Image copyright Reuters Image caption R. Kelly walking to court in New York earlier this month R. Kelly is facing prostitution charges by prosecutors in Minnesota, who have alleged he solicited a teenager who asked him for an autograph in 2001. According to county attorney Mike Freeman, Kelly invited the 17-year-old to his hotel room […]
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Cape Verde has never won an Olympic medal, and despite the country sending only four swimmers to the 2020 Olympics, siblings Latroya, Troy and Jayla Pina have all been chosen. They have never been to the archipelago nation off the north-west of Africa, but their mother was born there. The Pinas hope to follow in
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“Tinder’s definitely not a game,” said Elie Seidman, the company’s chief executive, in a recent interview. “At the core, it’s about human connection.” If you squint, though, the app doesn’t look so different from the countless mobile games on the market. Tinder has a clear objective and explicit rules. At any time of day, there
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Florida coach Dan Mullen insists he has “great clarity” regarding absentee defensive back John Huggins. Not many others do. Huggins has missed every practice during fall camp because of what the Gators say is a “family issue.” Mullen declined to elaborate, but said Tuesday it has nothing to do with the sophomore allegedly choking a
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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. endorsed a national assault-weapons buyback program for the first time on Monday night, joining other Democratic presidential candidates in calling for new gun control measures in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend that left 31 people dead. In an interview on CNN, Mr. Biden also
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It’s the last half of a cooking battle, and professional pastry chef Claire Saffitz is in a war against a Dorito. For three days, she’s dehydrated bell peppers to make cheese powder, diagramed the proper isosceles triangle for cutting out chips and calculated the correct masa harina dough. The end of her long journey is
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In today’s edition of “Things Rich People Do,” Travis Scott covered the floor of Kylie Jenner’s house with rose petals in a surprise display for her 22nd birthday. On Monday, the lip kit mogul posted footage of the floral bonanza on her Instagram videos. She flashed a letter to the camera from Scott that read,
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Border officials have shown the scale of a huge heroin haul that was discovered under bathrobes in a shipping container. Thought to be one of the UK’s largest drugs finds, nearly 400kg (62st 13lb) of the Class A drug was discovered at Felixstowe docks, Suffolk. The shipment was unloaded and the empty container was allowed
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Justin Fields knows all about heat. He grew up in Georgia. But the pressure cooker in which the celebrated prep quarterback now finds himself is about to get turned up. The pressure is always crushing on anyone who starts at quarterback for Ohio State. But Fields, who transferred from Georgia last winter, is expected to
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WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, under pressure to respond to this weekend’s massacres, appear to be coalescing around legislation to help law enforcement to take guns from those who pose an imminent danger — a measure that, if signed into law, would be the most significant gun safety legislation enacted in 20 years. “Red flag” laws
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