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Kyle Rittenhouse has been mocked for bringing his therapy dog to a TV interview. Rittenhouse, 20, rose to prominence when he was involved in the fatal shootings of 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and 26-year-old Anthony Huber at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020. A 26-year-old named Gaige Grosskreutz was also injured by Rittenhouse, who was armed with a semi-automatic AR-15-style assault rifle. He argued he used the gun in self-defense and was acquitted of charges of first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, and two charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.

Viral sensation and country music star Oliver Anthony has been found by Newsweek to be promoting videos about 9/11 which have been described by a group that combats antisemitism as dangerous conspiracy theories... A playlist he created on his official YouTube account includes a number of choices that are likely to prove controversial... Among them are videos of news reports and discussions about events surrounding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., which appear to suggest Israel was involved in or had prior knowledge of the attacks... Conspiracy theories about Jewish people's role in...

Actress Jennifer Garner has been accused of racism after an old clip of her on a late-night talk show resurfaced. Garner, 51, appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in February 2003 to promote her film, Daredevil. During her appearance, she shared an anecdote about how her co-star, Colin Farrell, got a bit too aggressive in a scene where they were supposed to be kissing and she ended up with a swollen lip the next day. "There was this moment that the director added where he thought it would be cool if Colin just nibbled on my lip and, I...

The founder of a pop group whose song became an anthem during anti-war protests in Russia has died by drowning aged 34 on Sunday. Dima Nova—whose given name was Dmitry Svirgunov—founded the popular electronic group Cream Soda, and criticized Russian President Vladmir Putin's alleged $1.3 billion mansion in the song "Aqua Disco." The song was often sung at protests before and in the early days of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and the protests quickly became known as "Aqua Disco Parties." Nova fell through ice while crossing Russia's Volga river in the Yaroslavl region, north east of Moscow, according to...