T he man at the West Burnside Street bus stop looks stone dead, sprawled out on the sidewalk with his eyes rolled back. Lucky for him, he overdosed on a weekday, just five blocks from the downtown Portland, Oregon, fire station, where the quick-response unit is on duty, and they’re …
Read More »Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low, Capping Week of Dismal Polling
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dipped below 40 percent, according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey also found that about four in 10 Americans say Trump has been a “terrible” president during his second term, with about one in 10 …
Read More »Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Its Attack on Union Rights
A federal judge filed a preliminary injunction late on Friday that temporarily blocked the Trump administration from removing the bargaining rights of two-thirds of the federal workforce, which was widely considered retaliation against unions for challenging his power. Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C. wrote in his …
Read More »'I Was Taken Hostage': How an American Metal Rocker Landed in Russian Prison
O ne minute, Travis Leake was trying to decide which movie he and his fiancée should watch in his rented apartment on the outskirts of Moscow. The next, he was lying face down on the floor in a small pool of his own blood. On that early June afternoon in …
Read More »'The Shrouds' Director David Cronenberg Wants to Retire the Term 'Body Horror'
David Cronenberg, aficionado of the unnerving, won’t let his feelings about a creator get in the way of a creation. “I still love my Tesla,” says the filmmaker, seated in a dimly lit conference room at the Criterion Collection’s Manhattan office. “My relationship with my Tesla has nothing to do …
Read More »Matt Pinfield Is 'Slowly but Surely Recovering' Following Stroke and Coma
Matt Pinfield gave a health update over the weekend while announcing news he’ll be making an upcoming welcome appearance after suffering a stroke earlier this year followed by a months-long coma. “Slowly but surely recovering..lots of physical therapy..Fighting my way back!! One day at a time,” the radio host and …
Read More »Justice Department Removes Protections for Journalists in Leak Investigations
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department removed protections for journalists in investigations into leaks, allowing the government greater power to demand information. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a memo circulated Friday that she will rescind policies established by the Biden administration preventing the Justice Department from seeking records or compelling …
Read More »'Wasting Judicial Resources': Judge Shreds Trump Admin's Alien Enemies Act Case
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a Venezuelan couple Friday after a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Trump administration’s handling of their case did not have a “lawful basis.” U.S. District Judge David Briones of El Paso wrote in a searing ruling that ICE had not demonstrated convincing evidence …
Read More »Kennedy Center Cancels Pride Month Schedule as Organizers 'Proactively' Relocate Events
The Kennedy Center’s war on the performing arts continues to wage on under the Trump administration as a series of events planned around Pride Month have quietly been canceled or relocated. According to The Associated Press, artists involved with the Kennedy Center’s Tapestry of Pride — scheduled for June 5 …
Read More »Cazzu Left Heartbreak and Scrutiny Behind — and Made Her Most Honest Album Yet
If you dive into Latinaje — the new album by Argentine star Cazzu — motivated by morbid curiosity about the tabloid frenzy that has followed her during the past couple of years, you will probably be sorely disappointed. True, the lyrics of many songs, including the Selena-flavored cumbia of lead …
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