Convicted sex trafficker had been placed in solitary and given medication by prison staff, court filing allegesLawyers for R Kelly say in new court documents that the convicted sex trafficker and singer was recently rushed to hospital after medically overdosing in prison.The 58-year-old reportedly collapsed on Friday at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina, which specializes in housing sex offenders, and was transported to Duke University hospital. Continue reading...
Lawmakers cite rising threats and hit list naming Democrats as calls grow for more protectionMembers of Congress are urgently reviewing security arrangements following the weekend Minnesota shootings that claimed the lives of a Democratic state legislator and her husband, with many demanding extra funds to beef up their own protection.Fears of increasing levels of political violence were further heightened by the discovery of dozens and dozens" of names of Democratic politicians on a hit list found in the car of Melissa Hortman's accused assassin. One, Michigan congresswoman Hillary Scholten, cancelled a town hall in Muskegon on Monday. Continue reading...
The rightwing media ecosystem spins up narratives to serve their agendas after tragic events, regardless of accuracyTina Smith, a Minnesota senator confronted Mike Lee, a Utah senator, on Monday to tell him directly that his social media posts fueled ongoing misinformation about a shooting that killed her friend.Lee's posts, which advanced conspiracies that a Minnesota assassin was a Marxist" and blamed the state's governor for Melissa Hortman's death, were among many threads of false or speculative claims swirling online after the killings. Continue reading...
Reversal comes days after president posted on Truth Social his very aggressive' raids were hurting farmers and hotelsDonald Trump has abandoned his brief immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) reprieve for farm and hotel workers, ordering the agency's raids in those sectors to resume after hardliners crushed a pause that lasted just four days.The whiplash reversal, first reported by the Washington Post, exposes the dysfunction gripping the president's deportation agenda, where competing advisers battle over policy while Trump lurches between contradictory positions. Continue reading...
Sanders joins Ocasio-Cortez in supporting Mamdani as Cuomo seeks comeback and Adams runs as an independentBernie Sanders has endorsed the leftwing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in the latest boost to his insurgent campaign.Mamdani, a democratic socialist like Sanders, is the main rival to the campaign of the former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who is seeking to rehabilitate his political career after leaving office amid sexual harassment allegations. Continue reading...
George Hornedo is one of many young insurgents challenging party's status quo across USWhen George Hornedo, 34, was still deciding whether to run in the Democratic primary for Indiana's seventh congressional district against longtime incumbent Andre Carson, a party elder looked him in the eyes and said: You are gonna get hurt."Hornedo went home that day and posted a TikTok video recounting the encounter. According to him, it highlighted the reality of the Democratic party. Continue reading...
The US president said he was aiming for a 'real end' to the conflict between Israel and Iran, and not just a ceasefire. He told reporters shortly after arriving back in the US from a G7 summit: 'I'm not looking for a ceasefire, we're looking at better than a ceasefire'
Residents call Melissa Hortman and husband Mark, gunned down in targeted killing, amazing people' with huge legacyA memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read in honor of our beloved Melissa". On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented. Continue reading...
A college physician allegedly abused at least 177 male students during his tenure, a story revived in a harrowing new film that highlights how he got away with itOhio State sets the standard in intercollegiate sports. The university's athletics department, a statewide source of pride that includes 36 varsity sports teams (from pistol shooting to college football's reigning national champion), rivals some Fortune 500 companies for scale. In 2024 Ohio State spent $292.8m on its sports programs, more than every school in the well-heeled Big Ten conference and every college in the country besides the University of Texas, while hoovering in more than $1.2bn in revenue over the past seven years. The Ohio State brand - flaunted through scarlet red block-O logos and buckeye tree iconography - is so synonymous with flush times inside and outside the lines that even now few really associate the university with one of most shocking and widespread sex abuse scandals in US history.Eva Orner - the Australian documentary director behind Netflix's Bikram and the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side - got an up-close view years ago on her first flight from Los Angeles to Columbus, home of the Buckeyes and the Ohio State campus. We stopped somewhere," she recalls. There wasn't a direct flight, and it was a game day weekend. When I got on to the connecting flight, everyone was in Buckeyes paraphernalia. I walked around the city, and everything was Buckeyes. I went to the game and watched the tailgating. It's like a fever or a cult. It's an incredible thing and a positive thing - but then when a story like this comes out, it can be very challenging." Continue reading...
