A judge has tossed a lawsuit by former representative Katie Hill, ruling that her nude photos that were leaked to the media amid claims she had affairs with staffers were not revenge porn, but covered by the freedom of speech. Los Angeles Judge Yolanda Orozco sided with the Daily Mail as she ruled on Wednesday […]
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The first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Mexico, as the country seeks to acquire as many jabs as possible from different suppliers. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon said that the Russian vaccine has shown “very good results” and is “one of the best-evaluated in the world.” He added that […]
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Two Russian journalists and their Russian fixer have been injured in the shelling of a historic Armenian church in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the second attack on the Ghazanchetsots cathedral in one day. Russian military correspondents Yury Kotenok and Levon Arzanov suffered injuries during a Thursday strike on the cathedral, located in the town of […]
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Previously unseen photographs of President Vladimir Putin’s rumored daughters have emerged in the archives of the fugitive tycoon once dubbed “Putin’s banker.” Sergei Pugachev, 57, is credited with helping Putin ascend to the presidency in 1999. He became a French citizen a decade later and left Russia in 2011 after falling out with some of […]
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Russia’s Victory Day celebrations, marking the historic defeat of Nazi Germany 75 years ago, culminated in a show of military prowess both in and over Moscow’s Red Square. Originally scheduled for May 9 but postponed due to coronavirus, the annual military event began on Wednesday morning, unfolding in front of war veterans, foreign dignitaries, and […]
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Russia staged a grand military parade Wednesday to mark 75 years since the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. “It is impossible even to imagine what the world would be if the Red Army hadn’t come to defend it,” President Vladimir Putin said at the event. Russia was forced to postpone the […]
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The residents of the self-declared ‘autonomous zone’ in Seattle are preparing for a showdown with police, after city officials signaled that it is time to break up the violence-plagued camp. Photographs and videos posted to social media show demonstrators strengthening street barricades used to separate the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) from the rest of […]
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An impromptu party in Charlotte, North Carolina descended into chaos after a shooting killed two people. Several others were wounded by gunfire and injured by vehicles that plowed through the fleeing crowd. Hundreds of people reportedly flooded onto the streets on Sunday night as part of the ongoing Juneteenth celebrations – the holiday that marks […]
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The New York Times has fourteen photographers around the country capturing celebrations and protests today. This article will be updated throughout the day with more pictures. Both the sun and a flag rose early Friday morning over the state capitol in Madison, Wis. One heralded a new day in 2020, the other symbolized freedom. It […]
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Boats are being told to steer clear of the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, Florida, after the US Coast Guard (USCG) warned it could collapse at any moment. Concerned locals posted photos of a crack at the south end of the structure. The USCG and the state’s department of transport are among the agencies working to […]
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