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Four people were killed and another five were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning in Brooklyn, CBS News reports. While details remain scarce, police suspect the incident took place on the first floor of 74 Utica Avenue “inside what appears to be an unlicensed social club.” NBC New York reports that authorities believe the shooting […]
The president of NBC News is facing additional backlash over a series of columns he wrote for the Harvard Crimson in the 1990s. According to the Daily Beast, Noah Oppenheim’s 20-year-old columns began circulating around the NBC office this week, amid allegations he had downplayed the sexual assault claims against Matt Lauer—the embattled former host of Today. The accusations against […]
Kim Kardashian is feeling especially “blessed” this week. The reality TV star recently traveled to her ancestral homeland of Armenia, where she and her three youngest children—3-year-old Saint, 1-year-old Chicago, and 5-month-old Psalm—were baptized. Kardashian shared photos of her kids’ baptisms on social media this week, while thanking Armenia for “such a memorable trip.” “So blessed to have been baptized […]
Michael Drejka, the white Florida man found guilty of manslaughter after fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a parking space dispute, has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Drejka was sentenced Thursday and was originally facing a maximum sentence of 30 years behind bars, per NBC News. Prior to his sentencing, the […]
Donald Trump has, once again, been proven wrong. Back in September, POTUS traveled to Otay Mesa, California, to show off a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall that he claimed was “virtually impenetrable.” Trump toured the area with reporters, Army Corps engineers, and border protection officials in tow, bragging about the ways no one could get through or over the […]
As much of Hollywood has expressed their support for Ellen DeGeneres in wake of her response to criticism over her friendship with George W. Bush, Mark Ruffalo isn’t willing to sip from the same Kool-Aid. On Wednesday, Ruffalo called out DeGeneres for her stance that just because she doesn’t share the same beliefs and ideals […]
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $8 billion to a man who claims to have experienced breast growth after taking a drug manufactured by the company. According to Reuters, a Philadelphia jury agreed that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn male patients about the risks of gynecomastia when marketing the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. Nicholas Murray, who […]
Starting next year, patients in California will be able to receive HIV prevention drugs without a prescription. A bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday authorizes pharmacists to furnish pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to those who are at high risk of contracting HIV and dispense post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to people who may have been exposed to the virus. According […]
The White House has indicated it will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, calling the investigation both “illegitimate and unconstitutional.” In an eight-page letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats, White House counsel Pat Cipollone states the Trump administration will not comply with demands for testimony and documents pertaining to Trump’s dealings […]
Samuel Little is now considered the “most prolific serial killer” in American history after the FBI confirmed his connection to at least 50 murders. Last year, the 79-year-old inmate confessed to strangling 93 women between the years of 1970 and 2005. Little was sentenced in 2014 to three consecutive life sentences for murdering three Los Angeles […]