The primary justifications for early immigration laws were xenophobia, eugenics, and overt racism. Understanding the history of immigration is essentialThe US immigration system is a scam that dehumanizes people for profit. Communities across the country have had enough.The protests in Los Angeles have invited a long overdue conversation about the true nature of the US immigration system. While the immediate catalysts for the protests were ramped up Ice raids attempting to meet Donald Trump's arbitrary deportation quotas, the protests spring from a deeper history. Continue reading...
With fights hidden behind paywalls and few stars breaking through, the once-popular sport risks irrelevance among the young fans it desperately needs to surviveBoxing is popular with young people in countries like the United Kingdom and Mexico. But it doesn't resonate with young sports fans in the United States the way it once did.Fans of a sport - particularly, team sports - develop lifelong allegiances at an early age and often pass it on to their children. There was a time when fathers and sons in America sat down in front of a television set together and watched Gillette Friday Night Fights or boxing on weekend afternoons. Now, if they sit down together at all, they watch football. Continue reading...
Terry Moran was effectively dismissed from the network after calling Stephen Miller and Trump world-class' hatersA journalist who lost his job at ABC News after describing top White House aide Stephen Miller as someone richly endowed with the capacity for hatred" has said he published that remark on social media because he felt it was true".It was something that was in my heart and mind," the network's former senior national correspondent Terry Moran said Monday on The Bulwark political podcast. And I would say I used very strong language deliberately." Continue reading...
Something was shifting in Iran, but now missiles and the return of foreign interference may tear up the green shoots of progressMissiles follow trajectories. So do countries. And over the past few days, Israel's attacks have dramatically changed Iran's trajectory.Some believe that Iran was already on a downward spiral and that Israel's actions will simply accelerate the descent. In an op-ed published on Monday, several of Iran's most prominent civil society figures, including Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, declared that the only credible path to safeguard [Iran] and its people is the resignation of the current leadership". In this view, the war could be construed as a deliverance - Israeli officials are openly suggesting that their operations could lead to regime change in Iran. But if Iran's decline was already precipitous, why are ordinary Iranians terrified by the outbreak of war? Why have they not welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu as the saviour he imagines himself to be? Continue reading...
Trump could decide to help Israel by joining the fight against Iran, or refrain from involving the US in a new overseas war - either choice will upset his supporters
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Abrupt change of plans comes after president on Truth Social warns residents of Tehran to evacuate immediatelyDonald Trump will return early to Washington on Monday from the G7 summit because of events in the Middle East, US officials said, confronted by an escalating Iran-Israel conflict and the possibility of US involvement hanging in the balance.The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Trump would participate in the G7 family photo and would dine with leaders at the summit in Alberta, Canada, before travelling back a day ahead of schedule. Continue reading...
US president lobbying G7 leaders for Russia to be readmitted - key US politics stories from Monday 16 JuneDonald Trump has told G7 leaders gathered for its summit in Canada that removing Russia from the former G8 was a mistake, and is lobbying for the country to be readmitted. Russia was thrown out of the group after it invaded Crimea in 2014.Trump's defence of Russian leader Vladimir Putin came a day before he was scheduled to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the fringes of the summit. Continue reading...
Fiona Havers says she does not have confidence data will be use to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions'The scientist responsible for overseeing the CDC team that collects data on Covid and RSV hospitalizations resigned on Monday.Dr Fiona Havers told colleagues in an email that she no longer had confidence the data would be used objectively or evaluated with appropriate scientific rigor to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions", according to Reuters. Continue reading...
US agency had pledged almost $30m over five years to Hope Through Action initiative, which was launched in 2023The US government funding cuts will hit a chimpanzee conservation project nurtured by the primatologist Jane Goodall.USAID has been subjected to swingeing cuts under Donald Trump, with global effects that are still unfolding. Now it has emerged that the agency will withdraw from the Hope Through Action project managed by the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI). USAID had pledged $29.5m (22m) over five years to the project, which was designed to protect endangered chimpanzees and their habitats in western Tanzania. Continue reading...
