Hagan Scotten, lead Adams’ prosecutor, resigns telling DOJ only a ‘coward’ will follow order to drop case

Hagan Scotten, lead Adams’ prosecutor, resigns telling DOJ only a ‘coward’ will follow order to drop case

One of the lead prosecutors handling the sweeping public corruption case against Mayor Adams resigned on Friday — in a searing letter to President Trump’s Department of Justice saying he wouldn’t be the “fool” who files a motion to dismiss the case based on support for the administration’s immigration objectives and not the law. Assistant … Read more

‘Transgender’ and ‘queer’ wiped from Stonewall website

‘Transgender’ and ‘queer’ wiped from Stonewall website

Outraged LGBTQ+ activists and human rights advocates gathered in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village Friday afternoon to protest against the Trump administration’s latest — and perhaps boldest — attack on the community. A day earlier, internet users noticed that all references to the words “transgender” and “queer” had been removed from the Stonewall National Monument website, a … Read more

R. Kelly loses appeal of NYC sex trafficking and racketeering case

R. Kelly loses appeal of NYC sex trafficking and racketeering case

A federal appeals court has rejected fallen R&B star R. Kelly’s bid to overturn his New York sex trafficking and racketeering conviction. Kelly, 58, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June 2022 on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, argued through his attorneys that he didn’t run a racketeering enterprise because his employees … Read more

Diddy files $100 million lawsuit against NBC over documentary

Diddy files 0 million lawsuit against NBC over documentary

Disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit over a new documentary that details his alleged crimes. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, lists NBCUniversal, streaming service Peacock and production company Ample Entertainment as defendants, accusing them of causing Combs “severe reputational and economic harm” with their “Diddy: … Read more

Trump says Putin agrees on talks to end Ukraine war

Trump says Putin agrees on talks to end Ukraine war

President Trump Wednesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to begin talks to end the war in Ukraine during a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call. Framing Putin as a potential partner on the world stage, Trump said they would “work together, very closely” toward winding down the Ukraine conflict, which started when Putin invaded … Read more

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show features Drake diss track, Samuel L. Jackson cameo

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show features Drake diss track, Samuel L. Jackson cameo

There was never a question what Kendrick Lamar’s era-hopping Super Bowl LIX halftime show was building up to. For the past nine months, Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been the pop-culture anthem, the gem of the rapper’s decade-long feud with Drake, which reached a fever pitch with the song’s release last spring. It was a … Read more

Brooklyn mom charged in death of 6-year-old, says she was baptizing girl before bathtub drowning

Brooklyn mom charged in death of 6-year-old, says she was baptizing girl before bathtub drowning

The mother of a 6-year-old girl whose body was found in the bathtub of their Brooklyn apartment told police she was baptizing her daughter when the child tragically drowned, prosecutors revealed on Sunday. Mother Karla Espinal, 26, faces charges of felony assault, child endangerment and reckless endangerment after her daughter Madelyne Tavarez’s death at the … Read more

Taylor Swift attends Super Bowl LIX in ‘T’ necklace

Taylor Swift attends Super Bowl LIX in ‘T’ necklace

Taylor Swift was ready for it. The pop superstar attended Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans with rapper Ice Spice, who also sat with Swift at the NFL title game last year. Swift wore a “T” necklace around her neck, perhaps in support of her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. The necklace … Read more