Former President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign will pay $450,000 as part of a years-long legal battle over nondisclosure agreements it required employees to sign, Bloomberg reported. The settlement with Jessica Denson—whom the campaign tried to silence after the former staffer sued for sex discrimination and harassment— effectively nixes the nondisclosure agreements that hundreds of
There are only so many ways to state that book censorship is not coming to an end any time soon. That until there is significant money and action on the part of those dedicated to the First Amendment rights of all, until anyone in the government does anything meaningful, we’re all subject to the rule
A supportive mentor can make a world of difference in the life of a struggling child or adolescent and Los Angeles Unified School District seeks to leverage that power to uplift 27,000 of its most vulnerable students. On Friday morning, Feb. 3, Superintendent Carvalho unveiled LAUSD’s Everyone Mentors, a new initiative to pair disadvantaged students
A sixth police officer has been sacked for his involvement in the death of Tyre Nichols, who was beaten by police last month. Mr Nichols was left in a critical condition after several officers punched, kicked and hit him with a baton in Memphis, Tennessee, after he was pulled over on suspicion of reckless driving
The prime minister is looking to ban people arriving in the UK via small boats from appealing against deportation, Sky News understands. Rishi Sunak has made stopping Channel migrant crossings one of his five priorities in office, promising to introduce new laws to “make sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Hello Sunshine is shuttering its kids and animation business as part of a strategic decision to focus Candle Media’s kids and animation efforts under Moonbug, the family production studio the corp snapped up for a near $3 billion in November 2021. Hello Sunshine will collaborate with Moonbug on future
Feb 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Ransomware VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. “These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021,” the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) of France said in an
Man, no matter how many times you hear this one, it hits hard… Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss teamed up for the now iconic “Whiskey Lullaby” back in 2003 on Brad’s Mud On The Tires album. While it peaked at Number 3 on the Country Charts, it went on to win the CMA Song of the Year
George Santos is caught allegedly spinning the truth once again … this time claiming he worked on the Spider-Man musical, another apparent lie. That’s right … a new report from Bloomberg claims while Santos was running for Congress in 2021, he told a group of potential donors he worked as one of the producers on
Oppo Find N2 Flip clamshell foldable smartphone was released in China in December 2022, alongside the Find N2. The smartphone, which has a more advanced water drop hinge design that lessens creasing and eases stress on the internal folding display, is now expected to launch globally soon. The global variant of the Oppo Find N2
Elon Musk did not deceive his investors when he tweeted in 2018 that he had the funding to take Tesla private, a jury has found. Investors had sought to sue the SpaceX owner for billions of dollars because his tweet caused Tesla’s shares to soar, only to crash 10 days later when it became clear
As The Simonetta Lein Show continues their 2023 series premiere, the show welcomes the President of the Los Angeles Lakers, Jeanie Buss. Prior to joining the Lakers, Buss spent four years as President of the Great Western Forum. She began her career at the age of 19 as the General Manager of World Team Tennis’ Los Angeles
It’s been less than two weeks since HBO Max canceled its rumor-heavy, drama-filled reboot of Gossip Girl. But the minor hole the series has left behind is already being filled on TikTok, this time in the form of an anonymous lemon. Meet @lemonladysecrets. A cross between DuexMoi and a very public diary, the TikTok account
THE RECORDING ACADEMY honored legendary artists Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, and Missy Elliott, along with esteemed record executive Sylvia Rhone at its second-ever Black Music Collective Ceremony on Thursday, one of the marquee events leading into the Grammy Awards this Sunday. Watch Rico Love chat with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon.
Two Iranians in their early twenties have just been sentenced to a longer period of time in jail than a murderer. What in the world could they have done to deserve this punishment? Social networking. On October 26th, the two Iranians, Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiancée, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, posted a video of themselves dancing in
This week across the book banning social media world, a new guidebook to inappropriate books across the state of Iowa has been circulating. This 111 page guidebook, put together by Moms For Liberty in Polk County, reiterates that their quest to remove inappropriate books from schools is not about book banning. Indeed, they use the
San Pedro’s annual Whale Fiesta, sponsored and hosted by the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, will return for its 52nd year this weekend. The event, co-sponsored by the Port of Los Angeles, is meant to celebrate “the migration of gray whales along our shores,” said aquarium Director Crislyn McKerron. The free fiesta will take place from noon
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has spoken with a senior Chinese official about his postponed trip to the country. US officials said Mr Blinken spoke to the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi today postponing the planned visit. But the secretary of state “indicated he would plan to travel” to China
“It’s not who you are but who you know” is a saying often used to explain why those with family connections to successful people seem to have a head start doing well in the next generation. In the US this phenomenon has led Gen Z to coin a new tag “nepo babies” as they list
EXCLUSIVE: Artists First on Friday announced its signing of boxing Hall of Famer, Sugar Ray Leonard. Leonard enjoyed an elite, 20-year career in the ring before being inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1997, winning three National Golden Gloves titles, two Amateur Athletic Union championships and the 1975 Pan-American Games crown. He