Jan. 6 committee makes criminal referrals: Key takeaways and what’s next
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House select committee’s 18-month-long investigation into the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, came to a dramatic close Monday when members voted unanimously to make multiple criminal referrals to the Justice …
Texas National Guard deploys ‘contingency border force’ of hundreds to El Paso
HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images(EL PASO, Texas) — The Texas National Guard has deployed a “contingency border force” of over 400 personnel to El Paso, TX, as the city continues to deal with a surge of asylum-seekers arriving at the border.
The T…
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of three counts, including rape, in LA sexual assault trial
Jason Marz/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles jury has found disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of three of seven counts, including one count of rape of Jane Doe 1, in his Los Angeles sexual assault trial.
The jury found Wein…
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles sex assault trial
Etienne Laurent-Pool/Getty ImagesA Los Angeles jury has found disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty on three of seven counts, including rape, in his Los Angeles sexual assault trial.
The jury found Weinstein not guilty on one count, and…
NY attorney general looking at controversy over congressman-elect’s background
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — New York Rep.-elect George Santos on Thursday said he plans to address a mounting controversy over discrepancies in his biography, including where he claims to have worked and gone to school.
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China reports 1st COVID-19 deaths in weeks — and that number may rise, experts say
Rainer Puster / EyeEm / Getty Images(NEW YORK) — China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called “zero COVID” policies.
The deaths, which were reported on Monday by the Nat…
James Gunn fires back at “disrespectful outcry” over DC movie decisions
Gunn, Safran — Warner Bros. DiscoveryIt was announced last week that Henry Cavill would not return as Superman after all in Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC Comics-based universe, and ever since, fans have been vocal about it online.
Actually, it’s gettin…
Title 42 on hold after Roberts grants temporary stay in states’ appeal to keep restriction
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily stopped the expiration of the immigration restriction Title 42, which was scheduled to lift on Wednesday, after 19 states filed an appeal.
Robe…
Catching up with Santa on TikTok
Courtesy Santa J. ClausWhile he admits there are other Santa helpers out there, the real Santa, Santa J. Claus, has become an influencer on, where else, TikTok.
@SantaJClaus has some 4.4 million followers on the social media platform, spreading Christ…
Chicago high school students walk out of class over gun violence
Jacek Bozarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Students at a Chicago high school staged a classroom walkout Monday afternoon to protest gun violence just days after a shooting near their campus left two teenagers dead and two others wounde…