The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will meet with the Los Angeles County district attorney on Friday in a continued push for a reduced sentence for the brothers, who are serving life without parole for the heavily publicized 1989 murders of their parents. Over 20 relatives are expected to sit down with District Attorney Nathan Hochman to show their “support for a resentencing process that reflects Erik and Lyle’s abuse, trauma, and demonstrated rehabilitation over the last 35 years,” the family-led Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition said in a statement. Erik and Lyle were sentenced in 1996, after two trials,…
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Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioThis week, it’s our yearly tech predictions. We’ll review what we got right and wrong about 2024, and tell you what we think is going to happen in 2025. Then we’ll discuss how we want to interact with tech in the new year. Plus, we’ll answer some of your listener questions.Credits“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop,…
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Manhattan on New Year’s Day to demand an intifada revolution. The Palestinian Youth Movement, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the People’s Forum forcibly continued the planned “protest” in the wake of two potential terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Why are we permitting pro-terrorist groups to take to the streets? Free speech is one thing, but directly calling for violence on behalf of foreign nations is not permitted. If a right-wing organization held a “protest” of this nature, the media would swarm it bees to honey and deem…
Credit: Photo of Cybertruck used in Trump International Hotel explosion from news conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Courtesy of YouTube Law enforcement officials confirmed that 37-year-old former Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger, who lived in Colorado Springs, was behind the rented Cybertruck explosion at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. Authorities confirmed that Livelsberger died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound prior to the explosion, which injured seven bystanders. Officials say there was no information as of Thursday connecting Livelsberger to a terrorist group. The driver of the Cybertruck was identified as Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a U.S. Army special operations soldier…
The reality television stars ended their three-year relationship, with DeSorbo sharing the news in an episode of her “Giggly Squad” podcast.Since news of their split made headlines, there have been several reactions from fans, with DeSorbo seeing the fun side in some of them.Article continues below advertisementPaige DeSorbo Responds To Speculations About Her Split From Craig ConoverOn Wednesday, DeSorbo seemingly shut down speculations about her split from Conover.Bravo gossip account “Up and Adam” shared a now-deleted video claiming the TV personality knew Conover wanted to propose to her.The TikToker claimed DeSorbo caught Conover off guard after finding out about his…
OUTSTRETCHED HAND Baerbock said she was travelling to Syria with an “outstretched hand” as well as “clear expectations” of the new rulers, who she said would be judged by their actions. “We know where the HTS comes from ideologically, what it has done in the past,” said Baerbock in a statement ahead of the trip, adding that a new beginning to relations could only happen if there is no place for extremism and radical groups. “But we also hear and see the desire for moderation and for understanding with other important actors,” she added, citing talks with US-allied Kurdish Syrian…
Political cartooning in Kenya has never been without its risks. Cartoonists have faced state-engineered dismissal and censorship, lawsuits from irate politicians unhappy with their portrayal, and even the occasional phoned-in threat. However, until this week, they had never had to endure arbitrary detention. Even during the worst days of the 24-year Daniel arap Moi dictatorship, the “Nyayo Error” which ravaged the country from 1978 to 2002, cartoonists were not directly targeted by the state. Newspaper publishers saw their presses trashed, and editors and writers – including satirists such as Wahome Mutahi – were detained for lengthy periods without trial. Cartoonists…
Rumored to have Mike Vrabel high on their list of prospective head coaches, the Jets have an important meeting set up on Friday. They will meet with the former Titans HC at their facility, The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt reports.Vrabel’s consulting contract with the Browns expired this week, allowing him to meet with teams at any point. Candidates still tied to teams are not yet permitted to conduct interviews — virtually or onsite. Vrabel can as a coaching free agent, and he will take advantage of that status. Vrabel, 49, has become expectedly popular on what is considered to be a thinner…
Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to help lead a government-efficiency initiative, recently argued on X that Americans can learn from high-skill immigrants, especially those working in the science and tech industries, because “American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.” He suggested that certain immigrant communities have promoted a superior culture that values excellence and produces “wildly successful STEM graduates.”I have heard some version of Mr. Ramaswamy’s sentiments countless times over the years. I grew up north of Atlanta in the 1990s as the son of two Pakistani parents and came to…
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