In the wake of the arrest of actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with staging his own racist and homophobic attack, here are just some of the other crimes that have been given prominent play by the media since the 2016 election — often accompanied by politicians decrying, “This is America today” — that turned out to be frauds: Just […]

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A derisory percentage of British traitors who wage war against our troops, or support those who do, are convicted. Our terrorism laws are inadequate. So Home Secretary Sajid Javid is right to consider a brand new Treason Act, as raised yesterday in the Lords. One peer said anyone who, like Shamima Begum, justified the Manchester Arena massacre or who attacked […]

Zoopla has comprised a list of the areas with the highest number of properties worth over £1million. Unsurprisingly, London has the most property millionaires, with 395,871 £1million homes in the capital. Guildford is the individual town with the most expensive houses at 5,615, just ahead of Cambridge at 5,426. Third is Sevenoaks at 5,188, with 4,889 in St Albans and Edinburgh coming […]

A park ranger who was furloughed during the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history struck it rich after claiming a $29.5 million New Jersey lottery jackpot. National Park Service employee Judith Smith purchased the winning ticket on Dec. 17, when she, like many of her colleagues, was working without a paycheque. The ticket was purchased just days before the […]

(Reuters) – A board of directors appointed this month by Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress to run state-owned oil firm PDVSA’s U.S. unit Citgo Petroleum on Thursday was arranging its first meeting at the company’s headquarters, according with two people familiar with the matter. Venezuela’s National Assembly, led by opposition leader and self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido, last week appointed new boards for […]

Video shows attack on conservative activist on UC Berkeley campus University of California police want the public's help tracking down a suspect whose brutal alleged assault of a conservative activist on the Berkeley campus was caught on video. The campus police website said that two men on Tuesday approached a table where the activist was recruiting members to his group, and an argument ensued. […]

The US President let rip on Twitter saying the star's “racist and dangerous comments” had insulted millions of his loyal supporters. “@JussieSmollett- what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA,” Trump tweeted Smollett was earlier slammed by Chicago police today for "taking advantage of the pain and anger of […]

A disgruntled tourist has shared shocking pictures showing how bed bugs ‘ate her alive’ at a five star hotel. Fuming Lynsey MacGregor said she was forced to sleep fully-clothed because she was so terrified of being devoured by the critters in Cape Verde. But when she and husband Garry complained, TUI refused compensation and reminded them: "Insects are an inevitable […]

Delaware State Police are probing a cellphone video that shows one of their troopers pulling a gun on a motorist after he refused to get out of his car. The 1-minute, 23-second clip shows the dramatic Feb. 14 confrontation in Dover between the officer and 40-year-old Mack Buckley, who uploaded the footage to Facebook. “Sir, out of the car,” the […]