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•STAR TREK ACTOR DENIES KNOWING MAN WHO ACCUSES HIM OF ASSAULT IN 1981 •ACTOR RICHARD DREYFUSS DENIES CLAIM HE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO A WRITE The Star Trek actor and gay rights activist George Takei responded on Saturday to an accusation that he sexually assaulted a young actor nearly 40 years ago. The alleged event "simply did not occur", Takei said. On Friday, Scott R Brunton told the Hollywood Reporter that in 1981, when he was 23, he was invited into Takei's condo in Los Angeles. Brunton implied his drink may have been spiked, saying he passed out and awoke to find Takei trying to strip him and groping his genitals. "This happened a long time ago but I have never forgotten it," he said. The Reporter said "four longtime friends of Brunton" had said he confided to them about the alleged incident "years ago". On Saturday morning, Takei posted a series of statements on Twitter in which he denied knowing Brunton and said he was "shocked and b...

  A Good Minister   A daily devotion for November 12th   From your friends at  RayStedman.org     Read: 1 Timothy 4:6-10       If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed (1 Timothy 4:6).       It is necessary that we clearly understand the phrase Paul uses about Timothy. When he calls him  a good minister of Christ Jesus,  he is not thinking of him as a member of the clergy, like we would think of the pastor of a church standing up in front of a congregation. The word that is used here is actually the word deacon rather than minister-- a good deacon of Jesus Christ.  Even then the word is not referring to Timothy as an officer of the church; rather, it is the word that is commonly translated many places in Scripture as a  servant.  That is what a deacon is--one who serves. Here Paul is using the word in the widest sense possible-- a good servant of Jesu...

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The horrific find was made following the recapture of Hawijah, a town that spent three agonising years under the control of ISIS militants A regional official says at least 400 bodies have been found in mass graves.The mass graves containing at least 400 ISIS execution victims have been discovered in Iraq, it was revealed today. The discoveries were made around the town of Hawijah, which spent three years under the brutal control of ISIS. Some of the bodies were wearing prison uniform while others were still in their civilian clothes, according to reports. Hawijah was liberated by the Iraqi army from the hands of ISIS in October as part of a Western-backed offensive to claw back the territory gained by the jihadists in 2014. Regional governor Rakan Said said the area around Hawijah "turned into an execution ground". Hawija is 150 miles north of Baghdad and had been part of ISIS's caliphate for three years before its liberation. And the true ...

The CIA on Saturday said its director, Mike Pompeo, "stands by" the intelligence community's declassified report that concluded Russia ran an influence campaign aimed at helping President Trump win the White House in 2016. "The director stands by and has always stood by the January 2017 intelligence community assessment entitled: 'Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections.' The intelligence assessment with regard to Russian election meddling has not changed," a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement.   The statement follows President Trump's comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin's repeated denials that Moscow was involved in election interference, as well as a discussion between the two world leaders. The CIA did not comment on Trump's meeting in Vietnam with Putin.   "He said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many t...

Texas church killer Devin Patrick Kelley never should have been able to buy his assault rifle, military brass admitted Monday — acknowledging that the Air Force failed to tell the FBI he had been court-martialed for domestic violence. Under federal law, Kelley's 2012 conviction for beating his wife and cracking his infant stepson's skull should have barred him from possessing any firearms after he served 12 months in the brig and was slapped with a "bad conduct" discharge in 2014 . But the fiend amassed a small arsenal by legally purchasing one weapon a year — two each in Texas and Colorado — between 2014 and 2017, authorities said. The former airman was able to pass mandatory background checks because his military criminal record wasn't entered into the FBI's National Crime Information Center database, the Air Force said in a statement . Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein have ordered "a complete review of...

Magufuli claimed the neighbouring country was not a feeding ground for Kenyan livestock - This was after 1035 cows from Kenya were impounded in Mwanga, Tanzania weeks ago President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania has vowed to take stern action against Kenya pastoralists who trespass into Tanzania in search of pastures for their livestock. Addressing residents of Kagera province on Monday, November 6, Magufuli said Tanzania is not a grazing field for cattle from neighbouring countries. He ordered that cattle from neighbouring countries found in Tanzania be impounded and steps takes according to Tanzanian laws. Magufuli has warned Kenyan pastoralists from trespassing into Tanzania Photo: Clouds FM "Tanzania sio shamba la kuchungia mifugo wa nchi jirani, ndio maana tumeamua kukamata mifugo na kuchukua hatua kwa mujibu wa sheria. Na hata huko nchi jirani wakishika mifugo kutoka Tanzania wachukue hatua za kisheria za nchi hizo (Tanzania is not a grazing field for livestock from neighbo...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested, Adebola Odumosu,a.k.a "bollyray" one of the sons of late self-proclaimed messiah , Jesus of Oyingbo, for reportedly defiling a teenager. Adebola is currently being held at State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, after he allegedly leaked the information of the crime he committed some years ago to a U.K-based blogger, to spite his estranged lover, Folashade "Eloquenza" Olatunji, a business rival to the woman he leaked the information to. It was gathered that Adebola who committed the crime at Alakuko, reportedly procured at least two abortions for the teenager before his lover's family knew but they swept it under the carpet to save the teenager from stigmatization. The Nation reports that Adebola who resorted to blackmailing Folashade by all means and extorting her after their relationship ended over what he did, held his ex-lover's 87-year-old grandmother hostage at a flat r...

