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An indictment has been handed down against musician R. Kelly by the Cook County State’s Attorney office, two sources with knowledge of the development tell CNN. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx will announce charges against Kelly at a news conference at 3 p.m. ET, according to a release from her office. CNN is working to obtain the indictment. A grand jury was convened in Cook County, Illinois, …

Mr. Kelly, 52, has never been convicted of a crime, but he has faced accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse for years. More than 20 years ago, Vibe magazine questioned a marriage certificate that said the singer Aaliyah was 18 when she and Mr. Kelly were wed. She was, in fact, 15 at the time and the marriage was annulled. Mr. Greenberg has said Mr. Kelly did not know she…

4:34 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution, South Florida police said Friday. Let’s take a closer look at what this story means. What exactly are the charges? Kraft is among more than 200 people, police say, who engaged in sex acts with employees of targeted massage parlors in South Florida. According to police,…

Cucuta, Colombia – Rival concerts became the backdrop of the showdown between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Friday as the opposition prepared to bring aid across the Venezuela-Colombia border – a move Maduro has vowed to block.  Billionaire Richard Branson hosted a “Venezuelan Aid Live” concert on the Tienditas International bridge, which connects Venezuela and Colombia, while Maudro’s government kicked off…

A person walks by a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18, 2018 in Chicago. Under the new rule, posted Friday by the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs, any organization that provides or refers patients for abortions is ineligible for Title X funding to cover STD prevention, cancer screenings and contraception. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images A person walks by…

Lisa Borders, then chief executive of Time’s Up, speaks during the 2019 MAKERS Conference in Dana Point, Calif., on Feb. 7. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg) Katie Mettler February 22 at 11:52 AM Just three months after she took the job, the inaugural chief executive of Time’s Up — an organization born of the #MeToo movement that advocates for safe and harassment-free workplaces — abruptly resigned after her own son was accused…

One day after Jussie Smollett was arrested on multiple felony charges for the alleged racist and homophobic attack of last month, the producers of Empire have now cut the actor from the rest of the show’s fifth season. “The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us,” said EPs Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brett Mahoney, Brian Grazer, Sanaa Hamri, Francie Calfo and Dennis Hammer…

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SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela — Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on a group of civilians attempting to keep open a segment of the southern border with Brazil for deliveries of humanitarian aid, causing multiple injuries and the first fatalities of a massive opposition operation meant to deliver international relief to this devastated South American country, according to eyewitnesses and community leaders. At 6:30 a.m. on Friday, a military convoy approached a checkpoint…

Video 16 states seek injunction to stop building a border barrier while national emergency declaration is challenged California leads the charge against President Trump’s declaration to fund the border wall; William La Jeunesse reports. House Democrats moved Friday to neutralize President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, introducing a resolution to block the edict – and setting up a fight that could lead to the president’s…

The chief of Time’s Up, the celebrity-backed organization that campaigns against sexual harassment, has resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations against her own son, according to a new report. Lisa Borders announced on Monday that she was stepping down as CEO to “address family concerns that require my singular focus.” Four days earlier, Borders’ son Garry “Dijon” Bowden Jr. was accused of groping a Santa Monica woman, the Los Angeles Times…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Thursday his exit from the Justice Department is coming “a lot later” than he expected amid reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller could wrap up the Russia investigation within a week. Rosenstein made the comment during a speech to his alma mater, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, which he called “one of my last significant events” as the No. 2 law…

Video Hoda Muthana should return to the US to be held accountable, testify on the evils of ISIS: family lawyer The lawyer for the family of the Alabama woman turned ISIS wife in Syria tells ‘America’s Newsroom’ that Hoda Muthana is a U.S. citizen who wants to face the American legal system and pay her debt to society. I had a column in the New York Post Wednesday about the so-called “ISIS bride,”…

WASHINGTON — House Democrats planned to push ahead Friday with a measure that seeks to terminate President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration that he issued last week in order to circumvent Congress and build his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was set to file a joint resolution in the House that would repeal the president’s declaration. The measure was to be…

WASHINGTON — House Democrats planned to push ahead Friday with a measure that seeks to terminate President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration that he issued last week in order to circumvent Congress and build his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was set to file a joint resolution in the House that would repeal the president’s declaration. The measure was to be…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Thursday his exit from the Justice Department is coming “a lot later” than he expected amid reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller could wrap up the Russia investigation within a week. Rosenstein made the comment during a speech to his alma mater, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, which he called “one of my last significant events” as the No. 2 law…

Video Hoda Muthana should return to the US to be held accountable, testify on the evils of ISIS: family lawyer The lawyer for the family of the Alabama woman turned ISIS wife in Syria tells ‘America’s Newsroom’ that Hoda Muthana is a U.S. citizen who wants to face the American legal system and pay her debt to society. I had a column in the New York Post Wednesday about the so-called “ISIS bride,”…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Thursday his exit from the Justice Department is coming “a lot later” than he expected amid reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller could wrap up the Russia investigation within a week. Rosenstein made the comment during a speech to his alma mater, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, which he called “one of my last significant events” as the No. 2 law…

WASHINGTON — House Democrats planned to push ahead Friday with a measure that seeks to terminate President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration that he issued last week in order to circumvent Congress and build his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was set to file a joint resolution in the House that would repeal the president’s declaration. The measure was to be…

Video Hoda Muthana should return to the US to be held accountable, testify on the evils of ISIS: family lawyer The lawyer for the family of the Alabama woman turned ISIS wife in Syria tells ‘America’s Newsroom’ that Hoda Muthana is a U.S. citizen who wants to face the American legal system and pay her debt to society. I had a column in the New York Post Wednesday about the so-called “ISIS bride,”…