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Ellen DeGeneres is at the center of controversy, once again. In a recent BuzzFeed News report, one current and 10 former employees of The Ellen DeGeneres Show claimed they experienced a toxic work culture that conflicted with the host’s “be kind” mantra. “That ‘be kind’ bullshit only happens when the cameras are on. It’s all for show,” a former employee […]
The White House Press Secretary claimed “science is on our side,” while defending Donald Trump‘s calls for schools to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. Kayleigh McEnany made the argument during Thursday’s White House press briefing, when asked about the U.S. school districts that planned to conduct the fall semester exclusively online. McEnany reiterated Trump’s stance that students should return to […]
A California man was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in federal prison for trying to sell $6 million worth of paintings he claimed were created by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring, ABC News reports. Philip Righter, 43, had already pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in Miami. […]
An ex-Honolulu police officer who made a homeless man lick a public urinal has been sentenced to four years in prison for the federal civil rights crime. John Rabago pleaded guilty in December to the incident, which happened in January 2018, Vice reports. During Rabago’s sentencing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi told the 44-year-old, “You […]
Security officials in the U.S. and elsewhere have accused Russia of a hacking effort linked to COVID-19 vaccine research, Vice reports. On Thursday, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre shared an advisory message discussing the alleged activities of a group known by the names APT29, Cozy Bear, and the Dukes. In an accompanying statement, Paul Chichester—Director […]
In a move that only hurts the people he claims to serve, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has said that cities and counties can’t mandate the wearing of COVID-19 masks. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Kemp’s order extends certain virus-inspired restrictions while also “explicitly banning cities and counties from adopting rules requiring masks or other face […]
NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has advised six presidents on matters pertaining to domestic and global health issues, has recently found himself in the White House’s crosshairs as the Trump administration looks to soil his credibility amid their unacceptable and destructive response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The White House released a memo Sunday with […]
On Wendesday night, Nick Cannon issued an apology for comments he made during his Cannon’s Class podcast episode with former Public Enemy member Richard Griffin. “First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard […]
Moments after being attacked by a shark while swimming off the coast of Australia’s Fitzroy Island, Anika Craney was captured on camera after being airlifted to Cairns Hospital in Queensland, shouting, “I still love sharks, sharks are beautiful!” “There were doctors on scene at Fitzroy Island and they provided first aid…[Craney] ended up with a possible fracture of the […]
A man by the name of Joseph T. was charged with felony assault for an altercation he had with an officer in New York City, The City reports. Newly released body camera footage shows the officer attacking the man and punching him. Joseph T. is a 30-year-old homeless man. On May 25, he was riding the subway towards Brooklyn […]
