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Trump’s E. Jean Carroll probe has one purpose — and it isn’t conviction: ex US attorney
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department probe into E. Jean Carroll has one unmistakable purpose — and it isn’t a successful prosecution, according to a former U.S. attorney quoted in a new Slate analysis. Writing in Slate, journalist Shirin Ali cited former U.S. attorney for Alabama Joyce Vance, who argued the reported investigation into the 82-year-old…
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Dog owner charged with murder in beating, stabbing death on Hollywood Walk of Fame
A man with a history of alleged violence in Sacramento and Los Angeles was charged with murder Monday in a group attack that ended with a broad daylight killing on the Hollywood Walk of Famelast month, authorities said. Patrick Randall Perry, 55, is the fourth defendant charged in the brazen May 20 killing of Berry…
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MAGA’s bizarre war on Harley-Davidson unmasked in new analysis
Pro-Trump influencers have all suddenly started waging war on Harley-Davidson motorcycles — and it’s clearly not an organic movement, Will Sommer wrote for The Bulwark in an analysis published on Monday. This week, he wrote, “has seen wave after wave of MAGA personalities and meme accounts decide, seemingly out of nowhere, that Harley-Davidson was company…
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Art and Hollywood convened in Little Tokyo for the MOCA Gala
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles hosted its annual gala over the weekend, bringing art world and Hollywood royalty to Little Tokyo — from Barbara Kruger and Charles Gaines to Ava DuVernay and Keanu Reeves. It was the second year that the gala took on the “Moca Legends” format, which recognizes figures who “cement…
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Analyst pinpoints ‘fast lesson’ Trump just got from his slush fund retreat
President Donald Trump just got a “fast lesson in political gravity” by retreating from his most recent plot to pay his supporters with federal money, according to one analyst. On Tuesday, reports indicated that the Trump administration is backing down from its plan to create a nearly $1.8 billion so-called “anti-weaponization” fund that would pay…
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Meteorite that rattled New England with explosion ‘equivalent to 300 tons of TNT’ landed in Cape Cod bay
A meteorite that rattled New England homesand caused an explosive “double boom” plunged into the middle of Cape Cod Bay, according to experts. The meteorite fragmented just after 2 p.m. on Saturday, roughly 40 miles above northeast Massachusetts and southeast New Hampshire, NASA posted on social media. A meteorite that rocked New England homes and…
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Holly Madison recalls dark side of Playboy Mansion: ‘A little bit scary’
Holly Madison is reflecting on her time living in the Playboy Mansion, dishing that the house could be “a little bit scary” at times. The reality TV star — who dated former Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner from 2001 to 2008 — exclusively told Page Six that when she chose to live in the mansion she…
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Peabo Bryson, R&B singer known for Disney classics, has suffered a stroke
R&B singer Peabo Bryson, well known for his duets from beloved Disney classics “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast,” suffered a stroke over the weekend. A representative for the artist told The Times that the singer is undergoing treatment but provided no details about his condition. “Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and balladeer, Peabo Bryson…
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‘At our doorstep’: Flesh-eating parasite closing in on red state after Trump-backed cuts
President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency cuts are hitting the state of Texas hard, as a long-controlled pest is threatening to resurge and decimate the livestock industry. The New World screwworm, the larval stage of a parasitic fly known for laying eggs inside livestock animals and letting the maggots chew their way out, could…
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Megyn Kelly’s blistering new warning to Trump: GOP is out of cards
One of the Make America Great Again movement’s biggest stars shared a blistering warning for President Donald Trump during a new interview on Monday. Megyn Kelly, who hosts an eponymous radio show on SiriusXM, warned Trump during an interview with Piers Morgan on his YouTube show that he risks sinking the Republican Party’s chances in…