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R. Kelly Convicted On Child Pornography And Sex Abuse Charges

Topline A Chicago jury found R. Kelly guilty of child pornography for taping his sexual encounters with underage girls, according to multiple reports, just months after the R&B singer was sentenced to three decades in prison in a separate sex trafficking case. Key Facts Kelly was convicted on six of the 13 criminal charges brought…

Patagonia Founder Gives Away Entire Company To Fight Climate Change

Updated Sep 14, 2022, 06:30pm EDT Topline Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and his family—who made a 10-figure fortune from his outdoor outfitter empire—have relinquished their ownership of the 49-year-old company, transferring it to trusts and nonprofit organizations and pledging Wednesday to redirect Patagonia’s future profits toward fighting climate change . Key Facts All of the…

Here’s Why The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz Is Suing The FBI Over The Agency’s File On The Band

Updated Aug 30, 2022, 04:11pm EDT Topline Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of the supergroup the Monkees, sued the Department of Justice Tuesday in a bid to obtain FBI files kept on the band throughout the ’60s as the Monkees included controversial anti-war statements in their songs and concerts amid the domestic social turmoil…

15 Killed In Russian Strikes As Ukraine Marks Independence Day, Zelensky Says

Updated Aug 24, 2022, 04:55pm EDT Topline A deadly Russian rocket strike on a train station in a small town in central Ukraine killed at least 15 people and injured about 50 more on Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who earlier warned that Moscow could be planning for “something particularly ugly, something particularly vicious”…

Salman Rushdie Attack: Author Speaking And Off Ventilator As Suspect’s Father Refuses Questions In Lebanon

Topline The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is “on the road to recovery” his literary agent said Sunday, two days after he was stabbed onstage by a 24-year-old man from New Jersey, whose father has reportedly refused to speak to anyone about the attack or leave his home…

At Least 15 Killed In Russian Strike On Ukrainian Apartments, Officials Say

Topline A Russian strike on two residential buildings in eastern Ukraine killed at least 15 people and may have left dozens more stranded under the rubble, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, as Russian forces continue to push into Ukraine’s southeastern Donbas region. Key Facts A Saturday afternoon rocket attack nearly leveled a five-story residential block in…

HHS Secretary Predicts Roe V. Wade Reversal Won’t ‘Stand Long’

Topline Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra doesn’t believe the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and roll back five decades of abortion rights in the U.S. “is going to stand long,” he said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press , as the federal government seeks to keep abortion accessible even…

U.N. Calls For Proof Of Missing Tennis Star Peng Shuai’s Safety

Updated Nov 19, 2021, 02:11pm EST Topline The United Nations has added to the chorus of calls from the tennis world for proof of the safety of missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and an investigation into her allegations that she was sexually assaulted by a powerful government official. Key Facts Proof of Peng’s “…

‘Egregiously Incorrect’: Immunologist Fauci And Eye Doctor Rand Paul Clash Over Covid Origins—Again

Updated Nov 4, 2021, 03:23pm EDT Topline Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease official, went head-to-head yet again during a Senate hearing Thursday over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and controversial studies funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Key Facts In a hearing…