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Lev Parnas is throwing Donald Trump under the proverbial bus. During a Wednesday interview with Rachel Maddow, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani claimed the president was fully aware of his dealings in Ukraine. The sit-down aired months after Parnas and another Giuliani associate, Igor Fruman, pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally funneling foreign donations to U.S. officials and political […]
Toronto-area residents woke up to an emergency alert on Sunday morning about an unknown “incident” at a nearby Canadian nuclear plant that officials later said was mistakenly sent. BREAKING: This emergency alert about the Pickering Nuclear Generating station was “sent in error,” officials in the premier’s office confirm. A statement will be coming shortly […]
A Brazilian Netflix comedy entitled The First Temptation of Christ, which depicts Jesus as gay, has been unbanned after it sparked an uproar in the country. Created by YouTube comedy group Porta dos Fundos, the controversial comedy was temporarily banned by Rio de Janeiro judge Benedicto Abicair on Tuesday. However, the ruling has now been overturned by Supreme […]
Florida Highway Patrol troopers discovered 12 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated $1.2 million hidden inside a car that was initially pulled over for illegally tinted windows, NBC Miami reports. Troopers were conducting their routine patrol of Interstate 75 on Tuesday when they spotted a red 2016 Dodge Journey with an illegal tint. The intention was to give a citation to driver Elizabeth Espinoza, 27, but they grew suspicious when she […]
Tehran has fired “tens of ground-to-ground” missiles at Iraqi airbases that house U.S. troops, Iran state media reported Tuesday. The attacks occurred just days after American forces carried out an airstrike that killed Iran’s top military commander Qassem Soleimani. Shortly after the airstrike, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “forceful revenge” against the U.S. for Soleimani’s death. “This morning, […]
CNN reports that it was a Happy New Year indeed for Illinois, which saw a haul of nearly $3.2 million in sales of recreational marijuana on its first day. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation revealed that the state’s 37 dispensaries accounted for 77,128 transactions, which totaled more than $3.17 million. According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois’ first-day sales were one of the […]
U.S. forces carried out an airstrike that reportedly killed one Iran’s most powerful figures, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. The air raids occurred near Baghdad’s international airport, just days after Iranian-backed militias besieged the U.S. embassy in the Iraqi capital. Among those killed in the strike was Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who is considered the second-most […]
Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste released a statement Tuesday, apologizing for the viral photo posted on Facebook showing two of the department’s officers holding up what they jokingly called a “homeless quilt.” “As a police department entrusted with serving and protecting our community, we offer our sincerest apology for the insensitive gesture of a Facebook post […]
Because he knows you’re interested, Barack Obama has released his favorite films and TV shows of 2019. Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the full list: pic.twitter.com/PEcgwotcxm — Barack […]
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been forced to address why their own TV version of the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York doesn’t include Donald Trump‘s 10-second cameo. The scene involves Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister walking through New York’s Plaza Hotel and asking Trump, who owned the hotel at the time, for directions to the lobby. The CBC explained through their head of public affairs Chuck Thompson that Trump’s […]
