Category Archives: Entertainment
Maddow to contribute foreword to book on Pegasus malware
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow is contributing a foreword to “Pegasus," a book by two Paris-based investigative reporters on the phone malware allegedly used by governments to monitor and sometimes attack journalists, human rights activists and lawyers ...
K-pop star sentenced to 3 years in prostitution case
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean military court sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison on Thursday for crimes including providing prostitutes to foreign businessmen.
In her name: Amanda Gorman Award honors high school poets
NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman can still remember when she was just another young poet trying to find her voice.
#MeToo Take 2? Movement’s strength hailed amid Cuomo fallout
NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Hill educated a nation about workplace sexual harassment back in 1991 with calm, deliberate testimony against Clarence Thomas. And today, 30 years later, she speaks in the same measured tones, eschewing dramatic declarations — esp...
Ex-Detroit councilman Pugh gets parole in sex case with teen
DETROIT (AP) — The former president of the Detroit City Council has been granted parole about five years after his conviction for having sex with a teenage boy when he previously worked as a TV journalist.
Prince Andrew likely to try to avoid testimony at all costs
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Andrew is likely to do anything he can to avoid giving evidence in a U.S. lawsuit filed by an American woman who alleges that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, lawyers on both
The Latest: Stevie Nicks cancels shows at 5 music festivals
LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks has canceled appearances at five music festivals, citing coronavirus concerns. Nicks released a statement
Watchdog to review NSA following Tucker Carlson’s spy claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency’s internal watchdog said Tuesday it would investigate allegations that the agency “improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news media” following Fox News host Tucker Carlson's claims...
Dominion sues Trump-friendly broadcasters over fraud claims
PHOENIX (AP) — Vote-counting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday against right-wing broadcasters and a prominent Donald Trump ally over their baseless claims that the 2020 election was marred by fraud.
China recalls Lithuania ambassador in row over Taiwan office
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday recalled its ambassador to Lithuania and expelled the Baltic nation’s top representative to Beijing over the country’s decision to allow self-governing Taiwan to open an office in Lithuania under its own name.