Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial is about to begin in two days, and regardless of the verdict, his accusers, two dozen of them, issued a joint statement in which they claimed they would never stop speaking out. In a statement on Friday, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the Silence […]
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(Reuters) – U.S. linguists on Friday chose “they” as their Word of the Decade, recognizing the growing use of third-person plural pronouns as a singular form to refer to people who identify their gender as neither entirely male nor entirely female. FILE PHOTO: Women march during a protest as a […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man accused of going on a machete rampage at the New York-area home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration was indicted on Friday on six counts of attempted murder, up from five counts the suspect was charged with previously. FILE PHOTO: A New […]
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Cyfrowy Polsat said on Friday its Polkomtel unit had begun the roll-out of commercial 5G technology and aimed to start serving seven cities in the first quarter. “We have finished preparations and we are beginning the construction of the first 5G network in Poland,” Cyfrowy Polsat […]
NBA players and referees will wear a commemorative black band on their uniforms honoring former commissioner David Stern, who died Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: NBA Commissioner David Stern holds a news conference before Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball playoff in Miami, Florida June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity/File Photo The […]
(Reuters Health) – People with mental illness get screened for cancer at much lower rates than the general population, which may contribute to higher rates of cancer deaths among the mentally ill, researchers say. In a review of 47 previous studies covering 4.7 million people in 10 countries, the study […]
Israel’s prime minister says the US has a right to defend itself after the raid which killed Qasem Soleimani. source: bbc.com
The Strictly star, who married magician Paul Daniels, then elaborated: “I’d probably go for Bruce Willis [or] Jason Statham.” Speaking away from her guests, she said to the camera: “I’ve had a thing about him [Jason] since he did a Kit Kat advert years ago.” Also during their dinner meeting, […]