Officers arrest people at swap meet in Santa Fe and detain people in Montebello as curfew in LA remains in placeUS immigration raids continued to target southern California communities in recent days, including at a popular flea market and in a Los Angeles suburb where US citizens were detained.On Saturday, as mass protests swept the nation, including tens of thousands demonstrating in LA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents descended on a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs in southeast LA county. Video showed dozens of heavily armed, masked officers carrying out the raid before a scheduled concert at the long-running event that features vendors, food and entertainment every weekend Continue reading...
Salvador Plasencia, who gave Friends star the drug in month leading to overdose, to plead guilty to four countsA doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star's overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday.Dr Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They said the plea carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, and Plasencia is expected to enter the plea in the coming weeks. Continue reading...
Federal judge dismissed lawsuit brought by faculty groups over government cuts to Columbia University fundingThe Trump administration scored its most significant legal victory in its sweeping effort to reshape American higher education when a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by faculty groups over the government's cuts to Columbia University's federal funding.The lawsuit concerned the Trump administration's cuts to $400m worth of federal funding to Columbia on the grounds it tolerated antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Columbia largely accepted the government's terms for restoring funding - in an agreement widely panned as a capitulation of its own academic freedom - several days before the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) sued the Trump administration over the cuts. Continue reading...
UK aerospace sector will face no tariffs from the US while auto industry lowered to 10% from 25%Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada, with the US president saying Britain would have protection against future tariffs because I like them".The two leaders presented the deal, which covers aerospace and the auto sector, at the G7 venue in Kananaskis, Alberta. Continue reading...
Tim Kaine introduces measure to prohibit US forces from taking action against Iran without approval from CongressAs Iran and Israel exchange missile attacks for a fourth day, Democrats in Washington are moving swiftly to reassert congressional authority over US military engagement in the region amid fears of American involvement in a broader conflict.Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, on Monday introduced a war powers resolution that would prohibit US armed forces from taking direct action against Iran without explicit authorization from Congress or a declaration of war. The measure, like other attempts to claw back power from the executive branch, faces a steep climb in the GOP-controlled Congress, where Republicans have been mostly unwilling to challenge Donald Trump's authority. Continue reading...
Law enforcement officials would also be required to be identifiable by uniform carrying their nameLocal, state, and federal law enforcement officers who cover their faces while conducting official business could face a misdemeanor in California under a new proposal announced Monday.The bill would require all law enforcement officials show their faces and be identifiable by their uniform, which should carry their name or other identifier. It would not apply to the national guard or other troops and it exempts Swat teams and officers responding to natural disasters. Continue reading...
El Salvador-born Mario Guevara, arrested by Georgia police on Saturday, transferred to Ice officers after bond releaseMario Guevara, a prominent Spanish-language journalist in metro Atlanta who frequently covers Immigration and customs enforcement raids, will be turned over to Ice detention after being arrested by local police while covering the No Kings" protests.Guevara, 47, was born in El Salvador and has been in the United States for more than 20 years. He recorded his own arrest Saturday during a raucous street protest in the Embry Hills area of north DeKalb county, an Atlanta suburban neighborhood with a large Latino population. The protest ended with riot police throwing teargas and marching protesters down the street after declaring an unlawful assembly. Continue reading...
News comes after Catholic diocese in Camden tried for years to block such proceedingsNew Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state's supreme court ruled on Monday, after a Catholic diocese that had tried for years to block such proceedings recently reversed course.The Camden diocese previously had argued that a court rule prevents the state attorney general from impaneling a grand jury to issue findings in the state's investigation into decades of allegations against church officials. But the diocese notified the court in early May that it would no longer oppose that. Camden bishop Joseph Williams, who took over the diocese in March, said he'd met with stakeholders in the diocese and there was unanimous consent to end the church's opposition to the grand jury. Continue reading...
Officials say Vance Luther Boelter, who allegedly shot two lawmakers, went to two other legislators' homes that night intending to kill themA man accused of dressing up as a police officer and shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers in their homes - killing one and her husband - also showed up at the houses of two other legislators the same night intending to assassinate them too, authorities revealed on Monday.Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was captured on Sunday night after a major two-day manhunt and charged by state prosecutors with the second-degree murder of the Democratic representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their residence in Brooklyn Park early on Saturday. Continue reading...
