A director of graduate studies at Duke University has stepped down from her role after she sent an email telling students not to speak Chinese, suggesting that it is “impolite” and could have “unintended consequences.” Megan Neely, of the Duke School of Medicine’s biostatistics master’s program, sent the email to first- and second-year graduate students […]
David Steven Bell, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound man facing charges for punching a preteen girl at a North Carolina mall, was acting in self-defense and suffers from various medical conditions, according to his lawyer. “His actions were in an effort to defend himself against the perceived threat from a large pack of youth who had trapped […]
Samantha Bee attempted to explain the ongoing partial government shutdown on Wednesday in pop culture terms “everyone is going to understand.” The “Full Frontal” host said giving President Donald Trump more than $5 billion to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 “would be like investing” in the ill-fated Fyre Festival in 2016. House […]
Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs on Friday chided President Donald Trump for agreeing to temporarily reopen the federal government and backtrack on his demand that Congress fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has “just whipped the President of the United States,” the “Lou Dobbs Tonight” host told his guests, former acting […]
The nine Democrats selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to serve on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis received a combined $198,000 from fossil fuel industry political action committees in the 2018 election cycle. The majority of the donations went to Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), who raised $117,000 from PACs connected to […]
For movie fans nostalgic for 1990s-era kiddie sports comedies, everything is ducky. As in “Mighty Ducks.” This past weekend, some of the actors who starred in the 1992 film “The Mighty Ducks,” had a reunion at an arena in Long Island before the Anaheim Ducks played the host New York Islanders. “Saturday Night Live” cast […]
When a beloved sitcom ends, viewers are often left wondering what will happen to their favorite characters. Actress Mindy Kaling thinks she has some idea of what Kelly Kapoor, whom she portrayed in the U.S. version of “The Office,” could be up to now. It’s a bit unsettling ― and could involve her onscreen boyfriend […]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) officially kicked off her campaign for president on Saturday. In a speech in Oahu, Gabbard, 37, stressed lessons she learned while serving in her state’s National Guard. “When we raise our right hand and volunteer to serve, we set aside our own interests to serve our country, to fight for all Americans. […]
George Conway, attorney and husband to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, isn’t buying Rudy Giuliani’s latest defense of President Donald Trump. On Monday, Giuliani tried to walk back his previous claim that Trump had conversations about a possible Trump Tower project in Moscow throughout the 2016 presidential campaign. On “Meet the Press,” the former New York City […]
WASHINGTON ― The Senate is set to vote later this week on dueling measures that would reopen the government: one put forth by Republicans, the other by Democrats. Both proposals are almost certain to fall short of the necessary 60-vote threshold to advance, likely guaranteeing that the partial but costly government shutdown will continue for […]