By Christine Vestal In the legal battle to hold drug companies responsible for the country’s raging opioid epidemic, media attention largely has focused on a national lawsuit set for a late October trial in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio. But it may be upstaged by a lesser-known opioid case: Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma, scheduled for […]
Models, mental health advocates and social media users were left reeling with anger after Burberry sent a model down the runway with a noose around her neck at its London Fashion Week show on Sunday. The horrifying item made from the drawstrings of a hooded sweatshirt was criticized by model Liz Kennedy. Kennedy walked in […]
A 17-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after she reportedly helped rescue a kidnapping victim from the trunk of a car after hearing his cries for help. Kayla Rose was walking her dog in Irvington, New Jersey, on Thursday morning when she said she passed the parked car and heard strange noises coming from […]
Click:filling outdoor barbecue fire gun The New York Times has laid bare President Donald Trump’s obsession with attacking special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign collusion. The newspaper noted in an article Tuesday that Trump as president “has publicly criticized dozens of people and groups related […]
The Beardsley Zoo in Connecticut announced last week that two critically endangered leopards had been born at the animal park in January ― and one of the cubs is particularly rare, according to news reports. Three Amur leopard cubs were born on Jan. 25 but only one male and one female survived, the zoo in Bridgeport said […]
Another New York City building will be stripped of its “Trump” signage after a vote by condo residents. The condominium board of 120 Riverside Boulevard on Manhattan’s Upper West Side announced the move Thursday, The Washington Post reported, with just over half of condo owners voting in favor of tearing down the “Trump Place” sign […]
The parents who have accused R. Kelly of brainwashing their daughter Joycelyn Savage called his behavior during an interview with CBS’s Gayle King “disturbing.” Timothy and Jonjelyn Savage held a press conference with their lawyer and two younger daughters on Wednesday, after a segment of the Kelly interview aired on “CBS This Morning.” The Savage family has publicly […]
More than 80 people were arrested in Sacramento, California, on Monday during a protest over Stephon Clark’s death. A reporter on assignment and several members of the clergy were also detained. Clark, a 22-year-old black man, was shot dead by two Sacramento police officers in March 2018. He was unarmed, but the officers said they […]
Ivanka Trump joked about her privilege she was born into as the daughter of President Donald Trump, calling it the “hardest job in the world” after she was recently ridiculed for saying most Americans wouldn’t necessarily want a guaranteed minimum income. Trump’s eldest daughter-turned-White House senior advisor attempted to laugh off the criticism in brief remarks […]
The 12 senators co-sponsoring the Green New Deal resolution that Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) unveiled earlier this month have accepted nearly $1.1 million from oil, gas and coal companies since entering Congress. But the 88 senators who have declined to support the measure have collected far more from those industries ― close to $59 million, […]