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[ad_1] Kamala Harris was spotted at The Polo Bar in Manhattan on Sunday evening. Former vice president Kamala Harriswas spotted at New York's hotspot on Sunday night as she went on a dinner date with husband Doug Emhoff at The Polo Bar in Midtown Manhattan. What started a row over this was the huge entourage of policemen who were on security duty for the former VP and the former second husband.Apart from 25 secret Service agents, there were NYPD officers either flanking the couple or waiting outside where four bulletproof cars and three additional SUVs were stationed."Secret Service is fine; NYPD, no. NYPD needs to protect the people, we don't have enough of them," Republican NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Silwa said to DailyMail.com. "She's going to a bar to enjoy herself, and she's got an army of security paid for […]

[ad_1] Bandna Bhatti, a 21-year-old data science student of UC Berkeley was left paralyzed after a catastrophic fall at university frat house. A senior student of the University of California, Berkeley, Bandna Bhatti, has been left paralyzed from her waist down after she fell from a metal staircase at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house during a party. The Indian-origin family has reached out for help on GoFundMe and raised over $97,000 for Bhatti's treatment.Her family is hopeful that she will be able to walk again. But the tragedy took place on April 29, weeks before her graduation in data science.How did Bandna fall? Why there's a police investigation going onThe incident took place during the day when her frat house was hosting a party on 'Cal Day' when the campus is thrown open to prospective students. According to reports, […]

[ad_1] Not only UK royal watchers, US commentators are also hating on Prince Harry for his explosive interview against the family. Prince Harry's explosive BBC interview in which he accused the Royal Family of targeting him and his wife, Meghan Markle, did not go down well in the UK. Royal watchers in the UK wondered why he's still the prince and why he wants Royal Family security even after relinquishing his Royal duties.US commentators, too, are neither being kind, though he is a US resident now. Right-wing commentator Megyn Kelly suggested that probably Prince Harry should use the huge amount of money that got from Spotify or Netflix -- to pay for his own security."Maybe he should use his $150m from Spotify/Netflix to … pay for his own security? Like every other famous person in America?" Kelly wrote. After losing […]

[ad_1] Mahendra Patel's bond hearing is scheduled tomorrow - after he spent over 40 days in Georgia jail. Mahendra Patel, the 56-year-old Indian-American engineer, who was arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping, has spent 43 days behind bar. As his bail hearing is set for Tuesday, May 6, his lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant claimed that he was charged without any evidence and she has the surveillance video that shows what actually happened at the Georgia Walmart store in March. Caroline Miller, A woman with a two-year-old son accused Patel of assaulting and attempting to kidnap the child at the Walmart store. A grand jury indicted Patel and sent him to Georgia's Cobb County jail without bond. His lawyer released the surveillance video and claimed that it was not a kidnapping or attempted kidnapping; Patel was just trying to make sure that […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump's sons traveled across the world in the past two weeks striking major business deals. Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trumpspent the past two weeks pursuing a 'blitz of family moneymaking ventures' in Dubai, Saudi Arabia , Qatar and also in the US, New York Times reported, accusing them of capitalizing on President Donald Trump's name and power.The new ventures will benefit President Trump himself, the report said. But the White House rejected that there are any ethics issues or any conflicts of interest asDon Jr and Eric Trump manage Trump's businesses and have been doing so for a long time now. Donald Trump Jr said he has been a businessman his entire life, unlike Hunter Biden, who sold paintings when Joe Biden was the president. “It’s laughable that the left-wing media thinks that I should lock myself […]

[ad_1] Photos of Barron Trump's toy room when he was a kid go viral as Donald Trump says two dolls are enough. The photos of a young Barron Trump's toy room went viral after his father President Donald Trump said two dolls are enough and no one needs 30 dolls. The president's remarks were in the context of tariffs impacting American families as prices are soaring -- including even the prices of toys. "Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. You know, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally. But, we're not talking about something that we have to go out of our way," Trump said, suggesting that Americans do not need many of the Chinese things that will become costly owing to the tariffs. White […]

[ad_1] Stephen Miller is at the top of the totem pole to become the national security adviser, President Trump said. President Donald Trump hinted that he may make Stephen Millerhis national security adviser as he described him at the 'top of the totem pole' as various names are being considered for the crucial post that Mike Waltz held. The man of many jobs, secretary of state Marco Rubio, is the acting NSA but he will not hold the post long as the search for a full-time NSA is on.And Stephen Miller is the frontrunner -- not only rumors, Trump has also lent some credibility to these speculations.Stephen Miller is a horrible human being, says former colleagueOlivia Troye, who served as homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to former vice president Mike Pence, said Stephen Miller is such a person who has […]

[ad_1] (Picture Courtesy: Facebook) As jury selection begins today in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, all eyes are on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where the first steps of a high-stakes legal process are unfolding.Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that include sex trafficking, transporting individuals across state lines for prostitution, and directing a criminal enterprise, will face a jury whose selection process reflects the gravity and complexity of the case.What is jury selection?In the United States federal judicial system, jury selection—known formally as voir dire—is the initial phase of a criminal trial where attorneys for both the prosecution and defence, along with the presiding judge, question prospective jurors to assess their impartiality. The goal: to seat a fair and unbiased jury of 12 […]

[ad_1] A 21-year-old Indian student in the US was arrested in North Carolina for allegedly impersonating a "federal agent" to scam a 78-year-old woman.The accused, identified as Kishan Kumar Singh, was taken into custody by deputies from the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office after the woman reported receiving phone calls from individuals claiming to be deputies with the GCSO as well as federal agents.“Sheriff Danny H Rogers reports that deputies arrested 21-year-old Kishan Kumar Singh, an international student from India, after he tried to scam a 78-year-old woman by pretending to be law enforcement,” the sheriff’s office said in an official statement.PollDo you think impersonating a federal agent should result in severe legal consequences?"The victim was told her bank accounts were compromised and was pressured into withdrawing a large amount of money for ‘safekeeping.’ Deputies arrested Singh when he showed up […]

[ad_1] Israel has drawn up a fresh Gaza plan, which includes a "conquest" of the Palestinian territory, an official said on Monday."The plan will include, among other things, the conquest of the Gaza Strip and the holding of the territories, moving the Gaza population south for their protection," news agency AFP quoted the official as saying.According to the official, Israel's security cabinet, which includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several ministers, "unanimously approved" the plan, which is aimed at defeating Hamas, the Islamist group which controls Gaza.The strategy also includes "powerful strikes" against Hamas, he added.Additionally, the Israeli cabinet approved the "possibility of humanitarian distribution" in Gaza, which has been under a full Israeli blockade since March 2.The Netanyahu-led cabinet concluded there was "currently enough food" in the territory, although humanitarian organisations and United Nations agencies have repeatedly warned of […]