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Joe Raedle / Getty Images The clock was ticking for the Republican-controlled Congress to stave off a government shutdown Thursday night â just over 24 hours to go â but Washington’s chaos seemed to be taking place on another planet for about 800 of President Donald Trump’s most die-hard supporters, who held a lavish celebration […]
When Chris Ver-Haest left a friendâs house in north London on 16 July 2017 he was going to buy cigarettes and water from the local shop. It was 10.45am on a Sunday. He would never return. He had stayed at the house the previous night after an impromptu farewell party â a last hurrah before […]
They stood murmuring, cell phones out, standing in clusters along the dusty road and watching through the smoke-choked evening air as dark orange flames waved in the wind, the glow of fire surrounding them on either side. About 12 hours after officials said it was a “miracle” that the small, artsy, pastoral town of Ojai […]
Alisande Morales / YouTube / Via youtube.com Eddie Berganza More women have come forward to say that a onetime executive editor at DC Comics sexually harassed them, including two who say he inappropriately touched them even after several employees at the publishing giant had complained to company top brass about his behavior. The new accusations […]
Hours after a report in Variety said that Harvey Weinstein would be suspended from the Weinstein Company, the company’s board has officially announced his leave on Friday. The move comes in the wake of the New York Times’ blockbuster story on Thursday alleging decades of sexual harassment on the film executive’s part. The board also […]
As President Donald Trump nears a decision on what to do with undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, Republicans will again face immigration policy issues with the immigration status of thousands with next year’s mid-term elections in the mix. Trump on Tuesday is expected to reveal what he will do with the […]
Amber Jamieson for BuzzFeed News Evacuees in Beaumont civic center evacuation shelter use torches after the electricity cut out Thursday afternoon. BEAUMONT, Texas â With no running water since Thursday morning, intermittent electricity, few medical facilities, little food, and rising floodwaters, the situation in Beaumont, Texas, became increasingly dire for its trapped residents, forcing the […]
Bastiaan Slabbers / Getty Images More LGBT people have been killed in what advocacy groups categorize as hate-violence-related homicides so far in 2017 than in all of 2016, according to data from an LGBT rights organization. As of August 2017, there have been 33 hate-violence-related homicides of LGBT people, according to the National Coalition of […]
Taylor Swiftâs legal team on Tuesday began walking jurors through a 2013 backstage photo shoot where the singer alleges a DJ reached under her skirt and grabbed her butt. âIt was an assault and Ms. Swift reported it,â the singerâs attorney, Douglas Baldridge, said. âShe has been in tens of thousands of meet-and-greets, including going […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico â The US government sanctioned Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro just one day after the socialist leader held a controversial vote to rewrite the constitution, further isolating the politically embattled country. âYesterdayâs illegitimate elections confirm that Maduro is a dictator who disregards the will of the Venezuelan people,â Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin […]
