New York Knicks president Phil Jackson answers questions

Deciphering Phil Jackson's latest weird tweet What is Phil trying to say? Check out this story on greenfield-westallisnow.com: http://usat.ly/2k9GrDy New York Knicks president Phil Jackson answers questions during a news conference at the team's training facility in Greenburgh, N.Y. Jackson took what appeared to be another dig at forward Carmelo Anthony in a tweet on Feb. 7, 2017. The New York Knicks have had a lot of problems this season , and on Wednesday night, things only got much worse.

Chinese officials punished for dozing in motivation meeting

Six officials in central China's Hubei province have been punished for dozing off in a meeting on how to motivate lazy bureaucrats, state media and the local government said. Pictures of the sleeping officials have received widespread coverage in Chinese media over the past two days, amid President Xi Jinping's sweeping crackdown on corruption, extravagance and dereliction of duty.

Hawaii man with Syrian family wants to join travel ban suit

In this Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin speaks at a news conference in Honolulu announcing the state of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban. Chin said Trump's travel ban on people from seven mostly Muslim countries is personally affecting the family of the Muslim Association of Hawaii's imam.

‘This is a shocker’: Worst call in history?

GETTING Virat Kohli out on his home turf is no mean feat, but this attempt from Bangladesh is just laughable. The visitors requested a decision review against the Indian skipper on day one of a stand-alone Test in India in what could be the most desperate attempt at snagging a wicket we'll see this year.

Passing Strange

Penned by Stew and coming to Houston audiences courtesy of Obsidian Theater in association with SRO Productions, the story follows a young black man, Youth, as he leaves the City of Angels for Europe to follow in the footsteps of his heroes, Josephine Baker and James Baldwin.

Activists crowd meeting on proposed pipeline under Potomac

Jason Hamil, a project management worker, answers citizen questions during a TransCanada open house to explain a proposed gas pipeline beneath the Potomac River, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A Potomac River protection group organized a demonstration against plans for a pipeline beneath the river that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to West Virginia.

Indian doctor pulls live cockroach from woman’s head

Indian woman discovers some nightmares can come true when a cockroach crawls up her nose and burrows in behind her eyes. Photo: AFP It's the stuff of nightmares -- a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes.

Gecko does ‘striptease’ to avoid becoming lunch

A newly discovered gecko uses a weird but ingenious tactic to evade capture: it strips down to its pink, naked skin and flees, leaving its attacker with a mouthful of scales, scientists have revealed. The hard, dense flakes come off with "exceptional ease" and grow back in a matter of weeks, a team of researchers reported in the journal PeerJ this week.

The Curious Case of Luther StrangeBy Patricia Murphy

If you thought Jeff Sessions ' path to become Donald Trump 's Attorney General was dramatic, you haven't been paying attention to politics in Sessions' home state of Alabama, where Republican Gov. Robert Bentley is facing impeachment charges related to a sex scandal, the House Speaker just went to jail for corruption, and a former Democratic governor was released federal prison yesterday on different corruption changes. Rising mostly above the chaos has been Attorney General Luther Strange, a two-term Republican who, at 6'9, is known to most in the state as "Big Luther."