SYDNEY, April 14 (Reuters) ― A drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in the Australian city of Melbourne inflicted “horrific injuries” that killed a security guard and wounded three men, police said on Sunday, but there was no suggestion yet that the attack was terror-related. Australia has some of the world’s toughest gun control laws, adopted […]

A federal investigation found “severe and pervasive” sexual harassment of female employees at AccuWeather while the company was run by a man nominated by President Donald Trump to head a federal agency. Multiple complaints from sexually harassed women were ignored, and the employees feared retaliation when they reported misconduct to their bosses, according to the Labor […]

President Donald Trump said he would pardon the top border official if he were to get arrested for breaking federal law by denying asylum-seekers entry into the U.S., according to CNN. During his trip to the border at Calexico, California, last week, Trump told the head of Customs and Border Protection, Kevin McAleenan, that if […]

After being the target of racist and sexist comments over her role in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Kelly Marie Tran is getting some long overdue appreciation.  At Star Wars Celebration, a festival in Chicago dedicated to the movie franchise, fans at a panel discussion featuring Tran and other stars chanted the actress’s name. She […]

Scrolling through the headlines and tweet storms earlier this month calling Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) an anti-Semite for comments she tweeted about pro-Israel lobbying efforts, Margari Aziza Hill felt a familiar sense of dread and a twinge of fear. A black Muslim woman like Omar, Hill saw her own experience reflected in the attacks on […]

If you’re looking for a healthy dose of black girl magic this month, “Little” has got you covered.  The film, which released nationwide on Friday, stars 14-year-old Marsai Martin, Issa Rae and Regina Hall. It follows Jordan Sanders (Hall), CEO and founder of a tech company and painfully tough boss, who is magically reverted into […]

Ariana Grande gave fans an inside look at the trauma she’s suffered since the terrorist bombing outside her 2017 concert in Manchester, England.  The “7 Rings” singer posted a screenshot of scans of her brain on Thursday showing what she suggested was damage from post-traumatic stress disorder.  The screenshot of a text conversation with friends […]

President Donald Trump tweeted a video Friday fanning the flames of the recent right-wing uproar over comments Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) made about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!” Trump tweeted with the video, which alternates between an out-of-context remark Omar made during a speech last month and footage of the terrorist […]

Oprah Winfrey discussed her decision to interview the “Leaving Neverland” accusers ― and the “hateration” she has received for it ― on “The Daily Show” on Wednesday.  When asked by host Trevor Noah about the backlash to her March HBO special, “Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland,” she said, “I haven’t had that much hateration since I […]

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves fiercely criticized President Donald Trump’s attacks on the judiciary in a speech Thursday, likening some of his rebukes to tactics that had been used by the Ku Klux Klan and segregationists. “We are now eyewitnesses to the third great assault on our judiciary,” Reeves said, according to a copy of […]