The B.C. government says it will ban drug use in all public spaces, including parks and hospitals, as part of a major overhaul of its drug decriminalization pilot project. The move comes amid a raging debate over the province’s approach to the ongoing deadly toxic drug crisis, including decriminalization and “safe supply.” Premier David Eby … Read more
A CSIS officer’s allegations that she was raped repeatedly by a superior in agency vehicles set off a harassment inquiry but also triggered an investigation into her that concluded the alleged attacks were a “misuse” of agency vehicles by the woman. She is the same officer whose sexual assault allegations in a story published by … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 26, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Via Reuters This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Defense attorneys for former President Donald Trump continued the cross-examination on Friday of former National Enquirer publisher David … Read more
US social worker and daughter of the US president Ashley Biden speaks on stage during the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Los Angeles dinner at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, March 23, 2024. Michael Tran | AFP | Getty Images Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden, wrote a judge to say she … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me too” from her work with sexual assault … Read more
A Colorado man who just sounds like a barrel of laughs ended up with a 12-year prison sentence this week after spending two years flooding judges and private people with the kind of “paper terrorism” made popular by the sovereign citizen movement. Mike Sorrentino Got Into A Scary Situation In His First Car Brett Andrew … Read more
The Sydney bishop stabbed in an alleged terrorist attack has backed keeping graphic videos of his assault online, defending the “god-given right” to free speech. In a video uploaded to YouTube, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel made a public statement after he was stabbed several times during a live-streamed church service in Sydney’s southwest on April … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein’s landmark New York sexual assault conviction was thrown out by an appeals court Thursday, and most of the dozens of civil cases filed against him since he became a central target in the #MeToo movement in 2017 have either been settled or dismissed. That doesn’t mean the 72-year-old disgraced movie … Read more
Rebecca Callander claims she was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked and led astray. But after allegedly losing her savings in a cruel Coachella scam, the Los Angeles-based Australian artist is fighting back — in a big way. “All the signs were there,” Callander, who is currently in Spain, told 7NEWS.com.au of her ordeal. Trends, culture and … Read more
NEW YORK — The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 and helped launch the #MeToo movement. Here is what you need to know about … Read more
