Cosby's appeal has been rejected, image via Star Tribune
International

Bill Cosby to serve full sentence, appeal rejected

Bill Cosby has lost the appeal to overturn his sexual assault conviction despite the fact that his defense team argued on 8 separate issues, many of the technicalities. The judge who passed the ruling said that the trial was a sign that no one is above the law. Cosby can now go to the Supreme Court to consider his appeal.

trial rape sexual-harassment bill-cosby sexual-abuse cosby

Wed Dec 11 - APNews

Related Articles

COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford shows positive results
International
COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford shows positive results

A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has produced a promising immune response in a large, early-stage human trial, according to newly released data published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. The researchers are calling their experimental vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222)

vaccine trial oxford coronavirus

Mon Jul 20 - CNBC
Johnson & Johnson to produce 1 billion coronavirus vaccines
International
Johnson & Johnson to produce 1 billion coronavirus vaccines

Paul Stoffels, Chief Scientific Officer of healthcare giant Johnson and Jonhson said that the company is looking to produce around 1 billion coronavirus vaccines by next year. “We are upscaling manufacturing, and we start producing in the late year with the aim to deliver 1 billion vaccines next year,” Stoffels said. Clinical trials will start in September this year, he added

trial johnsonjohnson coronavirus vaccines

Sun May 10 - TheHill
Famous Australian painter Anthony Lister charged on four counts of rape. Image via Daily Mercury.
International
Iconic Australian artist Anthony Lister has been charged with rape

The famous 40-year-old Australian painter Anthony Lister, who was included in Complex Art and Design's list of most influential street artists of all time, has been charged with the rape of four women and will remain in prison for eight weeks while he awaits his trial. Lister has also been charged with possession of drugs and firearms, with the alleged rapes occurring between 2015 and 2018.

australia art drugs prison design trial women rape charge complex firearms artist anthony-lister painter street influential possession

Wed Mar 11 - TheGuardian
Online petition filed against Pornhub for featuring videos of rape and abuse. Image via The Independent.
International
Outrage against Pornhub for hosting rape and abuse videos

Pornhub, owned by Canadian Internet porn company MindGeek and the largest pornographic website in the world with over 42 billion annual visits, is being targeted by an online petition which criticizes the website's problematic management of the 6 million videos uploaded to it each year, many of which may feature incidences of rape and abuse or non-consensual sex.

sex internet canada online abuse rape petition non-consensual pornhub pornographic mindgeek upload

Mon Mar 09 - TheGuardian