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Kevin Poulsen at The Daily Beast dissects Joy Reid’s claim of a conspiracy to hack her defunct blog The Reid Report and frame her as the author of politically incorrect thoughts on gays, concluding that her assertions “have not stood up to scrutiny when they’ve been specific enough to test.”

SEOUL – It was a historic handshake that Koreans had waited more than a decade to see — and it sparked a completely unscripted dance with the two leaders hopping back and forth over the border that divides their nations.

GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — With a single step over a weathered, cracked slab of concrete, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history Friday by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border to greet his rival, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, for talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons. Kim then invited Moon to cross briefly north with him before they returned to the southern side.

Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America’s Dad.

That Atlantic’s Alexis C. Madrigal examines Joy Reid’s conspiracy theory that a hacker planted “fraudulent” posts on her old blog expressing politically incorrect attitudes about gay people.

Hank Azaria is ready to stop voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on “The Simpsons” in the wake of criticism that it’s a stereotype.

Glenn Greenwald speculates on the “troubling” reasons why left-wing reporters are ignoring the story of even more blog posts from MSNBC host Joy Reid — full of anti-gay language that they would certainly use to destroy conservatives.

It’s another weekend of buzz versus pure star power at the box office as the word of mouth sensation “A Quiet Place” finds itself neck-and-neck again with Dwayne Johnson’s “Rampage.” This time buzz had the slight advantage.

Shania Twain has apologized for saying if she were American she would have voted for Donald Trump for president, even though he’s offensive.

Actor Verne Troyer from the “Austin Powers” movie franchise has died.

Avicii, the Grammy-nominated electronic dance DJ who performed sold-out concerts for feverish fans around the world and also had massive success on U.S. pop radio, died Friday. He was 28.

A theater in southern Germany is proceeding with plans to open a satirical play Friday about Adolf Hitler’s youth in which some patrons will be wearing swastika armbands, despite objections and legal complaints.

Harry Anderson, the actor best known for playing an off-the-wall judge working the night shift of a Manhattan court room in the television comedy series “Night Court,” was found dead in his North Carolina home Monday.

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Breitbart News Senior Editor at Large Joel B. Pollak has won a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship, which will fund a set of essays about public policy debates over water resources in California.

The Washington Times’ Fred J. Eckert reviews the new book “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends” by Government Accountability Institute President and Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer.

“The Simpsons” briefly addressed Sunday criticism of its portrayal of its Indian shop owner, Apu. But a comedian who helped spark a conversation about the character calls the show’s response “sad” and attacked the show on Twitter for reducing a discussion about racism to political correctness.

Los Angeles prosecutors said Monday that they will not bring criminal charges against writer and director James Toback in five sexual abuse investigations they have reviewed.

Two Breitbart Sports writers have joined the list of fifteen most engaged sports writers on Facebook, beating writers from Fox News, the Bleacher Report, USA Today, and other outlets.

A topless protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian walked into a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial.

The Iconic TV star’s retrial is taking place in a radically changed and potentially more hostile environment. The #MeToo movement caught fire four months after the first trial, raising awareness of sexual misconduct as it toppled Harvey Weinstein, Sen. Al Franken, Matt Lauer and other powerful men.

Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity is vowing to continue his attacks on ABC late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel until Kimmel apologizes for a segment in which he joked about first lady Melania Trump’s accent.

NIPAWIN, Saskatchewan (AP) — A crash between a transport truck and a bus carrying a junior hockey team in Western Canada left multiple people dead and others seriously injured, Canadian police said late Friday.

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, former U.S. Senate Candidate and conservative grassroots leader Rob Maness joined Breitbart News Daily with Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow and Washington Political Editor Matt Boyle Thursday to set the stage for that night’s “Masters of the Universe” Townhall in Metairie, Louisiana.

Alfredo Ortiz and Thomas Price write in USA Today that the Department of Labor is going to be able to offer small businesses a measure of relief from spiraling health care costs.

The disheartening experience reflects the broader picture for many actors with disabilities, whose progress in Hollywood has lagged behind that of other minority performers demanding to be seen and hired. The reasons are complex, insiders and observers say, including unfounded concerns about added production costs, disability stereotypes and an industry clinging to entrenched habits.

Nearly two-in-three American adults say they support the 2020 Census asking U.S. residents if they are citizens of the country, a new poll reveals.

The YouTube shooter has been identified as Nasim Aghdam, a self-described “vegan bodybuilder and animal rights activist.” Authorities report she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting a man and two women at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California. According

Ken Blackwell and former Rep. Frank Wolf write that President Trump’s new National Security Adviser John Bolton has an opportunity to promote religious freedom and help persecuted Christians across the world. From The Hill: The vice president’s October announcement that

As more and more companies pull their advertisements from Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle in protest of a controversial tweet from the show’s host Laura Ingraham, The Hill’s media reporter and opinion contributor, Joe Concha, writes that if the boycott succeeds “we’ve entered some dangerous territory.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger is recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after undergoing heart surgery.

Rachael Ray’s pet food brand Nutrish is removing its ads from Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show.

Los Angeles police are investigating an alleged attack on actor Corey Feldman, who tweeted that he was hospitalized after being stabbed.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has concluded its review of a misconduct allegation against film academy president John Bailey and determined that no further action is required.

A bitter optimism is felt at the end of the marathon, two-part AIDS play “Angels in America” and one of its stars, Andrew Garfield, shares some of that hope, especially with so many young people in the #NeverAgain movement demanding gun law changes and begging not to be cut down by bullets.

Breitbart News Senior Editor at Large Joel B. Pollak defended last week’s omnibus spending bill on Monday evening’s edition of Breitbart News Tonight.