Former NCT K-Pop star Taeil sentenced to three years for rape
South Korean singer Taeil is facing the music for the sex crime that prompted his departure last year from popular K-Pop group NCT. A Seoul Central District Court on Thursday…
World’s Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos
By Rachana Pradhan and Arthur Allen The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has…
Hip-hop is struggling to have its own ‘MeToo’ moment
Anoushka Mutanda Dougherty Podcast host, Diddy on Trial BBC Listen to Rianna read this article One day in 2010, Sean “Diddy” Combs was in the kitchen of his Beverly Hills…
L.A. County deputy pleads guilty to smuggling drugs into jail
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy admitted Thursday that he tried to smuggle more than a pound of heroin into a lockup where he’d been tasked with investigating gang activity…
Ye’s ex-assistant details alleged sex trafficking, assault, stalking
Ye, the vitriolic rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is facing a new round of controversy involving fresh allegations from an ex-assistant including sex trafficking, sexual harassment, stalking and sexual…
Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills
By Rae Ellen Bichell and Katheryn Houghton Nicole Silva’s 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative’s house near the southern Colorado town of La Jara when a vehicle T-boned the…
Why ‘pan-Africanist’ influencers pushed the rumours
Chiagozie Nwonwu, Mungai Ngige & Olaronke Alo BBC Global Disinformation Unit AFP/Getty Images There have been real protests in Ivory Coast about upcoming elections, but in May the country was…
Heat-wave duration accelerating faster than climate change, UCLA says
As sizzling temperatures sweep across Southern California this week, UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.…
Noah Cyrus harnesses beauty and grit on latest album
On the stunning “What’s It All For” on her new album, “I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me,” Noah Cyrus sings: “Why have a family/If that ain’t what…
Federal immigration agents sweep Ventura County cannabis farm
Federal immigration agents were carrying out immigration sweeps in Ventura County Thursday, prompting a standoff between authorities and immigrant rights groups. Videos shared on social media show nearly a dozen…