Ashonte Burt

  Nichols made remarks about her colleague Maria Taylor, who is Black, and how she got her job. She apologized last month. ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols during the NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in New York on July 29. Sports broadcaster Rachel Nichols will no longer cover NBA programming for ESPN, and her show, "The Jump," has been canceled, the network confirmed Wednesday. "We mutually agreed that this approach regarding our NBA coverage was best for all concerned," David Roberts, ESPN's senior vice president of production, said in a statement. "Rachel is an excellent reporter, host and journalist, and we thank her for her many contributions to our NBA content." Nichols apologized last month for comments she made in a leaked phone call suggesting that Maria Taylor, who is Black, was picked to host last year's NBA Finals because the network was under pressure to address its "crappy longtime record on diversity." ESPN announced that Nich...

  "The only way that this will work is if everyone does their part," the superintendent said. A Covid-19 outbreak sweeping through a small West Texas town has shut down businesses and forced staff and students in its school district to quarantine for at least two weeks. Students had returned to classrooms in Iraan, Texas, for only a week when they were told their schools would have to be closed because of a Covid outbreak, said Tracy Canter, superintendent of the Iraan-Sheffield Independent School District, in a letter to the community posted on the district's Facebook page. A leadership team “made the determination that we will need to quarantine for the next two weeks. This decision was made to ensure the safety of our students and staff; as well as to make certain that we have appropriate staff available for each campus,” the letter dated Aug. 16 said. “We know that this is difficult for everyone involved and we thank you for your support and patience during this unpre...

  The indictment includes previous charges against the performer. Adult film star Ron Jeremy at his arraignment on rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles on June 26, 2020. An indictment charging the adult film performer Ron Jeremy with 34 counts of sex crimes against 21 victims was unsealed Wednesday. The case appears to wrap up all of the Los Angeles County district attorney's previous allegations against Jeremy. They allege sexual assaults dating to 1996, including a lewd act upon a child who was 15, the rape of a 17-year-old at a home, the rape of 19-year-old at a photo shoot, penetration with a foreign object, forced copulation and penetration of an unconscious person. The charges could carry more than 300 years behind bars if he is convicted. Jeremy, identified in court documents as Ron Jeremy Hyatt, 67, pleaded not guilty to all counts. His attorney, Stuart Goldfarb, said he believes the indictment — returned Aug. 19 but kept sealed until Wednesday — was part of an at...