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Accused Waukesha, Wisconsin, parade killer Darrell Brooks said Wednesday that he is "afraid as hell" of possibly contracting COVID-19 and requested an adjournment during his continued pretrial hearing, in which he is representing himself. "When I was brought in there and they told me they had to test me for COVID, I was immediately, like, what do you mean you have to test me for this? … Immediately, in my head, I started to get afraid that they even had to test for COVID," Brooks said during his hearing livestreamed by FOX 6 Milwaukee of receiving a COVID-19 test in prison.

Michigan became the 22nd state Wednesday to ban “conversion therapy,” the discredited pseudoscience that attempts to convert gay, lesbian, and bisexual people heterosexual. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, signed two bills into law Wednesday — House Bill 4617, which defines conversion therapy, and House Bill 4616, which bars licensed therapists from subjecting minors to the practice and lays out penalties for violation, including discipline by public health regulators. Photo: Officer of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

dawg.“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg, 67, boldly stated Wednesday on the ABC talk show that “American Idol” was the “beginning of the downfall of society.”While the women of the show discussed why Netflix recently “dwelled” on the late Anna Nicole Smith’s last days in a new documentary, Goldberg claimed that viewers will watch this kind of programming because “people like to be judgy.”“You have ‘Basketball Wives,’ you have the ‘Housewives’ of whatever, all the Bravo shows, giving you the impression that you’re doing something wrong because you’re living your life.”“People watch these shows because they make them feel better,” Goldberg continued. “I think that we, as a society, love to watch stuff to judge folks.”“The Color Purple” star then offered up a specific example of when she believes the public became too power-hungry on passing judgment.

After Nathan Chasing Horse was recently charged with sexual assault in Nevada, a grand jury indicted the "Dances with Wolves" actor Wednesday on 19 counts -- including trafficking and child abuse to include kidnapping, lewdness and drug trafficking. The disgraced 46-year-old actor has allegedly been trafficking Indigenous women and girls for decades, as he faces charges in Nevada, Canada and now in Montana, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, with the newest case.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKyle Hamiton, Cam Hart, Conor Ratigan and KJ Wallace have another game to play while attending Notre Dame.The four students are members of the university’s football team, and they are getting ready to give fans and Notre Dame sports aficionados their own take on sports and whatever else they might find interesting.Stating Wednesday, the quartet will hold forth on “Inside The Garage,” a twice-weekly podcast in which active players from the college’s 2021 football

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Small Business Administration stated Wednesday that notices of approved relief money from the $16 billion Save Our Stages act — which was passed into law nearly five months ago, although no money has been distributed to date — began to be sent to independent venues on Wednesday morning.While SBA chief Isabel Guzman stated during two separate Congressional hearings on Wednesday that “awards” — which would seem to indicate money — have begun to be sent, a rep for

New York Attorney General Leticia James led 48 states Wednesday in filing a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Facebook as the Feds, regulators and lawmakers seriously turn up the heat on social media and internet giants.

Roman Catholic groups are rallying against a New Jersey bill backed by the state's Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy that's intended to defend a women’s right to an abortion and access to birth control.  Dozens of protesters from pro-life and religious groups fanned out across the state Wednesday to hold a "Day of Outrage," to shoot down the legislation.  Groups of demonstrators gathered outside state legislators' offices chanted “Kill the bill!” and held signs backing that stance.

Catholic groups are rallying against a New Jersey bill backed by the state's Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, that would protect a women’s right to an abortion and access to birth control.  Dozens of protesters from anti-abortion and religious groups fanned out across the state Wednesday to hold a "Day of Outrage," to shoot down the legislation.  Groups of demonstrators poised outside of state legislators' offices chanted “kill the bill” and held signs backing that stance.

The Trump 2020 Campaign and the Republican Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit in the state Wednesday, alleging that officials in a Democrat-leaning county were counting ballots for the presidential race that were received after polls closed Tuesday.  The Trump campaign also filed two other lawsuits -- in the battlegrounds of Michigan and Pennsylvania -- over vote counting.The Fox News Decision Desk has called Michigan for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.