists.

Spike Lee still gets recognized on a walk in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.On this sunny September morning, the 63-year-old director and activist is participating in a socially distanced photo shoot on the street outside his production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. As Lee stands on the corner, a dark Subaru screeches to a halt.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn “Red, White and Blue,” the fifth and final film of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology (and the third to be shown at this year’s New York Film Festival, after the lilting reggae house-party movie “Lovers Rock” and the wrenching social-protest courtroom drama “Mangrove”), Leroy Logan (John Boyega), a British research scientist, figures that he’s had enough of the lonely work of staring at tissue specimens through a microscope, so he decides to become a member