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Criticisms have included the fact that making Juneteenth a national holiday does not solve material problems like police brutality. Zellie Imani, a teacher, blogger, and activist, said: “We didn’t ask for Juneteenth to be observed as a national holiday, we wanted an end to police violence.” Twitter user @MajorPhilebrity said: “The humor of America making Juneteenth a national holiday when they’re banning people from teaching about it in schools is not lost on me”...

Since 1997, Disney has produced film adaptations of their theme park attractions, over a dozen in total, some of which have become beloved classics, while others are despised or forgotten. Among successes and failures, what makes the difference, and where might Jungle Cruise land on the scale? RELATED: Halle Bailey Shares Adorable Fan Art Of Her Upcoming Little Mermaid Role The first film based on a theme park ride was Tower of Terror in 1997, adapted from the famed drop tower ride which debuted three years earlier....

One moon, Europa, looks potentially more hospitable to life than desolate Mars. Dark bands on its surface are cracks in the icy crust much like those seen in ice floes on Earth’s polar seas. The new pictures show that in places, fragments have rotated away from each other, which could mean that there’s something slippery underneath – either warm ice or water. Scientists already know that Europa has the other factors necessary for life: organic molecules and heat below the surface....

The trial against Smollett began this week in Chicago after the 39-year-old former Empire actor was accused of staging the fake attack and filing false police reports. Smollett, who is Black and gay, made national headlines in 2019 when he said he was the victim of a violent hate crime by two Nigerian brothers who supported then-President Donald Trump. But the two brothers told police the incident was staged, and investigators arrested Smollett shortly after....

Despite its age, Suikodenremains one of the most ambitious JRPG series on any platform. The series spans many generations and has alternate dimensions. Thankfully, each title works as a standalone without prior knowledge of its predecessors, but to play the Suikoden series as a whole to appreciate what the JRPG has to offer. Hopefully, Konami will remaster the rest of the series after Suikoden 1 and 2. In the meantime, there are other JRPGs that fans of deep political stories, strong character development, and world-building should consider....

The rear of Montoya’s car came loose and he hit the wall in Turn 2. MORE: NASCAR misses Montoya, but he doesn’t miss it | Coke 600 lineup Montoya said that the car just came around on him. He was checked at the track medical center, cleared and released. “Yeah, I am okay,” he said. “People do a lot of dumb things on a restart and we were just being careful, trying to make up some ground....

The trial, originally scheduled to begin on Dec. 1, 2015, will now start on Jan. 19. Prosecutors are seeking to obtain further evidence from a law firm that had previously represented Hernandez, according to the Associated Press. MORE: Aaron Hernandez timeline | Photos from investigation Hernandez, convicted in April of the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, is facing charges of killing two men in 2012. Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado were gunned down on June 16, 2012, in Boston’s South End....

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton on Friday ruled against Judicial Watch’s quest to halt a motion for summary judgement in their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of State. The conservative group was seeking records related to a video advertisement titled “A Message from the President of the United States Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.” During court proceedings last week, Walton reportedly expressed considerable skepticism over the group’s suggestion that the State Department, now under the administration of President Donald Trump, was being less than thorough or truthful in their effort to produce the documents....

On Friday, Florida District Court Judge Donald Middlebrooks dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against Clinton that was filed in March alleging that Clinton accused him of colluding with Russia prior to the 2016 presidential election. The ruling dismissing the suit said that Trump’s complaint “is neither short nor plain, and it certainly does not establish that [Trump] is entitled to any relief.” “The amended complaint alleges that the defendants ’engaged in a calculated scheme to defraud the news media, law enforcement, and counterintelligence officials for the purpose of proliferating a false narrative of collusion between Trump and Russia,’” Middlebrooks said in the ruling....

Blank stares. “Do you have any idea who this is?” More stares. Finally, a girl raised her hand. “Britney Spears?” Kennedy, 45, laughs as she tells this story, and you can see the laugh lines crinkling around her eyes. “I was very flattered, actually. I thought that was great.” For someone whose family “secrets” are still the subject of tabloid exposes, there’s something luxurious about not being recognized. And much of the time, Kennedy can get away with being just another New York mom on the crosstown bus....

Activision and Raven Software continue to try and stem the tide of cheating, turning to ban waves to primarily handle the job of removing cheaters. Activision has also gotten creative in its fight against hackers by taking down YouTube videos highlighting or advertising Call of Duty: Warzone hacks and cheats. Even with all these moves, the game being free to play means there’s a constant struggle to keep these players out....

The news comes from Collider, who is reporting that the character, who was originally played by Cameron Thor in the original movie, will now be played by Campbell Scott. More recently, Scott played Peter Parker’s father Richard Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man film franchise. RELATED: Jurassic Park Remade in Far Cry 5 According to Collider, Dodgson is now the CEO of Biosyn Genetics, a corporation that has, so far, never been officially named within the Jurassic Park films, although fans of the original novel may recognize that name as the company Dodgson works for....

The audit report, which was published on Thursday, began in June 2020 as the Justice Department reviewed the use of “body-worn cameras” among ATF and FBI agents, as well as law enforcement officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United States Marshals Service (USMS), which the report referred to collectively as “the Components.” Although the report noted that the federal agencies had made progress toward implementing body-worn cameras, it said that they were still unprepared for full implementation....

The Bears quarterback has come alive in recent weeks, utilizing his legs more to help open up the Chicago offense. Coincidentally, it was on a running play in the fourth quarter that left Fields injured, and his status for Week 12 in doubt. While head coach Matt Eberflus said that Fields is listed as “day-to-day” with the left (non-throwing) shoulder injury, there’s some skepticism as to how bad the injury may have been....

That makes the Milwaukee Bucks’ miraculous fourth-quarter comeback win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday all that much more important. MORE: Watch NBA games live with Sling TV (3-day free trial) The Heat were in the driver’s seat, leading by 14 points on the road with just over six minutes to play in the final frame. They even led by four points – with the ball – with just 34 seconds on the clock after Bam Adebayo knocked down a clutch midrange pull-up and Giannis Antetokounmpo missed a layup....

Ironically, each one of the current United attackers have been seen previously tearing apart Wenger’s teams; right from the recent exploits of Van Persie, to Rooney’s wizardry from the age of 16, and also including the recent addition of Mata and the inconsistent Ashley Young. Though both Rooney and RVP have just returned from injuries and do not look in touch, and Mata still needs to settle in, the trio looks ominous against a side that conceded 4 goals within 18 minutes of a game....

The attorneys for Brandon Vandenburg and Corey Batey had motioned for the mistrial after it was discovered that one juror in the case had not mentioned that he had been a victim of statutory rape. MORE: Diddy claims self-defense in kettleball attack | LSU player charged with hitting woman “The defendants have a right to a fair and impartial trial, a right that was violated by Juror No. 9’s misconduct,” Judge Monte Watkins said in his ruling, according to The Tennessean....

Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen was first serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in March 2018, collecting 21 tankobon manga volumes as of December 2022. The manga got quite popular and was picked up by MAPPA for an anime adaptation, with the anime’s first season having released in October 2020, followed by a movie in December 2021. Following this, the series is set to premiere its second season in the summer of 2023....