Nicholas Sandmann announced he has reached a settlement with NBCUniversal after more than two years since Sandmann filed a defamation lawsuit against the media company.
Over the past half-century or so, American law enforcement and popular culture have conferred an extra level of seriousness and gravity to “hate crimes” as opposed to regular crimes. The definition of a hate crime, according to the FBI, is a regular crime with an added element of bias. “A ‘criminal’ offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity,” the FBI.gov website states.
CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday in the wake of revelations he secretly aided the defense of his embattled older brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — and the ousted host now faces a sexual misconduct allegation of his own.
Actor Alec Baldwin revealed that he has “no idea” how a live ammunition round got onto the “Rust” movie set before the fatal shooting last month that left a cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, dead.
