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Month: January 2020

Weinstein accuser details sexual assault allegation in testimony

Weinstein accuser details sexual assault allegation in testimony

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — One of two women that Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sexually assaulting took the witness stand on Monday to describe how the Hollywood producer violently sexually assaulted her and explain why she returned to him within a month and endured a second unwanted sexual encounter. Miriam […]

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Supreme Court allows rule to turn away immigrants who may need public assistance

Supreme Court allows rule to turn away immigrants who may need public assistance

YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court issued an order Monday to temporarily allow a Trump administration rule that would deny certain immigrants legal status in the U.S. if they failed to meet new standards proving they won’t rely too heavily on public benefits. The 5-4 decision, made by the court’s conservative […]

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School shooting ‘conspiracy theorist’ arrested after tormenting families: Police

School shooting ‘conspiracy theorist’ arrested after tormenting families: Police

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(NEW YORK) — A school shooting “conspiracy theorist” was arrested on Monday after allegedly harassing families associated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, calling the children involved “crisis actors,” according to police. Wolfgang Halbig, 73, was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of personal identification in Lake County, Florida, […]

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Emerson College dorm defaced with racist slurs against Asians, school says

Emerson College dorm defaced with racist slurs against Asians, school says

YinYang/iStock(BOSTON) — Officials at Emerson College in Boston have launched an investigation after a dormitory was vandalized with racist slurs toward Asian students this week, just days after swastikas were found elsewhere on the campus. Employees at the Little Building residence hall discovered the “hateful graffiti” on multiple room doors […]

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Gordon gets 50, Rockets top Jazz 126-117 minus Harden, Russ

Eric Gordon scored a career-high 50 points to lead the short-handed Houston Rockets to a 126-117 victory over the Utah Jazz despite playing without James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Danuel House Jr. added 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Austin Rivers also had 21 points as Houston handed the Jazz […]

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Oluyitan leads balanced Southern Utah rout of Idaho, 73-45

Oluyitan leads balanced Southern Utah rout of Idaho, 73-45

Cameron Oluyitan scored 15 points and led four players into double figure scoring as Southern Utah walloped Idaho, 73-45 in a Big Sky Conference battle. The Thunderbirds built a 19-point lead by intermission and padded it in the second half.

GM moves forward with building recently announced driverless shuttle

GM moves forward with building recently announced driverless shuttle

iStock(NEW YORK) — Less than a week after the reveal of the autonomous, electric Cruise Origin shuttle bus, General Motors said they’ve picked a place to build it. GM said it isn’t planning to sell the Cruise Origin to individual car buyers. Rather, the Cruise brand will operate a fleet […]

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Coach killed alongside Kobe Bryant in crash ‘was exceptional,’ husband says through tears

Coach killed alongside Kobe Bryant in crash ‘was exceptional,’ husband says through tears

iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Youth basketball coach Christina Mauser, one of the nine people killed, including Kobe Bryant, in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, is leaving behind three grief-stricken children and an adoring husband. Matthew Mauser said telling the news to their children — ages 3, 9 and 11 […]

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Holocaust survivors speak about immigration crisis at US-Mexico border: ‘My heart was aching’

Holocaust survivors speak about immigration crisis at US-Mexico border: ‘My heart was aching’

iStock(NEW YORK) — Holocaust survivors Mikhl and Millie Baran expressed their thoughts about immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and recent anti-Semitic attacks during an appearance on The View Monday. The couple joined The View for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Mikhl and […]

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Kobe Bryant’s sudden death leaves the world grieving, searching for answers

Kobe Bryant’s sudden death leaves the world grieving, searching for answers

Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The federal probe into the devastating helicopter crash that killed retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others has investigators exploring why the pilot took flight in weather so foggy it had prompted local law enforcement agencies to ground its choppers. An […]

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