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Kesha has won her first big battle in her ongoing case against producer Dr. Luke - a judge has ruled she can pursue a counterclaim against his defamation allegations. The pop star has been battling the hitmaker over contracts and allegations of abuse and defamation for the past seven years,…

New York City residents were asked on Wednesday to limit their electricity usage to avoid power outages during the blistering heat wave. "We're now experiencing a heat emergency, and we need people to take immediate action," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "Our electric system is dealing with real strains right…

New York City officials have been slow to cooperate with requests for evidence in a lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force and making false arrests during Black Lives Matter protests last year, state Attorney General Letitia James said. The city’s “recalcitrance” has made it difficult to schedule crucial witness…

1. Trying to remember the dream When we wake up on a certain morning, and we know that we just had a long, strange, complicated dream, and we want to remember it, we try to grab onto a few specific elements that somehow float up toward us. For me, looking…

If you tried removing from Hollywood history any film that portrayed or otherwise depended on selling sex, there might not be a whole lot left. But the framing is all; it helps, when using sex for entertainment, to wrap a bit of critique around it. In my favorite Barbara Stanwyck…

The death of billionaire, and former Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has taken another twist as his family claims that he was tortured before his death. Ataga was reportedly stabbed to death by one Miss Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level student of the University of Lagos, last…

Reactions have continued to trail the expose of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on what went down in the run-up to the 2019 elections in Kwara State. At the launch of a book entitled, “O To Ge”, on Saturday, the governor had accused some of the party leaders, including Alhaji Lai Mohammed,…

The family of Usifo Ataga, Super TV CEO, who was allegedly killed by a 300-level student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Chidinma Ojukwu, has demanded privacy, asking those who have useful information to reach the police. Chidinma and Ataga had reportedly lodged in a service apartment in the Lekki…

The Katsina State Police Command says three members of the Hakika Islamic sect have been arrested for conspiring and jointly having carnal knowledge of a married woman under the guise of indoctrinating her into their sect. The Hakika sect has allegedly been recruiting and indoctrinating adherents into their radical teachings…

A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, January 2017. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York State, ahead of a trial pertaining to the opioid crisis set to begin on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The deal will keep…