CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. The complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Chicago also names Tribune Publishing Co. and Alden Global Capital, which took control of the Tribune […]
I have never bought into the argument that we live in a simulation. It has always struck me as an absurdity. But the increasing similarity between real life and a Babylon Bee headline has me wondering. Is the world a joke? Is some alien playing a gag on us? Could it be that Seth Dillon […]
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said a grand jury indicted a California mother and son accused of forcing two 13-year-old girls into sex work. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Daisy Pollard-Gilliam, 41, and her son, Reuben Gilliam, 24, both of Compton, are charged with sex trafficking a minor. Mr. Gilliam […]
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday argued that Stormy Daniels’ experience in the porn industry made her an expert at fabricating stories about sexual encounters. “You have a lot of experience in making phony stories about sex appear to be real,” defense attorney Susan Necheles said in cross-examination during Mr. Trump’s […]
Sex traffickers are using popular dating apps to bait victims, and Congress is pushing companies to increase security measures to protect users. The FBI has warned that human traffickers use platforms to lure victims into forced labor or sex work. “Offenders often exploit dating apps and websites to recruit — and later advertise — sex […]
DALLAS — Police in Dallas won’t pursue criminal charges from a seven-year-old sexual assault claim against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, according to a television report Thursday. Dallas police said there wasn’t any evidence to support the woman’s claim, and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said it has no case, Dallas TV station WFAA reported, […]
Riley Gaines hit the nail on the head: “It’s astounding that we live in a time where this headline exists.” A landmark shift. Doctors assert that biology exists is a landmark shift. We live in a time of utter insanity. What next? Perhaps we won’t burn witches at the stake? No longer use trial by […]
A hippo at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, Japan, was called a male for seven years after the zoo acquired it. Then came a recent DNA test, which found that the animal was a female. The hippo, named Gen-chan by the zoo, was acquired from Africam Safari in Puebla, Mexico, in 2017 at the age […]
The mother of a child who escaped after a “transgender” sex offender allegedly approached children at a Colorado school during recess had praise for children and scorn for school staff. Solomon Galligan, 33, was arrested Friday on a charge of suspicion of second-degree kidnapping after an incident at Black Forest Hills Elementary School, Aurora police […]
LONDON — The former leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party made his first court appearance Wednesday on sexual abuse charges dating back nearly four decades. Jeffrey Donaldson, 61, faces one charge of rape and 10 other counts dating from 1985 to 2006. His wife, Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, 58, faces four counts of aiding […]
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