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A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed a lawsuit by 60 former professional wrestlers , many of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head trauma including concussions that led to long-term brain damage. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant in Hartford threw out the lawsuit Monday, saying many of the claims were frivolous or filed after the statute of limitations expired.
A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed a lawsuit by 60 former professional wrestlers, many of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head trauma including concussions that led to long-term brain damage. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant in Hartford threw out the lawsuit Monday, saying many of the claims were frivolous or filed after the statute of limitations expired.
Tired of negative coverage, US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that he was ready to take his battles with the news media a step further by revoking journalists' credentials. "The Fake News is working overtime.
In May, on the eve of Greg Gianforte's special congressional election, the Montana politician " body-slammed " inquiring news reporter Ben Jacobs and began " punching " him, according to Jacobs and other witnesses. Medics treated the battered journalist, and the county sheriff cited Gianforte for misdemeanor assault.
In this photo provided by ToniAnne Campasano Alvino, people at Gilbo Beach, N.Y., on Long Island watch the action after on the water after a Robinson R 44 helicopter made an emergency ocean landing Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Shane McMahon, the son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon, was a passenger on the aircraft, and neither he, nor the pilot were hurt.
A helicopter carrying the son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon made an emergency landing in the ocean off New York. Shane McMahon, also a WWE executive, was the passenger in the Robinson R 44 helicopter that came down in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island's Gilgo Beach on Wednesday.
If President Donald Trump's recent attacks on television personalities, journalists and political rivals feel like something straight out of the pro wrestling circuit, it may not be a coincidence. Wrestling aficionados say the president, who has a long history with the game, has borrowed the time-tested tactics of the squared circle to cultivate the ultimate antihero character, a figure who wins at all costs, incites outrage and follows nobody's rules but his own.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. >> In his latest jab at the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit - his face obscured by the CNN logo - outside a wrestling ring.
In his latest jab at the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit - his face obscured by the CNN logo - outside a wrestling ring. It was not immediately clear who produced the brief video, which appears to be a doctored version of Trump's 2007 appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. The 28-second clip was posted on Trump's official Twitter account, with the message: "#FraudNewsCNN #FNN."
Donald Trump's homeland security adviser said a Twitter video posted by the president depicting him body-slamming and choking a representation of the news network CNN wasn't meant as a threat to journalists. Thomas Bossert spoke on ABC's "This Week" shortly after Trump posted the video to his 33 million personal Twitter followers, and hours after the president lambasted the media during an appearance in Washington meant to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day holiday.
For many Americans, Sunday morning is a time for prayer, reflection, and a way forward to make the world a better place. For many, the Fourth of July weekend represents a time to celebrate America's freedoms.
You can learn a lot from one largely overlooked confirmation hearing. And WWE mogul Linda McMahon's confirmation hearing Tuesday morning-she's been selected to run the Small Business Administration-was nothing if not largely overlooked.