NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. immigration officials said Wednesday that they didn’t publicly disclose the death of a Guatemalan man who had a seizure at a New Jersey detention center because they weren’t notified that he died after they sent him to the hospital. Jose Chajon-Raxon had the seizure July 19, a day after being processed
Lebanon’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc voted against it. The legislation will now go to the cabinet
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war. It is the first conviction against Assad, who fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his
Hannah Einbinder is optimistic about the future of queer cinema after starring in writer/director Jane Schoenbrun‘s latest film, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” “I hope that with the hopeful success of films like this, that [Hollywood] is able to trust queer filmmakers and showrunners more,” Einbinder told Variety at the U.S. premiere of
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” season three. As season three of “House of the Dragon” comes to a close with characteristic fire and blood, showrunner Ryan Condal is already anticipating scrutiny of the next one. In an interview ahead of Sunday’s season three finale, Condal confirmed that HBO’s tentpole “Game of
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. HBO’s “House of the Dragon” ended its third season Sunday with a bang, then a whimper. Following a slew of casualties (including James Norton’s Ormund Hightower) during a massive battle between the Blacks and the