R Kelly’s trial was the culmination of decades of accusations, pointing to a predator hiding in plain sight. Rumours and allegations about the now disgraced R&B singer date back to almost the beginning of his career – and yet, he rose to become a chart-topper, a Grammy winner, an artist who filled arenas and collaborated
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The border crisis was out of sight out of mind for the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) Monday evening after most of them spent last week peddling lies about Border Patrol agents using whips from horseback. But as Fox News Channel’s Special Report documented that evening, some 10,000 Haitian migrants were staging in Mexico
Nancy Pelosi began a big week by caving to the far left. The House speaker eschewed a vote on the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed earlier this summer, likely because she lacks support to pass it. Pelosi tells members in closed-door caucus meeting: “We are not going to pass a bill that’s not going
A Washington state school allegedly required teachers to complete a “privilege” training, where teachers discussed their privilege based on particular attributes, according to an anonymous teacher. One exercise in the Tumwater, Washington, school district’s “privilege” training included “The Privilege Pie,” where participants were told to color in sections prevalent to them, the teacher told advocacy
Former president Donald Trump attends a rally in Perry, Ga., September 25, 2021. (Dustin Chambers/Reuters) Donald Trump, at his rally on Saturday in Georgia, told his supporters not only that Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, was “a disaster” and that “the people of Georgia must replace” him, but even that the arch-progressive Democrat Stacey Abrams
Police said that they discovered three “heavily dismembered” bodies Wednesday morning after the fire department responded to a call of a dumpster on fire in Fort Worth, Texas. Firefighters found the bodies after putting the fire out and they called in the homicide department to investigate. Police were able to identify one male adult victim
Members of the National Guard could help fill any gaps that arise in New York state’s health care workforce due to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, New York’s governor said. “I will be signing an executive order to give me the emergency powers necessary to address the shortages where they occur,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul
Diversity and inclusion are meaningless if Republican college students are afraid to talk. Walking onto a college campus today, it is impossible to miss the omnipresent messaging of equity and inclusion. At my own institution, Sarah Lawrence College outside of New York City, our diversity, equity, and inclusion office states that the school is committed
Showtime’s L Word: Generation Q pushed the idea of puberty blockers for minors this week, even when parents are against it. In the episode, ‘Launch Party,’ on Monday, September 27, transgender psychiatrist Micah Lee (Leo Sheng) barges into the office of a transgender medical doctor named Claudia (Isis King) who has recommended puberty blockers to an adolescent. Claudia:
Another day – Another “F**k Joe Biden” chant somewhere in the US. Hundreds of New Yorkers marched in Manhattan on Monday against the mandated COVID vaccinations pushed by Joe Biden and Bill DeBlasio. Advertisement – story continues below The protesters chanted, “F**k Joe Biden – And DeBlasio!” This is New York City! TRENDING: NOT MAKING
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following the weekly Senate lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 21, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) The Senate failed to pass a bill that would raise the federal debt ceiling and provide short-term funding to avoid a government shutdown, in a key procedural vote Monday evening.
