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The father of tennis powerhouses Serena and Venus Williams cut a deal to be portrayed in the upcoming “King Richard” biopic by actor Will Smith after he’d already sold his life rights to someone else, according to a new lawsuit. A Los Angeles state court lawsuit filed on Tuesday claims that the Warner Bros.’ highly …

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal court to end the case against former national-security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday. After the Justice Department dropped its case against Flynn, the presiding judge appointed a third party to “to present arguments in opposition” to the DOJ’s decision. The Wednesday ruling by the Circuit Court …

A federal prosecutor will testify to Congress on Wednesday that the Justice Department exerted “heavy pressure” on prosecutors in Roger Stone’s criminal trial to request a more lenient sentence for Stone. Aaron Zelinsky, an assistant U.S. attorney in Maryland who was formerly assigned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, will testify to the House Judiciary …

Google is getting fat off the struggling news industry by using its position as the nation’s dominant search engine to force publishers into unfair agreements, according to a new research report. The Alphabet-owned internet company has become such a powerful force for driving Web traffic that it even dictates how news publications format their web …

Protestors in Washington, D.C., set up barricades and pitched tents on H Street NW near the White House and graffitied the historic St. John’s church with “BHAZ” — Black House Autonomous Zone — on Monday, drawing warnings from President Trump. A plywood sign on H Street was also spray-painted “BHAZ: Black House Autonomous Zone,” in …

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that the city will begin dismantling the “autonomous zone” set up downtown by protesters, citing incidents of violence in the zone. “The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents,” Durkan said at …

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) confirmed Monday night that his committee was preparing to subpoena Attorney General Bill Barr for his testimony, despite saying earlier this month that such a move was unlikely. “We have begun the process to issue that subpoena,” Nadler told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in an interview. On June …

Just five out of the 125 stores in the Bronx looted on June 1 during unrest following George Floyd demonstrations have been approved for city aid so far. After the riots, which saw looters target small Bronx businesses, New York mayor Bill de Blasio said emergency grants would be approved for those affected. The details …

Chicago recorded 102 shooting victims over the weekend, the highest number for a single weekend in 2020. The rash of shootings is part of a spate of violence that began after George Floyd demonstrations in late May descended into widespread looting and rioting that began after George Floyd was killed by a white Minneapolis police …

Police responded to a second shooting in Seattle’s “autonomous zone” that occurred late Sunday night, the second shooting inside the zone in just two days. The victim of the shooting was transported to Harborview Medical Center and is in serious condition, according to the Seattle Police Department. The shooting occurred in the city’s “Capitol Hill Occupied …