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(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for top jobs in his administration were making the rounds on Capitol Hill on Monday ahead of potential confirmation hearings next month. Some of the choices come with controversy — and face pointed questions from Republican senators. Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth has had to deal with multiple allegations of […]
(NEW YORK) — A Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, following nearly a week of deliberations. Penny, a former Marine and architecture student, was initially charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide. Prosecutors alleged that Penny killed Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who had previously been a Michael […]
Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images If there’s one person who knows what it’s like to have beef with Drake, it’s Pusha T. Speaking Saturday during the Saint & Citizen Presents: Saint Sessions Live at Art Basel, Push shared his thoughts on being name-dropped by Kendrick Lamar during the back-and-forth with Drake earlier this year. Kendrick raps in the song, […]
(NEW YORK) — A man in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was stopped with a fake New Jersey ID and is being held for questioning in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The man was on a Greyhound bus traveling through Altoona on Monday morning, sources said, […]
(WASHINGTON) — TikTok on Monday requested the emergency pause of a law set to ban the popular social media app next month. A temporary lifting of the measure would afford the Supreme Court time to determine whether it should review the law, the company said in a court filing. The filling arrives days after TikTok — which boasts […]
(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, in his first broadcast news interview since the election, said members of the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should be jailed. “For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” Trump specifically singled out […]
(NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely by the jury on Monday. The jury deliberated for more than 24 hours across five days before reaching the verdict. The courtroom broke out in a mix of cheers and jeers as soon as the […]
Disney/Randy Holmes The Variety Hitmakers Brunch took place Saturday, honoring the artists and industry insiders behind the top 25 songs of 2024. Among them were Doechii, who received the Hip Hop Disruptor Award, and Quavo, who was named Humanitarian of the Year. While accepting her award, Doechii traced back to her start in rap music, in which she […]
(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 on the campaign trail but has since nominated several authors or contributors from the controversial conservative presidential wish list to his administration. Trump called the Project 2025 policy proposals — which include restrictions on abortion pills, birth control pills and Medicare access, as well as eliminating a couple of […]
(NEW YORK) — The jury in the Daniel Penny trial will begin deliberations over whether he committed criminally negligent homicide when he placed Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a subway car last year, after the jury was deadlocked on the more serious charge of manslaughter last week. At the request of prosecutors on Friday, Judge Maxwell Wiley dismissed […]
