5 h. ago Judge tosses summons for ‘The Bear’ writer who was dragged off train by cops after ‘white woman’ complained about his sitting position

O’Keefe accused police of handcuffing ‘the one Black dude on the train’

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7 h. ago Judge tosses summons for former 'The Bear' writer who was handcuffed in NYC train seating dispute

A New York City judge has dismissed a civil summons against Alex O’Keefe, a former writer for FX’s “The Bear.”

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17 h. ago Train station attack sees multiple people targeted in serious assault as cops hunt for victims

Several people were allegedly attacked at a Belfast train station by two suspects who are said to have left the scene. Police are eager to speak to one individual they say was injured

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58 h. ago ‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police

Composed almost entirely of footage filmed by police, The Perfect Neighbor is a harrowing documentary about a black woman shot by her white neighbour in Florida. The director reveals how she made it‘To this day,” says Geeta Gandbhir, “I’m devastated.” The film-maker is talking about the killing of Ajike “AJ” Owens, a black woman shot dead by her white neighbour in Florida two years ago. Gandbhir first came to the case in a personal capacity, as 35-year-old Owens was a family friend.But things quickly changed. She and her team worked hard to drum up media attention and pressure law enforcement and government institutions to take action – and hold this neighbour, 60-year-old Susan Lorincz, accountable. They began filming protests and vigils, intending to create short pieces for news outlets. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump authorizes national guard deployment to Chicago, White House says, as border patrol there shoots woman

Illinois governor JB Pritzker says administration is escalating ‘aggression against Illinois citizens and residents’Donald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard in another city by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said border patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over.White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president had authorized using Illinois national guard members, citing what she called “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness” that local leaders have not quelled. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Nirvana again defeats alleged child sexual abuse image lawsuit over Nevermind cover

Spencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby and put on the cover of the 1991 album, has attempted to sue the band twice, claiming it constituted child sexual abuseA federal judge again threw out a lawsuit by a man who accused grunge rock band Nirvana of distributing child sexual abuse images by using a photograph of him as a naked, swimming baby on the cover of its breakthrough 1991 album Nevermind.US District Judge Fernando Olguin tossed out the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Spencer Elden for a second time after finding that no reasonable jury would consider the picture pornographic. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Police only release description of one suspect in Oxfordshire churchyard gang rape: Officers say they are looking for a 'white man' who was part of group

The woman, in her 30s, was attacked at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas of the town centre on Sunday morning.

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9 d. ago Police launch hunt for 'white man' who was part of group who 'gang raped woman in churchyard'

The woman, in her 30s, was attacked at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas of the town centre on Sunday morning.

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1 week ago Woman 'upskirted' on London Underground escalator as police launch manhunt

British Transport Police released an image of a man wearing grey jogging bottoms and a white t-shirt, after a woman was 'upskirted' while travelling on a London Underground escalator

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1 week ago Police say 'white British' woman, 18, charged with terror offence and attempted murder as she appears in court

Alina Burns, from Bristol, was arrested on August 2 after a 27-year-old man suffered minor injuries when he was allegedly assaulted in the Bedminster area of the city.

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1 week ago Glasgow train line blocked causing travel chaos as cops race to incident

An incident at Gleneagles station is impacting services to and from the central belt and Perth, Dundee and Inverness.

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1 week ago Woman ‘sexually assaulted’ by man as she sat next to him on train to London – as cops release CCTV

A WOMAN was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man as she sat next to him on a London-bound train. Cops have released a CCTV image in relation to the reported attack on a busy train from Birmingham to the capital. The victim was reportedly assaulted on board the train, which was travelling from Birmingham New...

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2 w. ago ‘The idea we should be in the kitchen serving our men is enraging’: singer

She withstood bomb threats when making her all-female Lilith Fair festival in the 90s – and this week stood up to Disney over Jimmy Kimmel. The alt-pop star explains why she’s still so fired upIt’s 11 years since Sarah McLachlan last released an album of original songs. The break had worried her. “What do I have to say at this point in my life?” she says. “I’m a 57-year-old white woman of privilege. Does anybody want to hear from me?”Looking tanned and relaxed on an early morning video call from Vancouver Island, the Nova Scotia native admits she had “stayed busy”: she released a Christmas album (2016’s Wonderland) and worked as the principal fundraiser and founding board chair for her three namesake music schools, which provide lessons and education to at-risk youth. At the same time, she was a self-proclaimed dance mom raising two daughters; the second recently went off to college. But there was still “trepidation around being out of the game for so long”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two Black men were wrongly accused of killing a white woman in Boston 36 years ago. They’ve now received a $150K settlement

Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were wrongly named as suspects in the death of Carol Stuart

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2 w. ago 2 Black men wrongly accused in 1989 killing of white woman in Boston get $150K from city

Two Black men wrongly accused of killing a pregnant white woman in a high-profile case in Boston in 1989 have received a $150,000 settlement from the city

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2 w. ago The Bear writer handcuffed on train after dispute over how he was sitting

Alex O’Keefe, who is Black, said he was removed by police after white woman complained about him to the conductorA one-time writer for FX’s hit show The Bear was taken off a New York City commuter train in handcuffs after a dispute with a passenger over how he was sitting – an incident he recorded in a video shared widely on social media.Alex O’Keefe, who is Black, said in an Instagram post that he was headed to Connecticut on a Metro-North train on Thursday when he was removed by police after a white woman complained to a conductor about the way he was sitting. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Black writer of TV hit The Bear says elderly white woman had cops cuff him for putting his feet on train seat

Alex O'Keefe, a black writer of the hit TV series The Bear, shared a video to Instagram on Thursday showing an elderly white woman he said got him detained over the way he sat on an MTA train.

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2 w. ago ‘The Bear’ writer claims he was arrested on train because an ‘old white lady’ complained about his sitting position

The writer claimed that he was told by another passenger that he is ‘not the minority’ while waiting for the police

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2 w. ago From Blurred Lines to Genie in a Bottle: the late director Diane Martel’s best music videos

Last week, the celebrated US music video director died of breast cancer aged 63. We chart her best – and most controversial – music videosThe first music video Diane Martel directed was for the debut single by hardcore hip-hop group Onyx. Filmed predominantly in South Jamaica, Queens, and allegedly featuring real guns, it’s a grimy and energetic video, yo-yoing between the group performing on a beach and aggressive closeups shot in dimly lit basements. Martel, a young white woman who had directed two documentaries, might have seemed like an unlikely choice, but according to Onyx member Fredro Starr, she properly mucked in. “She would be getting on the floor, like getting dirty with it,” he said in one interview. “She made that video. If you wasn’t a director who was willing to get dirty, that video wouldn’t have came out like that. I gotta give her the props.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Latest: Federal judge tosses Trump’s $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

A federal judge in Florida on Friday tossed President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

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