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Bowen Yang Opens Up About His Experience In ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy

Entertainment /

These days, Bowen Yang is praised for “bringing the queer agenda to television,” but the years before he embraced his sexuality were anything but an easy ride.  In an interview with The New York Times published Saturday, the actor-comedian revealed that he briefly attended reparative, or “gay conversion,” therapy sessions as a teenager in Colorado in […]

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Watchdog queries impact of £46m ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign

Business /

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images A multi-million pound publicity blitz to prepare the public for leaving the EU appears to have had little impact, a spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office said £46m was spent on the “Get ready for Brexit” campaign ahead of the UK’s expected departure at the end of last October.

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Basketball Hall Of Fame Says Kobe Bryant ‘Will Be Honored The Way He Should Be’

Sports /

On the heels of NBA legend Kobe Bryant dying in a helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas, California, the chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame all but guaranteed Bryant’s enshrinement among the sport’s all-time greats. On Monday, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo told reporter Shams Charania at The Athletic that the organization plans

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Pettifogging, Three Amigos and ‘Head on a Pike’: A Trump Impeachment Glossary

Politics /

CrowdStrike An American cybersecurity company that investigated how Russians hacked Democratic National Committee servers in 2016. CrowdStrike is the subject of a false conspiracy theory, birthed on the dark web and promoted by Mr. Trump, that claims Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. Derek Jeter Representative Hakeem Jeffries joked on Thursday about a

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Martin Shkreli Faces New Accusations Over High-Priced Drug

Technology /

WASHINGTON — Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive serving a seven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors, was accused on Monday of trying to maintain a monopoly over the lifesaving drug Daraprim through anticompetitive tactics. The Federal Trade Commission and the office of the New York attorney general, Letitia James, jointly sued Vyera Pharmaceuticals and the

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Bolton Was Concerned That Trump Did Favors for Autocratic Leaders, Book Says

Politics /

WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, privately told Attorney General William P. Barr last year that he had concerns that President Trump was effectively granting personal favors to the autocratic leaders of Turkey and China, according to an unpublished manuscript by Mr. Bolton. Mr. Barr responded by pointing to a pair

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