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An MSNBC anchor covering the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis appeared to sympathize with the lawlessness on display in a conversation with a Black Lives Matter activist captured on a hot mic. MSNBC’s Ali Velshi provided live coverage to the network throughout the protests on Thursday night, with a concurrent livestream posted to YouTube. During …

Members of a CNN crew were arrested early Friday morning during their live broadcast as they covered the riots in Minneapolis, which broke out this week in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Monday. Shortly after 5 a.m, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his …

Rioters in Minneapolis set a police precinct ablaze late Thursday night as unrest continued to rock the city in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Monday. The 3rd Precinct building was breached around 10 p.m. as rioters set fires both inside and outside the …

They say there are no second acts in American lives, but … Halsey is apparently studying constitutional law while quarantined. The “You Should Be Sad” singer, 25, included a close-up of a book of constitutional law studies by Erwin Chemerinsky in a recent Instagram update. “Law is fun but hard,” she wrote in the caption …

Actor Justin Theroux has accused his neighbor of domestic abuse for the second time in his ongoing court battle with the man. Theroux claims that lawyer and downstairs neighbor Norman Resnicow — who he’s been in a bitter co-op war with for three years — on four occasions since the coronavirus lockdown has verbally berated …

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was hit with a new lawsuit Thursday from four anonymous women who say he sexually abused them over the last four decades — including a victim who says she was just 17 at the time. The Manhattan Supreme Court filing accuses the imprisoned ex-producer of using his power to entice women …

Blac Chyna is hitting back at her landlord who sued her for $48,000 last year. Chyna, 32, claims her landlord, Michael Kremerman, owes her more than $20,000 from her security deposit and is now asking for $50,000, or twice the original $25,000 deposit, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained …

Former acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify next week to the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of committee Republicans’ probe into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation. Senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, announced Wednesday that Rosenstein is slated to testify before lawmakers on June 3 during the first public hearing of …

On January 1, 2020, California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) went into effect, drastically curtailing Californians’ freedom to work on their own terms as freelancers. The law, which was written by the AFL-CIO, presents many freelancers in the state with only two options: find a permanent employer willing to hire you or find a new line of …

The Justice Department has dropped insider-trading investigations into three U.S. senators but remains focused on Senator Richard Burr (R., N.C.), according to multiple reports. Prosecutors have informed attorneys for Senators Kelly Loeffler (R., Ga.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), and Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) that they were no longer under investigation for selling off millions in …