Jussie Smollett Refuses

Jussie Smollett refuses to speak the truth: Actor's ‘attackers’

In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct after it turned out he set up the attack.

Politics - The Hill - 8 hours ago

Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied to Chicago police

Entertainment - ABC News - 2 days ago

Jussie Smollett's conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a fake hate crime. Smollett had claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019.

Jussie Smollett conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction Thursday on charges that he staged an attack against himself in Chicago in 2019 and then lied about it. Smollett appealed ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Actor Jussie Smollett's conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The state's highest court ruled a special prosecutor's decision to re-indict Smollett violated his constitutional rights after Cook County prosecutors previously dropped charges against him.

Jussie Smollett’s Conviction for False Hate Crime Claim Is Overturned

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that he should not have been prosecuted a second time after the charges against him had been dismissed with a negotiated agreement.

Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the conviction against Jussie Smollett for falsely reporting a hate crime to police.

Jussie Smollett's conviction in hoax attack overturned by state supreme court

The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime.

Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett conviction for alleged hoax

Smollett, who is black and gay, was accused of lying about being the victim of a racial attack in Chicago.

Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime case

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a hate crime in 2019, ruling he should not have been prosecuted after the initial case was dropped. The court did ...

Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime attack hoax overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

The conviction against actor Jussie Smollett in a case that accused him of falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in 2019 has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court over ...

This Group Refuses to Stop Tracking Disinformation

Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to ...

Business - The New York Times - November 1

Pennsylvania judge refuses to block Musk's $1M giveaways

A Pennsylvania judge on Monday refused the Philadelphia district attorney’s request to block daily $1 million giveaways from Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC in the lead-up to the election. Judge ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown

UK premier said he had ‘frank’ discussions with Xi Jinping at G20 but declined to air criticism publicly

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Man has 500 bikes for Africa refused at port

World - Yahoo News - 16 hours ago

The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why? | Margaret Sullivan

There’s no way to see this decision other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty. The choice for president has seldom been starker.. On one side is Donald ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Bezos faces backlash at Washington Post over refusal to run Harris endorsement

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein say decision ignores ‘threat Donald Trump poses to democracy’

Business - Financial Times - October 26

‘Anticipatory obedience’: newspapers’ refusal to endorse shines light on billionaire owners’ motives

The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post both declined to endorse a candidate – a sign of political media capture. When two American billionaires blocked the newspapers they own from endorsing ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Cannon refuses recusal from Trump assassination attempt suspect's case

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday refused to recuse herself from overseeing the case of the suspect accused of attempting to assassinate former President Trump at his golf course. Ryan ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Aileen Cannon, Judge in Trump Assassination Case, Refuses to Recuse Herself

The man accused of plotting to shoot Donald J. Trump at his golf course had asked the judge to step aside, saying she had been praised by the former president and listed as a possible Trump appointee.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

With razor thin margins in the election, will Americans still refuse to vote?

The 2024 presidential election is expected to be close, with a recent report describing the margins as "razor thin" in key swing states, and four underutilized techniques are proposed to increase ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Election fact check: County officials can't refuse to certify election results

Local officials are legally required to certify election results -- but the process has become politicized since Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results.

New Canadian councilors refuse to swear allegiance to King Charles

Five newly elected councilors in Dawson City, Canada, have refused to swear a mandatory oath of allegiance to Britain's King Charles III.

Han Dongfang, Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Refuses to Back Down

Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong has stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.”

Top stories - The New York Times - November 10

Kidnappers took his staff, then his son. But this Haiti doctor is refusing to flee

Dr Jean William ‘Bill’ Pape runs free health services and says people’s needs cannot wait for an end to the gang warfare that is tearing the country apart. Years of gang warfare have shuttered ...

World - The Guardian - November 15

'Spa refused me a massage because I have cancer'

Sindy Sidhu is calling for the misinformation around massage treatments for cancer patients to be addressed.

Protesters in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region refuse to cede control of government buildings

Opposition protesters in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings seized during rallies on Friday during which at least 14 people were ...

World - ABC News - November 16

Whoopi Goldberg claims bakery refused her service due to her politics

“The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg implied that a Staten Island bakery refused to take her order because of her liberal politics. The bakery denied the accusation and claimed they were having ...

The IRS refuses COVID claims, leaving small businesses in limbo

The IRS has delayed processing of properly submitted ERTC claims, leaving small businesses in the dark and owed over $100 billion, while the Biden administration has not addressed the wider issue ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles

Council in Yukon territory deadlocked, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region. The council of a town in Canada’s Yukon territory has been locked for weeks in ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

WATCH: Dog finds bed in Costco aisle, refuses to leave without it

Blue got to take the bed home!

Town council in Canada at standstill over refusal to take King Charles oath

The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.

Beyoncé at Kamala Harris rally says ‘time for America to sing a new song’ – US politics live

Harris campaign says crowd of 30,000 is largest to date, while Trump is delayed for rally in swing-state Michigan. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied at 48% , according to a new poll by ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Former Gov. Larry Hogan unpacks his Maryland Senate race, refusing Trump endorsement

ABC News’ Linsey Davis sits down with Maryland’s former Gov. Larry Hogan, who hopes to win a U.S. Senate seat as an anti-Trump Republican in a deep blue state.

Filmmaker Sean Baker on his sex-worker story ‘Anora’ and refusing to play it safe

The director of ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Tangerine’ is tipped for Oscar success but says ‘I’m staying in reality’

Business - Financial Times - October 26

Trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon refuses to recuse from attempted assassination case

Judge Aileen Cannon rejected arguments by lawyers for Ryan Routh that she step off the case because she could be seen as partial toward Donald Trump.

Business - CNBC - October 29

I’m a surgeon, and I’ve been refused re-entry to Gaza – we need a medical ceasefire now | Ali Elaydi

Doctors sign the hippocratic oath to do no harm, but how can we treat people without hospitals, staff and enough medicines?. On 1 July 2024, the European hospital in Gaza evacuated all patients and ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Paul George to the Nuggets? Denver looked into it but refused to give up these three young players, per report

Denver's star trade talks didn't go far this offseason

Sports - CBS Sports - November 1

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