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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is postponing an upcoming trip to Los Angeles, as leaders in the film industry and beyond are protesting an anti-abortion bill he recently signed. Kemp had been planning to go to Hollywood next week for an annual event called “Georgia Night in LA,” originally set for May 22, to promote…

Bells continuously chime as Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), sitting atop her fire-breathing dragon Drogon, stares out at King’s Landing. She’s enraged, having recently watched Queen Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) order the execution of her best friend, Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel), shortly after her dragon-child Rhaegal was speared to death. Before facing those losses, Dany fought the army of…

Click:Plastic bag machine The five men who inspired Ava DuVernay’s forthcoming Netflix series “When They See Us” joined the director on “NBC Nightly News” with Lester Holt to share what it was like seeing the project come to fruition.  Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana were exonerated in 2002 after DNA evidence and…

A co-owner of the Red Hen restaurant, the Lexington, Virginia, eatery that booted White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders nearly a year ago for her role in the Trump administration, spoke out Tuesday about the slew of hate mail that followed. In a Washington Post op-ed, Stephanie Wilkinson recalled the moment last June when…

A judge on Monday granted Robert Kraft’s motion to suppress video evidence, delivering the New England Patriots owner a huge victory ― and potential derailing the prosecution’s case ― as he combats charges of soliciting a prostitute at a Jupiter, Fla., massage parlor. Palm Beach County Judge Leonard Hanser sided with the defense’s contention that…

New Haven fire officials are treating a blaze that swept through a Connecticut mosque on Sunday afternoon as a potential arson. New Haven Fire Chief John Alston told The Associated Press on Monday that his team found evidence that the fire at the Diyanet Mosque was “intentionally set.” An investigation into the blaze is ongoing….

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) ― The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave the go-ahead for a lawsuit by consumers accusing Apple Inc of monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and forcing them to overpay, rejecting the company’s bid to escape claims that its practices violate federal antitrust law. Apple shares fell more than 5% after the justices, in a 5-4 ruling,…

Hollywood seems to have fully embraced Mel Gibson’s comeback, despite his infamous anti-Semitic rant following a 2006 DUI arrest, domestic violence against his then-girlfriend, and history of racist, homophobic and sexist comments. The actor is set to star opposite Shia LaBeouf ― no stranger to controversy himself ― in a new movie, “Rothchild,” which will…

Vice President Mike Pence warned graduates of an evangelical university over the weekend that they will face persecution for holding “traditional Christian beliefs” once they leave campus. During a commencement speech at Virginia’s Liberty University on Saturday, the vice president encouraged the Class of 2019 to “be ready” to face opposition because they live in…

Harvard University has ousted faculty dean and professor Ronald Sullivan after he joined the defense team of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and sparked backlash from many students. Sullivan and Harvard lecturer Stephanie Robinson, a married couple, both served as the first black deans in the school’s undergraduate Winthrop House. Though Sullivan has since withdrawn from the Weinstein…