The 70,000-square-foot expansion at the New-York Historical Society will include an entire floor dedicated to the new American LGBTQ+Museum. Photo: Courtesy Robert A.M. Stern Architects
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surveyed more than 1,000 Americans and found that overall support for gay couples marrying is at a record high, with 70% of adults in favor.
It represents a dramatic change from Gallup’s first survey on same-sex marriage in 1996, when only 27% of adults supported the right to marry.Since the Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell ruling, support has continued to rise — at the time of the 2015 case, 60% of adults supported recognition of same-sex marriage, compared with 70% today.This year’s poll
.The 70,000-square-foot expansion at the New-York Historical Society will include an entire floor dedicated to the new American LGBTQ+Museum. Photo: Courtesy Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Gabrielle Union was one of many celebrities to offer support to Sha’Carri Richardson, 21, after the track and field star was suspended from the Olympic Trials for using marijuana. Even though Sha’Carri came in first during the 100m run at the Olympic Trials, the United States Anti-Doping Agency issued her a one-month suspension, which may prevent her from participating in the same event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, according to The New York Times.
remanded the case back to the Washington State Supreme Court for reconsideration, in case the decision might have been clouded by anti-religious bias.
A new ruling in the ongoing legal battle between Kesha and producer Dr Luke will significantly increase the burden on the latter to prove that the former defamed him by making allegations of rape.Luke’s defamation lawsuit against Kesha is all that remains of a long-running, multi-layered and quite complicated legal battle between the two former musical collaborators, which – along the way – has involved litigation in multiple American states.At the heart of it all is Kesha’s allegation of rape
Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and allowed him to be released from the prison on Wednesday. According to a report in the Times of India, the courts quashed the charges against Bill mentioning that he never should have faced charges after striking a non-prosecution deal with a previous district attorney more than 15 years ago.
In a Brooklyn sentencing hearing that went a lot faster than expected today, Allison Mack has been given three years behind bars for her extreme participation in the NXIVM cult.
Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from practicing law in New York, after a state appellate panel concluded that he made false and misleading statements in connection to his defense of client Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
NEW YORK -- A prominent statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance of The American Museum of Natural History will be removed after years of criticism that it symbolizes colonial subjugation and racial discrimination.The New York City Public Design Commission voted unanimously Monday to relocate the statue, which depicts the former president on horseback with a Native American man and an African man flanking the horse, according to The New York Times.The newspaper said the statue will go to a
Actress Lisa Banes has died aged 65 after being involved in a hit-and-run accident in New York City. The star, best known for playing Marybeth Elliott in Gone Girl, as well as Bonnie in the Tom Cruise film Cocktail, had been in a critical condition in Sinai Morningside hospital following last week's accident.
Pixies have announced a series of US tour dates, culminating in their previously announced support slots with Nine Inch Nails.The 11-date tour takes place this September, beginning in Port Chester, New York before ending up in Tulsa, Oklahoma.“Over the past year, it’s been wonderful to spend so much time with our families,” said Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago said of the tour in a statement.“I’ve been doing a lot of cycling and playing music, Paz has been working on art projects, music, film,