2020

Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty To Restored Charges Of Staging Racist Attack

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and then falsely reporting to police that the phony attack was real. A somber looking Smollett, 37, entered a Cook County courthouse wearing sunglasses and

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Beyoncé Honors Kobe Bryant With Emotional Renditions Of ‘XO,’ ‘Halo,’ At Memorial

Beyoncé helped kick off Monday’s memorial ceremony for NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna with an emotional musical tribute. The superstar sang her 2013 hit, “XO,” telling the Los Angeles crowd: “I’m here because I love Kobe and this was one of his favorite songs.”  She then implored everyone to sing along before moving

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White House Will Ask Congress for Emergency Coronavirus Funds

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, after weeks of pleading from Congress, is moving to request emergency funding to bolster its coronavirus response efforts, alerting lawmakers that it would send a request as soon as Monday afternoon. The size and the scope of the funding request were still unknown as of Monday, but Congress is likely

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Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect

PHOENIX — Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid. No more. “You had to arrive at 3 in the morning, and

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Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

HAMPTON, Va. — Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Twitter that she died Monday morning. No cause

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