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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed General John Hyten to be the second-highest ranking U.S. military official, a day after he denied sexual assault allegations against him. The vote was 20-7 in favor of Hyten being the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hyten, the outgoing commander of the U.S. military’s Strategic Command, must still be confirmed by the full Senate. A date for that vote has not been announced. Hyten...

Three sisters around age 30 shouted homophobic slurs at a man while one of them attacked him with a hammer. But a judge has let the sisters avoid jail because “it was in the best interests of their children for them not to serve prison sentences.” The hell? It’s a little complicated, but stay with us. On August 11, 2018, Louise, Leanne and Samantha Whelan (ages 29, 32 and 33, respectively) were driving to their mother’s house when they saw Katie Cunningham,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the second-highest ranking U.S. military officer categorically denied sexual assault allegations against him at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. “Nothing happened, ever,” said Air Force General John Hyten, who would become the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff if confirmed. The full-throated denial by Hyten followed a U.S. Air Force investigation that did not substantiate the allegations against him by an Army colonel who was formerly...

A trans woman in Sydney, Australia named Evie Amati has received a nine-year prison sentence after attacking three strangers with an axe in and near a 7-Eleven convenience store. Amati reportedly attacked the men after a Tinder date in January 2017. She said her date shamed her for being a trans woman. So she subsequently ingested alcohol and drugs before messaging her date, “One day I’m going to kill a lot of people… For hating something so innocent.” An hour...

Three men are accusing a Presbyterian minister in New Jersey of sexually assaulting them under the guise of exorcising evil spirits. The men claim Rev. Dr. William Weaver performed sex acts on them when they came to him for private counseling at Linden Presbyterian Church. The 69-year-old would allegedly tell the men that he needed to “suck” out demons through their semen, citing Native American rituals and a verse from Ephesians telling Christians to “put on the full armor of God.” According...

A 22-year-old gay man was viciously attacked on Sunday morning (14 July) in Preston, England. Ryan Williams – who works as a receptionist in Lancashire – was headed to a McDonald’s after a night of partying when he was approached by the homophobic assailants, who left him with facial damage so severe he was taken to hospital. “We were called following reports of an assault in Friargate, Preston,” said local police. “A man in his 20s had been punched by another...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on Thursday pledged the nation’s backlog of rape kits needing review would be processed by the end of her first four-year term if elected president. Harris estimated she would invest $1 billion to eliminate the backlog, which she said would cover an estimated 225,000 kits that remain untested. Rape kits are collected when a victim reports an assault and DNA or other physical evidence is collected. State...

A US man is charged with shooting two men because they were gay, according to prosecutors. Detroit man Demetris Nelson, 26, is accused of attempting to rob and then shooting Brian Anderson, 31, and Malcolm Drake, 26, on Saturday. Anderson died of his wounds while Drake was critically wounded. Nelson used the Grindr dating app to target, contact and find the two men, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. Grindr is a popular dating app for gay men. (AAP) Detroit Police arrested...

Indya Moore goes for the MAGA hat of an angry Trump supporter on the NYC streets.AND THE CATEGORY IS: INDYA MOORE IS NOT HAVING IT!!!! Indya Moore, star of FX’s ‘Pose’ recently got into a scuffle with a rambunctious Trump support on the Streets on New York City.  In a video seemingly shot by the man in the altercation, Moore can be seen attempting to confiscate a large Trump 2020 banner from the sidewalk allegedly in front of the studio where...

Melania Geymonat (right) and girlfriend Chris after being attacked on a London night bus / Image via Facebook & Melania GeymonatAnother same-sex couple was attacked on a London bus, and this time its because they wouldn’t kiss in front of strangers. The lesbian couple was traveling home from a date in Camden on May 30. They then caught the unwanted attention of four men, one who spoke Spanish and the others with British accents. ...

Jefferson Anderson Feijo da Cruz recovered from a coma after an attack but is unable to walk or speak. Screenshot via Facebook video “Quero contar sobre alguém pra vocês.”I will never understand how certain people are so filled with contempt for people who are different from them, but apparently, this hate does exist and it often manifests itself into the form of physical violence. Jefferson Anderson Feijo da Cruz, 22, was a victim of such hate as he fell...

Disturbing video of a woman on a London Underground verbally assaulting a man “because he is gay” has been making the rounds online. The incident happened Monday at around 5:30 a.m. at the start of the morning rush hour. The clip was submitted to MailOnline by an anonymous tipster and shows the woman screaming homophobic abuse at a male passenger. “Because you’re gay, even more I’m going to violate you!” the women, who appears to be intoxicated, shouts in the man’s face. When...

His loved ones say 28-year-old Trevor Gray isn't actually gay, but "it wouldn't matter if he were." A 28-year-old man in Mississippi was brutally beaten up because his assailants thought he was gay. According to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, Trevor Gray, who’d recently moved back to his home region of Wayne County, went out to a local bar in hopes of making new friends last week. His Friday night took a turn for the worse when two fellow patrons—Landon McCaa, 32,...

After Brandon Michael Wiley assaulted a 39-year-old man in Tennessee last July, he bragged about the attack on social media, sharing bloody selfies and claiming that his victim had sexually assaulted him. ‘Mr. Wiley had sent out several photos of himself covered in blood and was bragging about beating up a gay man for grabbing his penis,” said police in their report, as reported by the Daily News Journal. Eyewitnesses, as well as surveillance video, made it clear that Wiley...