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By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court ruled in favor of billionaire investor Leon Black on Thursday, rejecting a defamation claim by a woman who also accused the Apollo Global Management co-founder of rape and sexual abuse.In a 4-1 decision, the Appellate Division in Manhattan said Guzel Ganieva’s October 2015 […]
In “Get Out,” one of the great films by a first-time director in recent years, Jordan Peele borrows tones and archetypes from horror movies and thrillers, using them as a framework for the most personal of experiences and ideas: what it’s like to be a young black man in the United States today. The film follows a young […]
HONG KONG — First the Baltics, now Taiwan. This month saw the latest in a spate of incidents in which crucial undersea cables connecting U.S. allies have been damaged or severed. Some have been cast as acts of sabotage, pinning blame on Russia and China amid heightened geopolitical tensions. Early this month, Taiwan’s coast guard […]
Ben Jacobs had just moved to a home in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 1, with his wife and 10-month-old daughter. They had lived in Venice for more than three years and planned on embarking on a new chapter living on the Alphabet Streets.They had just spent the last week unpacking, organizing and getting settled in […]
Russia fined TikTok for not removing prohibited content. The results of a presidential election in Romania were thrown out over concerns the app had been used to spread foreign influence. Albania banned TikTok for a year following the stabbing death of a teenager by another one after the two quarreled online. “Either TikTok protects the […]
Jacqueline Luqman — vice chair of the Black Alliance for Peace’s coordinating committee and co-coordinator of the Mid Atlantic region and the D.C. Citywide Alliance of the Black Alliance for Peace — gave this edited presentation on the United National Antiwar Coalition’s webinar on the U.S. role in Syria. Jacqueline Luqman on webinar on U.S. […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game. The Boston College forward beat goalie Petteri Rimpinen through the leg pads to end it. The Americans avenged a 4-3 overtime […]
United States 4, Czechia 1 — Trey Augustine (Detroit Red Wings) made 26 saves for the United States, which advanced to the gold medal game of the World Juniors for the second straight year. The U.S. will seek a seventh tournament championship and a chance at winning back-to-back titles for the first time when it […]
Cynthia Erivo has quickly garnered a lot of fame in Hollywood despite the relatively short time she has spent in her acting career. The Grammy Award winner has become one of the most talked-about actresses all around after her portrayal of Elphaba in the highly acclaimed Wicked, where she starred opposite Ariana Grande. Despite the […]
CNN — Combining eye-watering accuracy, high drama and a raucous costume party, darts is quickly positioning itself as one of the most captivating sports on the planet. Made popular in English pubs during the 19th and 20th centuries, it has since transformed into a sporting spectacle which draws in fans from across the world and […]