Despite 20 years of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and close collaboration with the Afghan government and security forces, the Taliban recaptured the country—including the capital, Kabul—after the U.S. withdrew its forces. That prompted a similarly hurried withdrawal by international partners. Among the many tragic consequences that resulted were tens of thousands of civilians left behind,
R. Kelly sits alongside his defense team as jury selection begins for Kelly’s sexual abuse trial in Brooklyn, New York, August 9, 2021 in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Monday on all counts in a high-profile sex-trafficking case by a federal jury in Brooklyn, the
The singer R Kelly has been found guilty of racketeering in his sex abuse trial in Brooklyn, New York. The R&B singer was accused of exploiting his fame to lure women and underage girls for sex. The 54-year-old had pleaded not guilty to racketeering and eight counts of violating a federal law making it illegal
A Twitter employee announced that the platform is “exploring new controls” for a filter that automatically prevents users from having to see “potentially harmful or offensive” replies. The next step for Big Tech censorship may be preventing users from having to see rhetoric they disagree with in the first place. “We’re exploring new controls called
No one should diminish the fact that Dr. Peter Daszak from EcoAlliance and a team of researchers planned to shoo a bunch of chimeric viruses into a bat cave. However, the role of another American, Dr. Raplh Baric, is often overlooked in the discussions surrounding the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The EcoHealth Alliance proposal to
YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki dodged whether the digital media company took down material belonging to Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, at the request of the Russian government in an interview with Bloomberg on Sunday. The site removed a number of Navalny’s videos, while Google, YouTube’s parent company, and Apple,
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks at Monmouth Park Sports Book in Oceanport, N.J., June 14, 2018. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The New York Post reports: Unemployed New Jerseyans who return to work could get a $500 bonus in their first paycheck under a state program unveiled Monday. The “Return and Earn” program aims to curb labor shortages caused
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), an outspoken critic of President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandates, introduced a flurry of legislation last week that would weaken the president’s executive orders. Lee introduced no fewer than nine bills as a direct response to Biden’s vaccine requirements for federal employees and contractors, as well as the president’s instructions to
R&B musician R. Kelly — real name Robert Sylvester Kelly — was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys, and girls for several decades. He faces 10 years to life in prison in connection with the charges. What are the details? The 54-year-old Kelly was convicted on all nine counts, including racketeering and 14 underlying
Appearing Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America to promote her new book about gender violence, Antia Hill spoke with co-host Robin Roberts, about Hill’s testimony accusing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment thirty years ago and Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Justice Brett Kavanaugh as if their accusations were accepted as uncontroversial and
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki bolted from the podium during Monday’s briefing as a reporter asked about Joe Biden’s collapsing poll numbers. Joe Biden’s approval rating sank to a new low on Monday, according Rasmussen. Biden’s approval now sits at 40% — a new low for the man who ran a basement campaign and
President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law as Vice President Kamala Harris stands by in the East Room of the White House, June 17, 2021. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) At the risk of sounding even more cynical than usual, I suspect the Biden administration sees the entire public
The Biden administration views the sudden gathering of 15,000 illegal immigrants under the Del Rio, Texas, international bridge over the past week to 10 days as an “optics problem.” In reality, Del Rio was a mere time-lapse photo of the open-border crisis happening along the southern border for the past eight months. The administration has
In this article BYND Beyond Meat’s meatless chicken tenders Source: Beyond Meat Beyond Meat’s meatless chicken tenders are heading to the freezer aisles of grocery stores. The maker of meat alternatives announced Monday that its latest substitute will be sold in retail stores nationwide in October. Beyond unveiled the newest version of its plant-based chicken
Three years after receiving a record fine from the European Commission alongside an order to stop abusing its control of the Android operating system, Google is set to have its day in court. Back in 2018 the company was fined €4.34bn (£3.8bn) for forcing phone makers to pre-install apps including Google Search and Chrome to
GoFundMe has deleted a fundraiser in support of harassed students at Arizona State University, according to Reclaim The Net. Two students were allegedly asked to leave the school’s multicultural center for “being white” and “supporting the police,” Reclaim The Net reported. A video documenting the reported incident was posted to the “LibsofTikTok” Twitter page. “This insanity
On Friday, Joe Biden tried to blame Trump for all the crises he’s dealing with right now. “Take a look at what I inherited when I came into office, the state of affairs and where we were,” Biden said. “We had 4 million people vaccinated, we had no plan — I could go down the list…I’m
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration won’t build walls on the border despite a pickup in crossings. “We have seen large numbers of individuals encountered at our border making a claim for asylum, for humanitarian relief,” Mayorkas said in an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” adding that it’s nothing new and spans
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at an event to announce her choice of Democratic New York State Senator Brian Benjamin to be Lieutenant Governor, in New York City, August 26, 2021. (Mike Segar/Reuters) This week, the rubber meets the road on New York state’s plan to fire medical and nursing home workers who refuse