Nomi Abadi has been a piano prodigy since she was three years old and has toured around the world as a classical pianist, releasing numerous albums and EPs. But as she stood at a podium in a downtown Los Angeles hotel conference room Friday afternoon, she wasn’t there to talk …
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Disgraced Seventies glam rocker Gary Glitter has been released from a British prison just halfway through a 16-year sentence after being convicted of child sex abuse charges. The BBC reports that Glitter will be “closely monitored” by police and probation officers via GPS and will face the “strictest” of conditions …
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Prosecutors in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh presented a video Wednesday of footage they say compromises the disgraced former attorney’s alibi that he wasn’t at the scene of the killings of his wife Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, in June 2021, according to CNN. The nearly one-minute long video …
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Nick Carter has filed a countersuit against a rape accuser who came forward this past December, claiming the Backstreet Boys singer had sexually assaulted her when she was 17. The 43-year-old’s counter-complaint was filed against Shannon Ruth in Nevada on Thursday, according to court papers obtained by Rolling Stone. Carter …
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Two South Carolina men have been charged with hate crime and obstruction offenses, a five-count federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday revealed, per a statement by the Department of Justice. Dime Doe, a transgender woman, 24, was found on Aug. 4, 2019 slumped over the steering wheel of her car after …
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The man accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Oregon — who was allegedly using dating apps during his week on the lam — reportedly died after being taken into custody from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, was taken into custody Tuesday night, Jan. 31, after …
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UPDATE 7/21/23: James Gordon Meek pleaded guilty to one count each of transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Federal prosecutors have charged former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek with transportation of child pornography, according to a criminal complaint filed in Eastern Virginia on Wednesday. Meek resigned …
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Jon Stewart and writer/comedian Kasaun Wilson railed against the sensationalized way news networks have been broadcasting the bodycam footage of the police killing of Tyre Nichols on the latest installment of The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast. The discussion began as Wilson — who works as a writer on the …
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Tyre Nichols was laid to rest Wednesday following a memorial service in Memphis, nearly one month after the 29-year-old died after being beaten by five police officers during a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance at the funeral after being invited to speak at the …
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The parents of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man who died after being brutally beaten by Memphis police, will attend President Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus announced. Brandon Tsay, who disarmed the Monterey Park gunman after he entered a second …
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