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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who hosts the Emmy-winning Fox/National Geographic series Cosmos, has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women, and the producers behind Cosmos have launched an investigation. “The credo at the heart of Cosmos is to follow the evidence wherever it leads,” Cosmos producers said in a statement to our sister site Deadline. “The […]
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says she is “deeply concerned” by problems with implanted medical devices that have been been revealed by investigative journalists and has pledged to make changes.
Alex Wong/Getty Images A new report from the Associated Press details the back-and-forth between President Donald Trump’s lawyers and the special counsel Robert Mueller over the terms of a potential interview with Trump. Their compromise? Written answers to questions, which were delivered on Tuesday. Logistics for an interview at Camp David on January 27 this […]
Toronto police have charged six students in connection with an alleged gang sexual assault at St. Michael's College School that was captured on camera and shared on social media. Deputy Chief James Ramer said five students turned themselves in on Monday, while another was arrested on his way to school. All six boys are facing multiple criminal […]
Last month, a study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics described just how prevalent advertising is in apps geared towards children, and its findings have now led three Senators to ask the FTC to investigate. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Tom Udall (D-NM) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the commission […]
Enlarge (credit: Troy Harvey/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Tesla is reportedly undergoing a “deepening criminal investigation” by the FBI into whether the company misled investors with respect to production of Model 3 vehicles, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper cited “people familiar with the matter,” who said that federal prosecutors based in San Francisco have […]
CIA chief Gina Haspel has briefed President Trump on the current status of the investigation into Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death. Haspel recently returned from Istanbul, where she was reportedly played an audio recording of Khashoggi’s interrogation and murder by Saudi agents inside the country’s consulate. The White House did not elaborate on what was said […]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the investigation into the murder of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, as the two leaders spoke on the phone, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The King told Putin that the Saudi government was determined to make sure that those […]
The internet has made us a planet of autodidacts—but just how are we improving ourselves? https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbc27619bfb5e2cd2cb3b3b/master/pass/culture-how-we-learn-brain-146104159-w.jpg
Michael Avenatti via AP Two witnesses have submitted sworn statements regarding Julie Swetnick’s allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge drugged and gang-raped women on multiple occasions in the 1980s. Dennis Ketterer, a former Emmy-winning meteorologist in DC, said he did not find Swetnick’s allegations against Kavanaugh credible based on […]
