Day: June 9, 2024

Sixteen women have accused the magician of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour spanning decades. Copperfield’s lawyers say the allegations are ‘not only completely false but also entirely implausible’

The celebrated American magician David Copperfield has been accused by 16 women of engaging in sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour, according to a Guardian US investigation.

Lawyers for Copperfield denied all the allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. They described the allegations against him as “false and entirely without foundation”. They also said there had been “numerous false claims” made against him in the past, but that none had been proved. They noted that he had never been charged with a crime.

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In heated debate, Britain’s Sunak and Starmer go head-to-head on the economy  Reuters UK

Quick takes: US COVID-19 levels, H5N1 in cows, polio in 3 nations  University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Elon Musk demands prosecution of Anthony Fauci after NIH admits to funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan lab  Hindustan Times

‘Study suggests Covid vaccines may have contributed to excess deaths’  The Times of India

Jet planes burn fuel like it’s 2019 as the world resumes flying  South China Morning Post

Brazil JBS workers catch COVID-19 in latest meat plant outbreak  Yahoo Movies UK

Women continue to bear the brunt of online harassment and abuse. A reckoning is overdue

A new trend is sweeping TikTok: #boysober. Its rules? No dating apps, no dates, no exes, no hookups. Thousands of women are uploading videos describing why they have gone boy sober and extolling its benefits.

What could cause this kind of heterosexual exodus? Two words: dating apps.

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Donald Trump is still out there periodically holding rallies. It’s a terrible idea for him, given that he spends much of each speech reminding the general public that he’s a convicted felon, and much of his speech reminding everyone that he has dementia symptoms to the point of mental incompetence.

For instance, after Trump noticed a regular attendee in the crowd, he began talking about how the guy might end up voting for Biden instead. Then Trump changed his mind and said that the guy would die by “suicide before Biden, right?”

This is just unbelievably disturbing behavior. Donald Trump has always been a deeply sick person, with an unhinged sense of what he thinks is funny. But it’s clearly getting much worse as he succumbs to dementia. He’s now standing up there, masquerading as a candidate for President of the United States, and talking about his supporters dying by suicide. What is he, Jim Jones? How much longer before he has them drinking actual Kool-Aid?

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