Supreme Court Rules Totality of Circumstances Must Be Considered in Police Use of Force Cases The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously determined that, when evaluating whether a police shooting is justified, courts must consider the entire context and all relevant circumstances—not just the moments immediately before the officer fired. This ruling comes in a case involving…
More than 1,200 Starbucks employees with Starbucks Workers United have gone on strike to protest a dress code policy that went into effect this week. The company says that’s a drop in the bucket. A workers union says that more than 1,200 Starbucks employees have gone on strike to protest a new dress code policy that went…
More than a week after four former housekeepers sued Smokey Robinson and accused him of sexually abusing them for years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has opened an investigation into the 85-year-old singer. “The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau is actively investigating criminal allegations involving William Robinson AKA ‘Smokey Robinson,’” an LASD spokesperson said in…
Lorde is getting candid on her gender identity. The two-time Grammy winner (real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor) recently explained how her gender has become “way more expansive” over the last few years, leading her to clarify if she’s nonbinary in a recent interview. The topic came up on her forthcoming album Virgin, with the “What Was That?” singer beginning…
Israel Summons Spanish Ambassador After Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Labels Israel a “Genocidal State” Israel summoned the Spanish ambassador on Wednesday following remarks by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who described Israel as a “genocidal state.” Ana Salomon was called to a meeting at Israel’s Foreign Ministry after Sánchez stated that Spain “does not do…
Donald Trump Says No Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Without His Meeting Putin Donald Trump has stated that no progress will be made toward a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine until he personally meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former US president made this remark while traveling aboard Air Force One during a…
American Singer Chris Brown Arrested in Manchester American singer Chris Brown was detained early this morning at a five-star hotel in Manchester. Police arrested Brown on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm to music producer Abe Diaw during an incident at the Tape nightclub in Mayfair, central London, in February 2023. The 36-year-old R&B star…
Cassie Reads Diddy’s Texts Following 2016 Hotel Incident During Court Testimony In court, Cassie Ventura has disclosed the texts she received from Sean “Diddy” Combs after an incident caught on hotel surveillance footage in Los Angeles. The footage shows Combs allegedly assaulting her during a hotel stay in 2016, an event she has been describing…
A once-handsome man believed to have killed a string of victims from California to Florida − earning him the nickname “Casanova Killer” along the way − is set to be executed on Thursday. Also known as the “Cross-Country Killer,” 62-year-old Glen Edward Rogers was convicted of murder in a killing spree of single mothers with reddish hair…
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on May 15 wrestled with whether to let President Donald Trump broadly enforce his changes to birthright citizenship as courts consider whether those changes are constitutional. More: Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship: What’s at stake in major Trump case? The justices seemed to pose tougher questions to the Trump administration’s lawyers than…