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Fast Forward ‘Smallville’ Actress Charged With Helping Sex Cult That Included Bronfmans
“Smallville” actress Allison Mack was arrested Friday on charges that she allegedly aided self-help guru Keith Raniere in running a secret society that enslaved women and branded them with his initials, including some members of the Bronfman family of Jewish philanthropists. Mack, 35, has been charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy, according to the office…
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Fast Forward Frida Kahlo Family Sues To Block Barbie
A Mexican judge has blocked a company associated with U.S. toymaker Mattel Inc from commercializing the image of artist Frida Kahlo, her family says, as it seeks to halt sales of a Barbie doll styled after the influential artist. Mattel, which manufactures Hot Wheels toys and Barbies, launched an “inspiring women” series of dolls featuring…
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Fast Forward 4 Palestinians Killed By Israel As Gaza Protests Intensify
Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians and wounded 12 in renewed unrest on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday as a series of protests in the enclave reached its half-way mark. Some Palestinians brought wire-cutters to cut through the border fence. As the crowd grew, Israeli soldiers called out warnings in Arabic over loudspeakers to individuals…
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Fast Forward Eric Schneiderman Wants New York To Close Trump Pardon Loophole
New York’s attorney general on Wednesday asked Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators to give him and other local prosecutors power to bring criminal charges against people pardoned by President Trump. In a letter, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged Cuomo and legislative leaders to close a loophole in New York’s double jeopardy law shielding recipients…
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Breaking News Eric Greitens Loses Bid To Dismiss Sex Charges
A St. Louis judge on Thursday rejected a bid to dismiss a criminal invasion of privacy charge against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens stemming from a sex scandal involving an extramarital affair. Judge Rex Burlison ruled against the Republican governor’s legal team, which filed a motion last week accusing Kim Gardner, the Democratic circuit attorney for…
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Fast Forward Berlin Suspect In Attack On Kippah Wearer Turns Himself In
German police said on Thursday that a suspected perpetrator of an anti-Semitic attack had turned himself in after investigators managed to identify him with the help of witness accounts. Police launched the investigation after two men wearing Jewish skullcaps were insulted and attacked by three people in Berlin late on Tuesday, an incident that comes…
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Fast Forward Famed Asperger’s Doctor Helped Nazis Kill Disabled Kids: Study
Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician who pioneered research into autism and after whom Asperger syndrome is named, “actively cooperated” with a Nazi program under which disabled children were killed, an academic paper published on Thursday says. The article by medical historian Herwig Czech published in the journal Molecular Autism says that Asperger referred severely disabled…
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Fast Forward Starbucks Turns To Ex-CEO Howard Schultz Amid Racial Profiling Crisis
Starbucks turned to long-time leader Howard Schultz on Wednesday to make the case that the coffee chain accused of racial profiling is committed to offering a “safe space” to customers despite the arrest of two black men in one of its Philadelphia cafes. Closing 8,000 company-owned cafes on the afternoon of May 29 “to do…
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