For more than three decades, Anita Hill has served as an advocate for workplace rights and a vocal figure in supporting victims and survivors of sexual assault. In the days since a New York appeals court overturned the rape conviction of disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, Hill has been thinking more …
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Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Friday just a day after a New York appeals court overturned the rape conviction against the disgraced producer. Prior to the the New York Court of Appeals’ 4-3 decision nullifying the 2020 conviction, Weinstein was serving time his 23-year sentence at a Rome, New York prison. …
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Over two months after King Charles III revealed he had been diagnosed with a still-unspecified form of cancer, the monarch has announced he will return to “public-facing duties” in the coming weeks. Outside of a few public appearances — including greeting well-wishers outside of an Easter Sunday church service last …
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Twenty-three year old Elijah McClain was stopped by police while walking home from a convenience store in Aurora, Colorado, on Aug. 24, 2019. Someone had called 911 and said he was wearing a ski mask and looked “sketchy.” When officers arrived, they pulled him to the ground and placed McClain …
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Four years after Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape in New York, a victory for the #MeToo movement, the disgraced film mogul’s conviction has been overturned. On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals reached a 4-3 decision to overturn the conviction. In a 77-page decision, the majority of …
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The main commencement ceremony at the University of Southern California has been cancelled. The decision comes just over a week after the university canceled plans for a graduation speech by the class of 2024 valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who was criticized by pro-Israel groups for supporting Palestine on social media. USC …
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As she strode onto the famed comedy stage of the Largo at the Coronet Theater in the heart of West Hollywood on Wednesday night, Ellen DeGeneres was a woman in command. A sold-out crowd of about 200 fans burst into roaring applause, eager to see the comedian turned talk-show host …
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In 2023, an increase in extreme rainfall led to catastrophic flooding in in Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Norway, and Sweden, while southern Europe suffered widespread drought. On Monday, the European State of the Climate (ESOTC) issued a new report looking back at the past year that found that Europe is warming …
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WNBA Star Brittney Griner has been back home with her family since December 2022. But the traumatic experience of the ten months that preceded that return to comfort, during which the now-33-year-old was imprisoned in Russia, hasn’t been easy to shake. Griner will discuss that period of her life in …
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The Department of Justice revealed on Tuesday that it will distribute close to $139 million to victims in response to 139 “administrative claims arising from allegations of sexual abuse” committed by the disgraced ex-USA gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, according to a statement. “For decades, Lawrence Nassar abused his position, betraying …
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