Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter who penned screenplays for "New Jack City" and other notable Black films based in Harlem, has died at 66.

The NYPD has released surveillance footage of a pair of men sought for yanking a chain off a 53-year-old father in Coney Island moments before he died in the back of a livery car. Michael Shelonchik, whose birthday was the day before his death, got out of the car for hire near a bank at […]

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler has revealed that he sees a lot of UFC CEO Dana White in the country's newly-elected President, Donald Trump.

English UFC welterweight Michael "Venom" Page is moving up to middleweight to compete at UFC Saudi Arabia, but says his work is far from done at 170 pounds.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee holds a hearing on strengthening U.S. leadership in wireless technology at 10:00 a.m. ET on Jan. 23. Witnesses: Michael Powell, president and CEO, NCTAThe Internet and Television Association Brad Gillen, executive vice president, CTIAThe Wireless Association Diane Rinaldo, executive director, Open RAN Policy Coalition Chris Lewis, president and CEO, [&...

Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, has selected 14 projects for its Pitching Forum. All the projects are from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, although the filmmakers can be from elsewhere. Agora, which runs March 7-15, has also revealed the projects that will feature in its new initiative Agora XR […]

BRIGHTON Xaverian boys hockey coach Dave Spinale shook up the lines a bit late last week in search of more balanced scoring. With goals from three different lines Wednesday night in a 3-0 Catholic Conference win over No. 5 Catholic Memorial, its safe to say those changes have clicked for the No. 11 Hawks […]

Deputy District Attorney Michael K. Matoba alleged he was demoted after his prosecution of the man who killed 6-year-old boys from Anaheim Hills and Agoura Hills.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim,” died in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday. He was 66. Cooper’s death was confirmed by a representative for Spike Lee. The pair collaborated on the Netflix series adapt...

Virginia's proposed prescription drug affordability board would positioning the government as an arbiter of medical value and access, the Rare Access Action Project's Michael Eging writes in a guest column.

He leaves behind a legacy of groundbreaking films

In other region/state news, Norfolk Admirals forwardBrady Fleurent has been named to the ECHLs Eastern Conference Midseason All-Star Team.

Michael Fanone was beaten unconscious and tased by Capitol rioters on Jan. 6

Michael Fanone, a former Washington police officer who was attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol cursed out Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers, during an appearance Wednesday on CNN. As Fanone was appearing on the network to discuss President Trump's pardon of the Jan. 6 rioters,...

Michael Fanone, a former Washington police officer who was attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol cursed out Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers, during an appearance Wednesday on CNN. As Fanone was appearing on the network to discuss President Trump's pardon of the Jan. 6 rioters,...