Tag Archives: hoax

An Illinois appeals court has upheld the conviction of former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett for orchestrating a hate crime against himself nearly five years ago.   Smollett was convicted in December 2021 on five felony charges of disorderly conduct and was later sentenced to 150 days in the Cook County …

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, November 08, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 08 (IPS) – Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure and service provision are both costly and risky. Worse, PPPs typically fail to ensure universal, let alone fair access to public amenities. Public-private partnerships? …

The Lagos State Government will today, Wednesday, arraign 18-year-old Uzuokwu Solomon  for allegedly making hoax calls for the emergency responder.   In a statement released, the Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Ololade Agboola, said Solomon allegedly called the emergency line of the Fire …

Lawyers for Jussie Smollett have filed an appeal of his December 2021 conviction for fabricating a racist and homophobic attack on himself and then lying to Chicago police about it.   The former “Empire” actor, 40, was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct in December 2021.   On …

The list of potential Republican presidential candidates for 2024 is growing faster than President Volodymyr Zelensky’s military weaponry wish list. So will Governor Ron DeSantis challenge former President Donald Trump, and will Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence throw their hats into the ring? We will have to wait and see; …

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has said he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100 percent real”. Jones made the admission a day after the parents of a six-year-old boy killed in the …