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Colorado shooting takes top drag queens on tour with armed guards and metal detectors

Colorado shooting takes top drag queens on tour with armed guards and metal detectors

The deadly attack at an LGBTQ club in Colorado last month, where a shooter turned the venue's "Drag Divas" night into a massacre, has worsened an already harrowing year for drag performers. Eight of the country's top drag queens told NBC News that the current environment has subdued their larger-than-life personalities, prompting four of them to increase security at their events in recent weeks.The November 19 shooting at Colorado Springs' only LGBTQ nightclub, Club Q, left five people dead and 17 others shot. The 22-year-old suspect is being held without bail on suspicion of murder and hate crimes, though authorities…
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Friend of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz sentenced to 11 years in prison in sex trafficking case

Friend of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz sentenced to 11 years in prison in sex trafficking case

The former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation into US Rep. Matt Gaetz, a former friend, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison for child sex trafficking and other crimes.Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty last year to six counts, including sex trafficking of a minor, identity theft, stalking, wire fraud and conspiracy to bribe a public official, and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators as part of his guilty plea.Prosecutors said Greenberg paid at least one minor to have sex with him and other men. Joel Greenberg, then a Seminole County tax collector, during an interview…
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‘The Vampire Diaries’ will leave Netflix UK in December 2022

‘The Vampire Diaries’ will leave Netflix UK in December 2022

Image: Warner Bros. Television the vampires' diaries It's coming out of Netflix in another major market, with the UK currently set to lose all eight seasons by New Year's Eve (31 December 2022). Running for 171 episodes, the vampires' diaries is the long-running and popular supernatural teen series that aired on The CW from 2009 to 2017. Throughout eight seasons, you can watch feuding vampire brothers Stefan and Damon vying for the affections of the captivating teen Elena. Netflix UK has been streaming the show in some form since 2013, but its time on the service will now end. A…
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House Judiciary Republicans remove ‘Kanye.  Elon.  Triumph.’  tweet while the rapper praises Hitler

House Judiciary Republicans remove ‘Kanye. Elon. Triumph.’ tweet while the rapper praises Hitler

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee removed his Oct. 6 tweet that appeared to support Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after months of controversy over the rapper's anti-Semitic comments. "Kanye. Elon. Trump," read the tweet, which showed the rapper alongside Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter who has been bringing back once-banned right-wing figures, and former President Donald Trump. The tweet was deleted Thursday as Ye was launching a lengthy anti-Semitic tirade during an appearance on InfoWars, hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, known for promoting falsehoods about events such as the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. "I love…
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