Three of the 10 people facing murder charges in the death last week of a 28-year-old Black man at a Virginia mental health facility were security guards at the hospital who watched and then participated in the fatal smothering, the prosecutor told CNN Friday.
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I adore writer/director M.J. Bassett. She’s articulate, her passion is wildlife conservation, and she just wants to blow things up. The filmmaker came out as trans in 2016 and works with her family members in movies such as with daughter Isabella, who starred in and co-wrote “Endangered Species.” I caught up with the filmmaker to […]
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Philip Winchester is the uptight dad Jack and Michael Johnson is his son Noah in M.J. Bassett’s “Endangered Species.” Here’s the full synopsis: Starring Rebecca Romijn (X-Men) and Jerry O’Connell (Showtime’s “Billions”) this gripping adventure tale unfolds beneath a brutal African sun. Jack Halsey takes his wife (Romijn), their adult kids, and a friend for […]
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Kenya is decongesting its prisons to prevent overcrowding as a way to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the country. In the past month, the East African country has released 4800 prisoners in different parts of the country, according to Anne Amadi, the chief registrar of the judiciary in Kenya. Many of the sessions leading […]
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Turns out, the mythical African black leopard really does exist. Biologists shot rare footage of the sleek big cat walking majestically in Kenya — the first time the animal has been photographed in Africa since 1909, said Nick Pilfold, a global conservation scientist at the San Diego Zoo. Pilfold said they captured the footage after […]
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Former U.S. President Barack Obama says Kenya is making progress in getting the government and opposition to work together. Obama, on his first visit to Africa since stepping down as president, on Monday praised President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga for cooperating following a last year’s disputed presidential election. Speaking in Kogelo, the […]
