By Patrick Hipes
07.04.2020 - 21:33 / billboard.com
A New York Federal judge has denied R. Kelly’s request to be released from prison due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kelly is awaiting trial in New York on charges of racketeering, transportation to engage in illegal sexual activity, coercion of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity among other charges. He is also awaiting trial in Illinois regarding separate sexual abuse allegations and is currently being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.
“While I am sympathetic to the
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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are reportedly raising money to make a bid for the New York Mets baseball team.
A scene from New York City Pride; this year’s event has been cancelled. (Blade file photo by Michael Key)
Joaquin Phoenix urged the New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to release some prisoners amid the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic. The Hollywood actor put forward his request in a video posted by the Aging People in Prison Campaign’s twitter handle.
George Costanza can really belt it.
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Cheryl Strayed is launching a new podcast in collaboration with The New York Times. The Wild author has reteamed with The Times to release Sugar Calling.
A Nashville Federal judge has denied Spotify’s request to move the copyright infringement case brought by Eminem’s publisher, Eight Mile Style, to their home turf of New York.
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in three days to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' support for those suffering during the coronavirus pandemic goes beyond their public $1 million donation to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada. E! reports this evening that the couple donated $400,000 to four New York hospitals.
The first nurse known to die due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City is Kious Kelly, a gay man who lacked proper protective equipment (PPE). He was 48.
President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, instead directing Saturday night that a "strong Travel Advisory" be issued to stem the spread of the outbreak. The notion of a quarantine had been advocated by governors, including Republican Gov.