Bassam Hassan, a top general under Assad, reportedly gave news regarding American who went missing in 2012A high-ranking Syrian general under former president Bashar al-Assad who is now in Lebanon has reportedly told US investigators that the American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in 2012, is dead.Bassam Hassan was a top security adviser once accused of facilitating chemical attacks on civilians. In a recent meeting with the FBI and CIA, he claimed that Assad - who was ousted in December and has since fled to Moscow - ordered Tice's execution, according to the New York Times and the BBC, which first reported the allegation. Each media organization cited sources familiar with the matter. Hassan's claims remain unverified. Continue reading...
With thick rough around bunkers and pin positions on slopes, Adam Scott called Oakmont borderline unplayable'There should be no sense of demeaning JJ Spaun's US Open glory if observers question the circumstances. Spaun, not so long ago a journeyman professional, played out his dream by holing out from 65ft on the final green at Oakmont.Spaun is a prime example of how the penny can drop for golfers at different stages. Now 34, he is in the form of his life and bound for the Ryder Cup. When he talked later of being awake at three o'clock on Sunday morning because his young daughter was vomiting, his relatability only grew. Everybody loves an underdog. Continue reading...
Statement comes amid questions over whether Ice - reportedly $1bn over budget - is set to run out of moneyDonald Trump has promised an expanded immigration crackdown in several large Democratic-led cities as apparent vengeance for No Kings" protests against his administration on Saturday that drew millions of people - despite questions over whether the agency in charge of the effort is set to run out of money.In new reporting on Monday, Axios claimed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) was $1bn over budget and set to run out of money in the next one to three months. Continue reading...
The uniformed soldiers marched irregularly, slightly off beat; the turnout was small and the crowd seemed defeated, low-energy and wiltedIn one version of the story, you can blame the French. Evidently it was in France, watching the 2017 Bastille Day military parade alongside Emmanuel Macron at the outset of his first term, that Trump initially got the idea to stage an armed spectacle in Washington DC in honor of himself. Back then, the military said no. In a now-famous anecdote, Gen Paul Selva, who grew up in Portugal under its integralist regime, told Trump that such parades are what dictators do". James Mattis, his then-secretary of defense, reportedly revolted against the idea, saying he would rather swallow acid". Trump never got his parade.Until now. Restored to power after an interregnum in which all American institutions failed to hold him accountable for his crimes and abuses, Trump has now set about a second term in which he is pursuing vengeance against his perceived enemies, using his office to enrich himself, and indulging all the impulses that were checked by his staffers and advisers back when anyone serious still worked for him. Continue reading...
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Vance Boelter accused of killing legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding John Hoffman and his wifeThe man suspected of opening fire on two Minnesota legislators and their spouses on 14 June, killing one legislator and her husband, is set to appear in court on Monday afternoon charged with two counts of murder and two of attempted murder.Vance Boelter, 57, is charged with fatally shooting the Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their residence early on Saturday. Boelter is also accused of shooting the state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home, seriously injuring them. Continue reading...
The first of its kind in the US, a new traffic toll in Manhattan has produced impressive early results while facing looming challengesEvery week, Stan Avedon drives across lower Manhattan, moving bikes between the two NYC Velo shops he's managed for the last 15 years. What used to be a grinding crawl through some of the world's worst traffic is noticeably less painful lately. It's like night and day," he said.Avedon's transformed commute is the result of the most ambitious policy to hit New York in recent memory. Starting 5 January, drivers entering lower Manhattan began paying a $9 congestiontoll aimed at deterring drivers and raise desperately needed funds for the city's deteriorating public transit system. Continue reading...
The administration lied to obscure a genocide. Now a former spokesperson is revealing the disconnect between words and realityPoliticians lie, and the people around them do too. When it's convenient - when the whole world is pulsing with revulsion, for example - they begin to reveal flavors of the truth.The Biden administration lied more than most, its public-facing members particularly. Its policy in Palestine was to embrace the Israelis in a bear hug" - to smother them with love. And there's thin cover for a genocide beyond lies.Ahmed Moor is a writer and fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace Continue reading...
Chain has long maintained relationship with undocumented laborers who gather in parking lots, hoping to get hired for a day of painting or roofingThe white vans zipped into the parking lot of the Home Depot in central Los Angeles.Pedro watched from the corner as masked federal immigration agents emerged before grabbing and handcuffing people. Continue reading...
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