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Online threats stoke fear among Jewish students at Cornell University
Threatening statements about Jews on an internet discussion board have unnerved students at Cornell University and prompted officials to send police to guard a Jewish center and kosher dining hall. The menacing, anonymous messages, posted over the weekend in an online forum about fraternities and sororities, came amid a torrent of antisemitic and anti-Muslim rhetoric that has flowed on social…
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2 Vaccinated ‘The View' Hosts Test Positive Moments Before VP Harris Live Interview
A live televised interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was delayed on Friday after two vaccinated hosts of the “The View” learned they tested positive for COVID-19 moments before they were to meet with her. Co-host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro both learned they tested positive for breakthrough cases ahead of the interview. Both Navarro and Hostin were…
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The Lighter Days of the ‘Cuomo Brothers' Show Are Long Gone
Some television shows age much better than others. For CNN, last spring’s prime-time banter between Chris Cuomo and his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, looks worse in hindsight as the governor’s administration is questioned about its role in failing to disclose the true number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths. CNN is covering that story, but not on Chris...
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CBS News Head Calls Threats Against Gayle King Reprehensible
The CBS News chief called threats against journalist Gayle King “reprehensible” Saturday as backlash grew against rapper Snoop Dogg and others critical of King for an interview where she asked about a sexual assault charge against the late Kobe Bryant. Snoop Dogg issued a warning to King online this week following her interview with WNBA player Lisa Leslie about Bryant,...
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Megyn Kelly Says She Did ‘Twirl' Before Roger Ailes, Too
Megyn Kelly says she did the “twirl” before Roger Ailes, too. The former Fox News Channel personality referred to an excruciating scene in the movie “Bombshell,” where John Lithgow, portraying the late Fox News boss, orders an aspiring news anchor played by Margot Robbie to turn around in front of him so he could eyeball her body. Kelly, now a…
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Radio Personality Don Imus Dies at 79
Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79. Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, according to…
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Bill O'Reilly, Ex-Fox Chief Roger Ailes Hit With More Sexual Allegations
A Fox News contributor came forward to level more sexual-harassment allegations against deposed chief executive Roger Ailes on Monday, two days after it was revealed the network’s most popular on-air personality, Bill O’Reilly, has settled multiple complaints about his own behavior with women. O’Reilly was due to return to the air on Monday following a weekend report in The New...
