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Liam Neeson Describes Racist Revenge Fantasy in Newspaper Interview
Actor Liam Neeson said in an interview with a British newspaper last month that he once spent a week walking the streets with a club looking for a black man to kill after a woman close to him was raped by someone she said was black.Texas Secretary of State Questions Citizenship of 95,000 Registered Voters
The Texas secretary of state’s office on Friday called into question the citizenship status of 95,000 registered voters who were found to have identified themselves at some point to a state law enforcement agency as noncitizen, legal residents of the United States.Pastor Who Praised Pulse Nightclub Gunman Resigns After Allegedly Paying for Sex
A Baptist minister in Texas who came to national attention in 2016 when he praised the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, resigned from his ministry last week after allegedly using drugs, gambling and paying for sex with prostitutes.Ronald Lafferty, Mormon Cult Leader on Death Row for Murder, Dies of Natural Causes
Ronald Lafferty, a Mormon fundamentalist on death row for what he claimed were the divinely inspired murders of his sister-in-law and baby niece in 1984, died of natural causes in prison on Monday. He was 78.
Hillary Clinton Urges Defense of Democracy at Cummings' Funeral
Speaking at the funeral of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Hillary Clinton offered a forceful defense of democracy and compared the late congressman, a leader in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, to the prophet Elijah.
At Cummings Funeral, Bill and Hillary Clinton Urge Defense of Democracy
Speaking at the funeral of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, offered a forceful defense of democracy and compared the late congressman, a leader in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, to the prophet Elijah.
Fugees Rapper Pras Michel and Financier Charged in Illegal Scheme to Raise Money for Obama
One of the founding members of the hip-hop group the Fugees and a fugitive Malaysian financier have been charged with conspiring to violate federal campaign finance law by funneling millions of dollars worth of foreign money into the 2012 presidential election, the Justice Department said Friday.A Tourist Wanted a Better Look at an Active Volcano. Then He Fell in.
A man survived a 70-foot fall into one of the most active volcanoes on Earth on Wednesday after he climbed over a metal guardrail at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, authorities said.Charlottesville Confederate Statues Are Protected by State Law, Judge Rules
A Virginia judge has ruled that local authorities in Charlottesville cannot remove two Confederate statues because they are war memorials protected by state law, a decision that came nearly two years after a deadly white nationalist rally there that was nominally organized to protest a plan to move one of the statues.Charlottesville Confederate Statues Are Protected by State Law, Judge Rules
A Virginia judge has ruled that local authorities in Charlottesville cannot remove two Confederate statues because they are war memorials protected by state law, a decision that came nearly two years after a deadly white nationalist rally there that was nominally organized to protest a plan to move one of the statues.
Charlottesville Confederate Statues Are Protected by State Law, Judge Rules
A Virginia judge has ruled that local authorities in Charlottesville cannot remove two Confederate statues because they are war memorials protected by state law, a decision that came nearly two years after a deadly white nationalist rally there that was nominally organized to protest a plan to move one of the statues.A Giant Bird Killed Its Owner. Now It Could Be Yours.
There will be colorful macaws, lithe lemurs and cackling Kookaburras for sale at an event billed by organizers as “the dispersal of the animal estate of Marvin Hajos.” But the animal that is likely to get the most attention is the giant bird that killed Hajos this month.Ocean-Clogging Microplastics Also Pollute the Air, Study Finds
Researchers in France said this week that they found thousands and thousands of microplastic particles raining down on a secluded spot in the Pyrenees, 75 miles from the nearest city.Christchurch Messages on Facebook Lead to Charge of Lying to FBI
A New York man who discussed an American re-enactment of the New Zealand mosque massacre with white supremacist friends on Facebook was charged Thursday with lying to FBI agents, law enforcement officials said.
Christchurch Messages on Facebook Lead to Charge of Lying to FBI
A New York man who discussed an American re-enactment of the New Zealand mosque massacre with white supremacist friends on Facebook was charged Thursday with lying to FBI agents, law enforcement officials said.Guggenheim Museum Says It Won't Accept Gifts From Sackler Family
NEW YORK — The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York said Friday that it did not plan to accept future gifts from the family of Mortimer Sackler, a philanthropist and former board member whose money has been met with growing unease in the art world as his family’s pharmaceutical interests have been linked to the opioid crisis.
Florida Surgeon Resigns Over Instagram Photos of Transgender Patients' Genitals
A well-known Florida surgeon who specializes in transgender health care has resigned from his position at the University of Miami amid an uproar over pictures he posted on Instagram that showed surgical procedures and patients’ genitals alongside captions and hashtags that mocked transgender people and Asians.A Stranger Returned His Lost Lottery Tickets. Then He Won $273 Million.
An unemployed New Jersey man won a $273 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot last week after a stranger found and returned the winning ticket that he had left behind on a store counter.Parents of West Point Cadet Killed in Accident Obtain Order to Preserve His Sperm
Peter Zhu, a West Point cadet who died last week, always wanted to be a father, his parents said. His dream was to live on a ranch, where he would have horses and raise five children, never mind his parents’ jokes about how much all of that would cost.Parents of West Point Cadet Killed in Accident Obtain Order to Preserve His Sperm
Peter Zhu, a West Point cadet who died last week, always wanted to be a father, his parents said. His dream was to live on a ranch, where he would have horses and raise five children, never mind his parents’ jokes about how much all of that would cost.
