On Sunday, 47 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists in Hong Kong were charged with subversion under China’s new national-security law — a law designed to snuff out personal liberties. Darkness has fallen on the freedom-loving territory.
Sunday’s was the largest mass charge of the opposition since the law went into effect last June: The 47 had all been arrested in January, released on bail while police continued their investigation, rounded up again and now charged. Read More...
A New York man and a toddler were killed Sunday night when another man intentionally drove into a group of people walking along a Montana roadway then got out of his vehicle and opened fire with a shotgun.
The Glacier County Sheriff’s Office said that David Siau, 39, and his 18-month-old daughter McKenzie Siau, who was in her mother’s arms, were killed.
Siau’s wife and the toddler’s mother, 40-year-old Christy Siau, was wounded in the shooting. Read More...
Earlier this month, “iCarly” star Jennette McCurdy’s bombshell memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” detailed alleged abuse she experienced while working at Nickelodeon. Now, several former child actors and Nickelodeon staffers are speaking out against Dan Schneider, creator of “Zoey 101,” “Victorious,” “iCarly” and “Drake & Josh,” who reshaped the network and kids’ television at large.
According to a report from Insider, Schneider was known to push the boundaries of children’s TV, often “thumbing his nose” at Nickelodeon’s standards department and ramping up the series’ sexual innuendos, including scenes in which goo was squirted on young actresses’ faces. Read More...
