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Fighting isn’t welcome in the majority of sports, but ice hockey has always been different. Fist fights have come to occupy a special place as part of the action on the ice. And while in the modern era the sports authorities have cracked down, in the ’80s and ‘90s a …

The UK government is reportedly seeking a gagging order to prevent the BBC airing a news segment that apparently identifies a spy working overseas. A secret High Court hearing is expected to be convened next week to listen to arguments on the “highly sensitive case,” according to The Telegraph. While …

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch have taken the rare step of issuing a joint statement in defense of cordial relations on the US Supreme Court, refuting media reports of a Covid-19 mask argument at the Marble Palace. The controversy began on Tuesday, when US state-funded media outlet NPR said …

Sandmann announced the settlement via Twitter on Friday, noting that the terms were confidential. He has previously reached settlements with the Washington Post and CNN, whom he sued for $250 million and $275 million, respectively. Lawsuits against the New York Times, CBS, ABC, Rolling Stone, and Gannett are ongoing. The …

The big-screen release of Steven Spielberg’s remake of ‘West Side Story’, a 1961 classic that cemented Natalie Wood as a bona fide Hollywood star has reignited speculation around a question that remains unanswered 40 years after she drowned off the Californian coast: How exactly did she end up in the …

When I heard that Spielberg was remaking the classic film musical ‘West Side Story’, I wondered why the most powerful director on earth would do such a trite thing. Having seen the movie, I still have no idea, except maybe that he was looking for a film where he could …

After the 18-member jury was seated on Monday, Assistant US attorney Lara Elizabeth Pomerantz laid out the government’s opening arguments with a story of Jane – a reference to three minor victims named in the complaint only as “Jane Doe” – who met “dangerous predators” Epstein and Maxwell at the …

The allegations against the leading UK publication, which has a record of covering the WikiLeaks whistleblower, were raised by the left-wing news website Mintpress. It cited communications between the security firm UC Global and The Guardian. The company is currently being tried in Spain for its alleged role in conducting …

Luckless Christian Lohsen confessed his ordeal had been “rough” when he posted a photo on Saturday from a hospital bed, where he needed drastic treatment on the agonizing injury. The 26-year-old’s wife, Meg, admitted she had not “fully comprehended what it would be like to marry a professional athlete” in the …

It might be surprising to hear that, despite everything which has happened this year, including geopolitical tensions between the US and China, talk of potential war and the increasingly abysmal picture that the media has painted of China’s economy, the country is for the second consecutive year on course to …