Ivanka Trump, an adviser in an administration that killed net neutrality and the supportive daughter of a president who slams journalists on the internet and threatens to use social media to spy on disabled people, was awarded the 2019 Internet Freedom Award this week. The first daughter touted her win on Twitter on Wednesday and retweeted others congratulating her […]
A California man accused of slaughtering and dismembering someone else’s beloved family pet for food faces three felony charges. Jeffrey Cody Miller, 32, pleaded not guilty in Humboldt County court Tuesday to animal cruelty, grand theft and possession of a firearm by a felon for the butchering of Princess, a pet pig that got loose […]
May 23 (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein, women who accused him of sexual misconduct, his former film studio’s board members and the New York attorney general’s office have reached a tentative $44 million deal to resolve lawsuits and compensate alleged victims of the Hollywood producer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people it said […]
A Democratic lawmaker is urging Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to resign after he stumbled with basic housing questions before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, leading to questions about his suitability for the role. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) issued her declaration on Thursday while accusing the nation’s highest-ranking housing official of not only […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 23 (Reuters) – SpaceX, the private rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday for Musk’s new Starlink internet service. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 10:30 p.m. […]
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani shared a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that had been making the rounds of right-wing media. Then, without irony, the personal attorney to President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets on another matter that included a lecture on integrity. “What is wrong with Nancy […]
The Trump administration deported a Muslim man Thursday who was detained by Border Patrol even though he was married to a U.S. citizen, held a valid work authorization and had a pending green card application. Adnan Asif Parveen said he was served pork sandwiches repeatedly while locked up in Border Patrol custody, in spite […]
Sacramento cops face criticism after video circulated online showing officers handcuffing a 12-year-old boy, who is black, pinning him face down on the ground and placing a sack over his head, and keeping it on him after he says multiple times, “I can’t breathe.” The incident occurred in late April, per a Wednesday release from […]
A high school in a Chicago suburb is spending more than $53,000 to reprint its 2018-2019 yearbook after staff discovered photos inside in which students were flashing the white supremacist “OK” hand sign. Administrators at Oak Park and River Forest High School released a statement last week notifying parents that they were withholding the yearbooks […]
By Teresa Wiltz WASHINGTON — Public housing authorities say they were blindsided by a proposed federal rule banning many immigrants from receiving housing assistance — and, they said, they will fight to keep it from being implemented, even if that means ending up in court. “It was a real surprise,” said Timothy Kaiser, executive director […]