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A scion of the politically connected and wealthy Pritzker family who was slated to co-host a fundraiser for President Biden on Friday in Los Angeles was removed from invitations to the event after he was accused of unwanted sexual acts and sued for $25 million. Matthew Pritzker, 41, whose uncles started the Hyatt hotel chain, had been listed as a co-host on a November invite for Biden’s first fundraising appearance in Los Angeles since the end of the entertainment industry strikes. His cousin, Illinois Gov. J.B.…

LAFC has been fined $100,000 and supporter group 3252’s privileges have been suspended pending an investigation by MLS due to allegations of “serious misconduct,” the league announced Wednesday night.The supporter group set off flares not authorized by MLS during LAFC’s Western Conference final match against Houston, creating so much smoke it delayed the game.MLS announced supporter privileges for 3252 attending MLS Cup Saturday will be restricted. Fans could face other sanctions next season after the league completes…

Cuba Gooding Jr was sued on Wednesday by two women whose sexual assault cases against the Oscar-winning actor underlay a criminal prosecution that ended with him pleading guilty but serving no jail time.In a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan, Jasmine Abbay said the Jerry Maguire star forcibly kissed her without her consent in September 2018, while she was working as a cocktail waitress at the Lavo nightclub in midtown Manhattan.The other plaintiff, Kelsey Harbert, accused Gooding of groping her breast…

A prominent journal has decided to retract a paper by Ranga Dias, a physicist at the University of Rochester in New York who has made controversial claims about discovering room-temperature superconductors — materials that would not require any cooling to conduct electricity with zero resistance. The forthcoming retraction, of a paper published by Physical Review Letters (PRL) in 2021, is significant because the Nature news team has learnt that it is the result of an investigation that found apparent data fabrication.…

Last Updated: July 12, 2023, 10:58 ISTFile photo of an Air India plane. (File Pic: PTI)Nepal national booked for abusing Air India crew and breaking lavatory door on Delhi-bound flight; incident adds to rising cases of unruly behavior onboard.In yet another distressing incident, a Nepal national has been booked by the Delhi Police for allegedly abusing Air India crew members, and damaging the lavatory door.This shocking incident occurred on a flight from Toronto to Delhi on Tuesday, leaving the airline staff deeply…

Kevin Spacey’s long-awaited criminal trial in the U.K. over multiple sexual assault allegations has begun. The trial — due to last four weeks — started Wednesday morning U.K. time at London’s central Southwark Crown Court, with the first day mostly dedicated to getting the legal logistics in order. Spacey arrived around 9 a.m., wearing a dark blue suit, white blue shirt and pink tie. Later in the morning, judge Mark Wall swore in a jury of 12 (actually 14, with two people serving as spares).…

An audio recording on a student's iPad revealing staff misconduct to pupils at a school has led to the sacking of four staff.Market Field School, in Essex, United Kingdom, has come under scrutiny after a child with autism accidentally recorded their full school day, only for their mother to find the recording when they returned home.After finding the recording, the child's mother alerted the school. As reported by the Essex Daily Gazette, head teacher Ruth Whitehead apologized to parents in a letter, "What happened falls…

A British man who took part in a high-profile Twitter hack in 2020 was handed a five-year jail term by a New York federal court on Friday. Joseph O’Connor, 24, had pled guilty in May to four counts of computer hacking, wire fraud, and cyberstalking. He was also ordered to pay $794,000, the amount that he nabbed in the crypto crime. O’Connor was one of several men involved in the headline-grabbing ruse two years ago, which targeted more than 130 Twitter accounts, including ones belonging to politicians and celebrities…

Eyeing the increasing threat of damaging cyberattacks by hackers backed by hostile foreign states, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday announced the creation of the National Security Cyber Section — aka NatSec Cyber — within its National Security Division (NSD). Hackers operating out of countries like China, Russia, and North Korea seek to cause disruption across a wide range of sectors, steal government and trade secrets, spy on targets, and raise revenue via extortion. Such nefarious activities have long…

Wes Anderson has said that various allegations made against his frequent collaborator Bill Murray will not affect their working relationship, describing him as “part of my family”.The 54-year-old director, known for using the same actors across his films, spoke before the release of his latest, Asteroid City, which is one of only two of his 11 released feature films that Murray has not appeared in.“My experience with Bill is so extensive,” Anderson told IndieWire. “Bill was such a great supporter of me from the very…