August 2019

Sophie Turner, Jonathan Van Ness Meeting For The First Time Is Emotional AF

You haven’t seen true excitement until you’ve witnessed this meeting between Sophie Turner and Jonathan Van Ness. On Monday night, the actress and reality TV star ran into one another backstage at the 2019 MTV VMAs. The result of their run-in was screaming, gushing, and ALL the hugging. “I love you so much oh my

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Tsitsipas to US Open umpire in tirade: “You’re all weirdos”

Stefanos Tsitsipas accused a U.S. Open chair umpire of having a bias against him during a tirade in which he told the official, “You’re all weirdos!” Tsitsipas told Damien Dumusois that the cause of his bias was “because you’re French probably and you’re all weirdos!” The argument came midway through the fourth set of Tsitsipas’

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Joe Walsh Says Trump Is ‘Unfit’ to Be President. Some Say the Same About Him.

As recently as 2018, however, Mr. Walsh appeared to still be defending Mr. Trump against charges of racism. After Mr. Trump attacked three journalists, all of them black women, Mr. Walsh wrote on Twitter that Mr. Trump treated everyone poorly. “Not just black women,” Mr. Walsh said. “He’s not a racist. He’s a bully.” Mr.

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Biden health plan aims far beyond legacy of ‘Obamacare’

Wrapping himself in the legacy of “Obamacare,” Joe Biden is offering restless Democrats a health care proposal that goes far beyond it, calling for a government plan almost anybody can join but stopping short of a total system remake. Recent polls show softening support for the full government-run system championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, and

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Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa back abortion rights campaign

Image copyright Getty Images A group of nearly 140 musicians, including Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa, have signed an open letter in support of abortion rights in the US. “Sweeping bans on access to safe, legal abortion are stripping away our freedoms,” they write. Some states have brought in stricter abortion laws

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Purdue Pharma ‘offers up to $12bn’ to settle opioid cases

Image copyright Getty Images Purdue Pharma, the opioid drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is reported to be offering between $10bn and $12bn to settle thousands of lawsuits against it. The firm is facing over 2,000 lawsuits linked to its painkiller OxyContin. Purdue told the BBC it was “actively working” towards a “global resolution”

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Group to help Chicago clear pot arrests during legalization

A nonprofit with the technology to analyze criminal records nearly automatically will help the county that includes Chicago clear tens of thousands of convictions for marijuana possession as Illinois gets set to allow the recreational sale of the drug. Code for America will provide a digital system to tackle the task at no taxpayer cost

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