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Magic Johnson’s TMZ Interview About His Gay Son

• April 4, 2013 • Comments Off

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Magic Johnson’s Gay Son E.J. Goes Public

• April 2, 2013 • 2 Comments

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That Poster From Facebook: George Takei Talks About the Rollback of California’s Prop. 8

• February 9, 2012 • Comments Off

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Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Archbishop of Philadelphia January 23, 2020
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011, has long been known as a theological and political conservative, often at odds with Pope Francis.
Ousted From Washington, Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Asks Voters to Send Her Back January 24, 2020
Ms. Plame is celebrating her C.I.A. past in a race for a congressional seat. But as she finds herself cast as an outsider, she’s running into trouble.
Texas Student May Have Wuhan Coronavirus, as Dozens in U.S. Are Monitored January 24, 2020
Health officials said they were keeping the Texas A&M student, who had traveled to China, isolated at home.
A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’ January 23, 2020
A secret domestic terrorism investigation revealed that the violent neo-Nazi group was recruiting cells across the United States.
Vice Officers Fired Over Stormy Daniels’s 2018 Arrest at Ohio Strip Club January 24, 2020
The misdemeanor charges of illegal sexually oriented activity were dropped within 24 hours after the pornographic film actress was arrested in 2018.
Schiff ends the day with a fiery push for Trump’s removal. January 24, 2020
His speech jolted the sleepy Senate to attention as he argued more explicitly than ever before for President Trump’s removal from office.
Impeachment Briefing: Day 2 of the Democrats’ Case January 24, 2020
House managers continued opening arguments. Plus, how the trial could affect the Iowa caucuses.
Libyan Militant Is Sentenced to 19 Years in Deadly Benghazi Attacks January 24, 2020
Four Americans were killed during the 2012 siege on the United States diplomatic mission and a C.I.A. annex.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 33m people January 24, 2020
Public transport suspended in at least 10 cities as death toll rises and heath care centres struggle to cope with influx of patientsHospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan have been thrown into chaos and the movement of about 33 million people has been restricted by an unprecedented and indefinite lockdown imposed to halt the spread of the deadly new coronavi […]
Sopranos actor re-enacts alleged rape at Weinstein trial: 'I was trying to fight' January 23, 2020
Annabella Sciorra’s shocking testimony marks first time the Weinstein sex crimes trial directly heard from one of his accusersWeinstein trial opens with shocking details of alleged attacks on six womenIn a packed courtroom in the New York supreme court in Manhattan on Thursday, the former Sopranos actor Annabella Sciorra held her arms above her head, wrists […]
Bushfires, ash rain, dust storms and flash floods: two weeks in apocalyptic Australia January 24, 2020
As the country lurches painfully from one extreme weather to another, residents are fearful of what they will face nextIn Australia this summer, talking about the weather inevitably leads to talking about the apocalypse.“When’s the plague of locusts going to arrive?” jokes one Sydney resident after hearing reports that her city is to receive another storm of […]
Impeachment: Democrats say conduct is 'not America first, but Trump first' January 24, 2020
House managers make case for president’s removal from office So far, all the signs are that Republicans are unmovedIn a stirring oration to conclude the third full day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the lead prosecutor Adam Schiff told senators that in the United States, “right matters” and “you know that what he did was not right”.After about nine hou […]
‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels January 24, 2020
Exclusive: Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals struck at this week’s UK-Africa investment summit were for fossil fuels, despite a government commitment to “support African countries in their transition to cleaner energy”.Prime Minister Boris Johnson opene […]
Johnson met Murdoch on day he signalled general election bid January 23, 2020
News Corp owner was the only media baron the prime minister saw in his first three monthsBoris Johnson saw Rupert Murdoch for a “social meeting” on the day he signalled his intention to seek a general election last year, according to new transparency disclosures.Johnson saw the media billionaire on 2 September, the day when Downing Street briefed that he wou […]
‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging January 24, 2020
Revealed: emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfiresPolitical appointees at the interior department have sought to play up climate pollution from California wildfires while downplaying emissions from fossil fuels as a way of promoting more logging in the nation’s forests, internal […]
Helen Mirren 'profoundly moved' by reconstruction of Anne Frank's room January 24, 2020
Oscar-winning actor presents documentary retracing life of Jewish teenager killed by the NazisShe has performed on countless film sets, but Dame Helen Mirren was “profoundly moved” by the latest one: a reconstruction of the claustrophobic Amsterdam apartment in which Jewish teenager Anne Frank hid for two years from the Nazis with her family until she was ar […]

The BBC

China coronavirus: Death toll rises as more cities shut down January 24, 2020
At least 10 cities have travel restrictions imposed, as authorities say 26 people have died so far.
Trump impeachment: Senators play games and nap during trial January 24, 2020
Senators have been seen chewing gum, handing out fidget spinners and sleeping during the trial.
Actress Sciorra tells court Weinstein raped her January 23, 2020
"I couldn't fight anymore because he had my hands locked," the Sopranos actress tells the trial.
Indonesian needlefish boy: 'A fish jumped out the water and stabbed my neck' January 24, 2020
Muhammad Idul tells the BBC the force threw him from his boat before a desperate race to hospital.
Locusts: UN calls for international help in East Africa January 24, 2020
"Unprecedented" swarms of desert locusts, the worst in decades, are devouring crops in East Africa.
American Dirt: Oprah book club pick suffers Latino backlash January 23, 2020
A new novel about a family fleeing Mexico for the US spurs a fierce debate over fiction writing.
Storm Gloria: Spain death toll rises to 13 with four missing January 23, 2020
Spain's government is to meet in emergency session after the storm carved a swathe of destruction.
Australia fires: US crew killed in air tanker crash identified January 24, 2020
The three victims of an air tanker crash had extensive experience fighting fires, their employer says.