• Why Nikki Glaser had to mute Jennifer Lopez on social media

    Why Nikki Glaser had to mute Jennifer Lopez on social media

    That ain’t funny. Comedian Nikki Glaser revealed that as someone in recovery for an eating disorder she’s had to mute Jennifer Lopez from her social media feeds, during Wednesday’s episode of “Better Together with Maria Menounos.” “She’s someone I have to mute constantly because I am so triggered by how much she works and how …
  • Inside the Go-Go’s vicious, drug-fueled ride to fame

    Inside the Go-Go’s vicious, drug-fueled ride to fame

    The Spice Girls and the Pussycat Dolls would be nothing without the Go-Go’s. Formed in Los Angeles in 1978, they were an all-women band that, over just seven years, wrote and performed some of the best remembered songs of the 1980s: “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “Vacation.” All unforgettable. No all-girl …
  • Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix making documentary on deadly diseases

    Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix making documentary on deadly diseases

    EXCLUSIVE: Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix have teamed up with “Cowspiracy” filmmaker Keegan Kuhn and BAFTA Award-winning director Alex Lockwood, to executive produce, “The End of Medicine,” a new feature-length documentary about zoonotic diseases, which threaten the health and lives of the entire human population. The doc began production in October 2019, months before Covid-19 was making …
  • Area Where George Floyd Died Becomes ‘Police Free Zone’ Plagued By ‘Constant’ Gunfire

    Area Where George Floyd Died Becomes ‘Police Free Zone’ Plagued By ‘Constant’ Gunfire

    The area in Minneapolis around where George Floyd died in police custody has become the site of nightly shootings and drug overdoses as police avoid the area and local officials consider how to restore order. Residents say lawlessness reins at night in the four blocks in South Minneapolis near where Floyd died. Floyd was arrested …
  • US workers file 1.43 million more jobless claims as crisis total tops 54 million

    US workers file 1.43 million more jobless claims as crisis total tops 54 million

    Some 1.43 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, pushing the number of initial jobless claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic above 54 million, new data show. Last week marked the second consecutive week with an increase in new jobless filings, a further indication that the economic recovery from the pandemic is faltering. “Jobs …
  • Oregon Gov. Agrees to Cooperate with DHS on Portland Riots, But Contradicts Sec. Wolf on Removal of Federal Officers

    Oregon Gov. Agrees to Cooperate with DHS on Portland Riots, But Contradicts Sec. Wolf on Removal of Federal Officers

    Federal and Oregon state officials have developed a plan to cooperate on securing the Portland federal courthouse from rioters, however differences regarding the deployment of federal law enforcement remain. Portland has seen nightly riots since the death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest by Minneapolis officers. Rioters have consistently targeted …
  • The Kidnapping That Wasn’t: Dem Lawmakers, Prominent Journalists Invent Nefarious Conspiracy to Explain Routine Arrest

    The Kidnapping That Wasn’t: Dem Lawmakers, Prominent Journalists Invent Nefarious Conspiracy to Explain Routine Arrest

    Prominent Democrats and media pundits rushed to claim that a standard-procedure arrest of a “trans femme protestor” by undercover cops in NYC was a “kidnapping,” despite the presence of clearly-marked NYPD officers at the scene and the subsequent release of the suspect. Nicholas Stone, an 18-year-old male who identifies as a woman, was arrested for …
  • Chicago Deputy Police Chief Shoots Himself, Latest in Long History of Suicides at the Department

    Chicago Deputy Police Chief Shoots Himself, Latest in Long History of Suicides at the Department

    The Chicago Police Department’s new deputy chief of criminal networks was found dead on Tuesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the latest in a history of suicides at the department. Dion Boyd, 57, was sworn into his new post on July 15 after 30-years on the force. Superintendent David Brown urged officers to keep …
  • Park Police Chief Defends Clearing Black Lives Matter Protesters outside White House

    Park Police Chief Defends Clearing Black Lives Matter Protesters outside White House

    The acting chief of the Park Police on Tuesday defended federal law enforcement agents clearing protesters from outside the White House last month just before President Trump walked through the area for a photo op at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Chief Gregory Monahan said that while he was aware Trump was scheduled to walk through …
  • Federal Agents Have Left Seattle after Local Officials’ Complaints, Mayor Says

    Federal Agents Have Left Seattle after Local Officials’ Complaints, Mayor Says

    Federal agents sent to Seattle to protect federal property have been removed from the city after local officials complained their presence was escalating tensions. Mayor Jenny Durkan had rejected the deployment of U.S. tactical forces sent to the city last week, saying it did not have the consent of local officials and could counterintuitively provoke, …