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Friday 4 December 2020
Smollett was previously charged with lying to police but they were subsequently dropped.
Shots were fired just after 12.30am (6.30am Irish time).
Kelly was 27 when he married a then 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah in 1994.
The Empire actor says the city should not seek payment from him to cover the cost of the investigation into his claim that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray underlined the confidence within Joe Schmidt’s squad.
Mo Farah finished 8th in the men’s race.
Three children and two adults died in the fire in April.
Police don’t believe Chantell Grant or Andrea Stoudemire were the intended targets of last Friday’s shooting.
The singer was arrested last week on suspicion of having sex with underage girls and recording it.
The counts include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice.
Police say his mother, who was nine-months pregnant, was strangled.
Some charges carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious against him.
The judged ordered that the file be unsealed but it has not yet been released.
The 19 year-old went missing in Chicago almost four weeks ago.
Since 1837, Chicago voters have elected only one black mayor and one female mayor.
The Athea native captured the hearts of the nation with his Late Late Show appearance last September.
Jussie Smollett achieved notoriety after being accused of fabricating a hate crime.
Smollett’s lawyers released a statement today confirming the charges had been dropped.
This time last week, Varadkar was somewhat overshadowed at the Chicago St Patrick’s Day parade.
Varadkar says Ireland is as prepared as any other country for a terror attack.
Varadkar finished off the final leg of his US trip walking in the Chicago parade and taking a boat trip down the river.
Varadkar said he and Pence have very different views on social issues, but says it’s better to engage with people rather than boycott them.
Government officials were left surprised at McGregor’s appearance at the parade.
Earlier this month, the Taoiseach said he supported school students going on strike.
Police say Smollett staged the attack in a bid to gain publicity and a more pay.
Leo Varadkar will also travel to Chicago this year.
In a statement to the media, Smollett’s attorney Mark Geragos criticised the charges as “prosecutorial overkill”.
Bail for the R&B star has been set at $1 million.
Two more women have also accused R Kelly of sexually assaulting them as teens.
The show’s producers said they are placing their trust in the legal system.
Police said today that the Empire actor also sent himself racist and homophobic hate mail.
Detectives were this evening presenting evidence before a Grand Jury in Chicago, a police spokesperson said.
Smollett was hospitalised last month and said he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
The tape is different to one used in a 2008 trial, when Kelly was acquitted on child pornography charges.
Jason Van Dyke fired 16 bullets into the 17-year-old during the confrontation in 2014.
The 2014 killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald triggered months of protests.
The woman said the footage was then uploaded on porn websites.
Four people were shot dead during a shooting at a Chicago hospital yesterday.
Authorities said that the gunmen targeted a woman with whom he was having a relationship.
A thriller awaits at the Aviva Stadium this evening at 7pm.
THIS YEAR HAS given us a lot of unexpected things, but one of the bigger cultural changes of 2020 has been the wide-scale move to working from home.
Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Arlene Vithaldas of the UCC Academy argues that it’s time for society to change its view of a workplace that includes commuting to offices.
Some people have found that working from home has given them more time, because they don’t have to commute both ways or end up getting stuck in the office after hours.
However, others miss the collaborative nature and social aspect of being in the office, as well as the chance to regularly be in urban centres where offices tend to be located.
Today we’re asking: Do you enjoy working remotely?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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