Trump: 'Era of strategic patience is over' 00:49 STORY HIGHLIGHTS "Look at what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years," Trump said Abe said that Japan and the US are in "complete agreement" on North Korea (CNN) President Donald Trump  declared Monday the "era of strategic patience is over"  when it comes to the United States' stance toward North Korea  and reaffirmed his use of harsh rhetoric. "Some people said that my rhetoric is very strong," he said during remarks at a joint news conference in Tokyo alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "But look at what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years. Look where we are now." Trump's comments came on his second day in the region, where Trump hopes to reaffirm his tough stance on North Korea and rally allies to endorse his strategy. He achieved that with Abe, who said Monday that he "100%" agreed with Trump's ...

- Babu Owino went on an insulting spree against the President during a Kibra rally. - He reiterated that President Uhuru is the son of a dog and Kenyans must resist him and his Jubilee manifesto - Owino was arrested and jailed for days after he initially used the same insults on Uhuru in September 2017 Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino courted trouble once again on Sunday, November 5, when he led opposition supporters in insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta at a Kibra rally. According to a video seen,in so many words, Babu said that he can now confirm that President Uhuru is the son of a dog (son of a b*tch). "Kibra resist. Kenyans resist. Kenyans power, riaaaa, tialala, tibim. Kenyan, the first thing is that we know the son of a dog. Do you now agree he is the son of a dog or not? (To which the charged crowd responded that he is), Embakasi East MP Babu Owino addressing Kibra residents on Sunday, November 5. Photo: Hon Babu Owino/Facebook. "The second thing is that...

Texas gunman Devin Kelley was involved in a "domestic dispute" with his family and had sent "threatening text messages" to his mother-in-law, who was a parishioner at the church. Kelley opened fire on the congregation, killing 26 people and leaving dozens more seriously hurt. A Texas Department of public safety official said there was a "domestic situation going on" within Kelley's family and his in-laws. The gunman, who was wearing a skull bask and ballistic vest, has "expressed anger towards his mother-in-law", the the public safety official added, The spokesman stressed the shooting was not racially or religiously motivated. A five-year-old boy, Ryland War, was found clinging to life and covered in blood among the church pews after Kelley opened fire and fled. Horrifically, his mum, Joann Ward, and sisters Brooke Ward, also five, and Emily Garza, seven, were shot dead in front of him in the massacre. Another sibling, named as nine-year-old...

A gunman who opened fire in a Texas church was identified as a 26-year-old former Air Force serviceman from near San Antonio, as the toll in what was called the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history climbed to 26. Authorities didn't identify the attacker during a news conference Sunday night, but two other officials — one a U.S. official and one in law enforcement — identified him as Devin Kelley. Kelley is suspected of opening fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunda morning, killing 26 people ranging in ages from 5 years old to 72. A US official said Kelley lived in a suburb of San Antonio and that he doesn't appear to be linked to organized terrorist groups. The official said investigators are looking at social media posts Kelley may have made in the days before Sunday's attack, including one that appeared to show an AR-15 semiautomatic weapon. A law enforcement official confirmed his identity. In a brief statement, the Pentago...

The United States was in mourning Monday after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire with an assault rifle on the congregation of a small-town Texas church, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the nation's latest shooting massacre. Five weeks after the worst shooting in modern US history US President Donald Trump said the nation was living in "dark times," and ordered flags be flown half-staff at the White House and federal buildings in the aftermath of the most recent tragedy. Trump added that guns were not to blame for Sunday's carnage, which came just five weeks after the worst mass shooting in modern US history. "I think that mental health is your problem here," said the US president, speaking in Tokyo as part of his Asia tour. "This was a very — based on preliminary reports — a very deranged individual." "This isn't a guns situation," Trump insisted, calling it "a mental health problem at the highest level....

Texas church gunman Devin Kelley tried to get a license to carry a gun in Texas, but the state denied him, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, citing the director of Texas' Department of Public Safety. "So how was it that he was able to get a gun? By all the facts that we seem to know, he was not supposed to have access to a gun," Abbott told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "So how did this happen?" At least eight members of the same family were among the 26 people killed Sunday when a man armed with a rifle burst into the sanctuary of a church in Texas and started firing. The mass shooting left about 20 others wounded at the  First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs , about 30 miles east of San Antonio. Photos:   Sutherland Springs church shooting Show Caption 9 of 15 Photos:   Sutherland Springs church shooting Show Caption 10 of 15 Photos:   Sutherland Springs church shooting Show Caption 11 of 15 Photos:   Sutherland Springs church shooting Show Caption 12 of 15 Photos:  ...