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Far-Right Social Media Platform Gab Goes Offline Over ‘Security Breach,’ Gets Mad on Twitter
According to the site’s Twitter account, it went offline “to investigate a security breach.” The platform was indeed hacked last month. → Read More
RNC Moves Donor Retreat to Mar-a-Lago, Even After Trump Cease-and-Desist: WaPo
The former president formally requested the RNC stop using his likeness earlier this month. → Read More
Michigan High Schooler Accidentally Ignited ‘Homemade’ Explosive at School
The explosion injured six people, including the student who brought the device to school. The district’s superintendent said it was “a serious lack of judgment.” → Read More
Brazil’s Ex-Prez Lula Cleared of Corruption Charges, Can Run Against Bolsonaro
Lula, 75, spent two years in prison in the corruption case, his conviction overturned by Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday. → Read More
New York GOP Lawmakers Announce Impeachment Resolution Against Embattled Gov. Cuomo
“There’s been one bombshell after another,” Minority Leader Will Barclay said. → Read More
MacKenzie Scott, Bezos’ Ex Turned Billionaire, Marries Science Teacher
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Scott had tied the knot with Seattle private school teacher Dan Jewett. → Read More
LeBron James Won’t Say Whether He’ll Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
“That’s a conversation that my family and I will have.” → Read More
Out-of-Control College Party in Colorado Met by SWAT Team, Tear Gas
Three cops were injured but said to be OK after a hundreds-strong party veered toward a riot—coronavirus be damned. → Read More
Seattle Teacher Suffers Facial Fractures in Possible Hate Crime ‘Nunchuk’ Attack
According to KIRO 7, Noriko Nasu wrote on Facebook she was attacked with a sock filled with rocks. → Read More
Kansas City Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Won’t Be Charged
Kansas City Police didn’t wear body cameras when Donnie Sanders, 47, was fatally shot in March 2020. → Read More
Arkansas 15-Year-Old Dies After ‘Targeted’ In-School Shooting: Police
“This was not random,” Pine Bluff Police Lt. David DeFoor told NBC of the shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High. → Read More
A Winston Churchill Painting Owned by FDR and Angelina Jolie Just Sold for $11.5 Million
The buyer of Churchill’s “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” was not immediately identified, according to the AP. → Read More
Cuomo’s New Defense Lawyer Said Mia Farrow ‘Implanted’ Abuse Allegations Against Woody Allen
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that defense attorney Elkan Abramowitz would represent the embattled governor as he’s investigated for allegations of sexual harassment. → Read More
Trump, Melania Got COVID-19 Vaccine Before Leaving White House: Report
The president, who denied and downplayed the pandemic even after it nearly put him on a ventilator, also urged his fans to get the vaccine on Sunday. → Read More
Johnson & Johnson Planning COVID-19 Vaccine Trials for Infants
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky signed off on the vaccine for emergency use in adults on Sunday. → Read More
Madison Cawthorn’s Ex-Best Friend Says He Lied About the Car Accident that Left Him Wheelchair-Bound
While Cawthorn claimed Bradley Ledford “left me in a car to die in a fiery tomb,” depositions from the two indicate otherwise, according to the Washington Post. → Read More
Nassar-Linked Gymnastics Coach Dies by Suicide Hours After Human Trafficking Charges
Authorities had charged John Geddert, an associate of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, with 24 felonies on Thursday. → Read More
Nassar-Linked Ex-USA Gymnastics Coach Charged With Trafficking, Sexual Assault
John Geddert owned Michigan's Twistars gymnastics club, where Nassar worked and allegedly sexually abused hundreds of women. → Read More
Close Friend of Marjorie Taylor Greene Among Capitol Rioters: CNN
The two traveled to the border together and 2019 and were photographed together as recently as November. → Read More
Biden to Nominate Three New USPS Board Members, Opening Path to Oust Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
If Biden’s three nominees are confirmed, Democratic appointees would have the majority of the board of governors. → Read More