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Accused sexual abuser R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis - a singer notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago - saying they were both geniuses, a witness at Kelly's Brooklyn trial testified Thursday. A woman who only went by 'Stephanie' said she was 17 during her six-month relationship in 1999 with the then 32-year-old Kelly.  She testified about remembering a conversation with the R&B artist and two others when he said he preferred 'young girls' and questioned why 'people make such a big deal of it.' 'Look at Jerry Lee Lewis,' she said, quoting Kelly, now 54, as saying, referring to the influential rock and roll pioneer who controversially married his 13-year-old second cousin in the 1950s. R. Kelly, seen here in a court sketch at federal trial in Brooklyn, once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis - a singer notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago 'He's a genius and I'm a genius. We sh...

A family says a Kansas man who needed critical care following a routine procedure died waiting for a spot in the ICU because too many COVID patients were taking up beds.   Robert Van Pelt, 44, died after waiting three days for an ICU bed to open up after he flatlined while undergoing a routine medical procedure under light sedation, his family said in a GoFundMe set up to help pay for funeral expenses.  After going several minutes without oxygen Van Pelt was revived and had to be life-flighted to the nearest emergency hospital with a cardiac team but was not able to get immediate care because COVID patients took up too many hospital beds.   Robert Van Pelt, 44, died after waiting three days for an ICU bed to open up after he flatlined while undergoing a routine medical procedure under light sedation Robert Van Pelt's family is mourning the father and husband after he could not find an open ICU bed due to an influx of COVID-19 patients filling up hospitals  COVID deaths in Kansas h...

Twelve people have died and at least 50 people have been injured following a series of  explosions at an arms depot in southern Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country's emergencies ministry has said. An official statement said emergency services workers and military staff were among victims of the blasts at an in the southern region of Jambyl yesterday.  Nearby villages were evacuated by authorities while emergency services attended to the wounded, and rail links to the city of Almaty were closed. A video shared on the Telegram messaging app showed a column of smoke billowing from a fire before a powerful explosion sent flames shooting out.  While the initial death toll was nine, a search by rescue workers uncovered the bodies of a further three staff who had been helping to put out the fire which began on Thursday evening.     Spokesman Talgat Uali said that the operation to put out the fire is now continuing.     Twelve people have died and at least 50 people have been injured f...

The hunt is on for the men who orchestrated the terror attack on Kabul airport that killed at least 170 people including 13 US troops, after Joe Biden warned 'we will hunt you down and make you pay'.  Early suspicion is likely to fall on Khalil Haqqani, the self-appointed head of security at Kabul airport who has links to ISIS-K - the splinter group which has claimed responsibility for the deadly blast. Along with his nephews Sirajuddin and Anas, Khalil helps to run the Haqqani network which is designated a terrorist organisation by the US and responsible for some of the deadliest and highest-profile attacks within Afghanistan over the course of America's 20-year war. Though it is part of the Taliban, observers believe the Haqqani network - based in Afghanistan's east, with rumoured bases across the border in Pakistan - enjoys a great deal of autonomy due to its fearsome reputation. That means, unlike the rest of the Taliban which is ideologically opposed to ISIS, the H...

Over 40% of Jewish students say they or someone they know has been physically threatened for being Jewish, according to a new survey. Respondents gave accounts of being spat on, told to pick up pennies, being 'beaten up' by frats because they were Jewish, a Swastika carved into a Jewish student's dorm room door, and a student body president telling a Jewish student 'all Jewish men look alike and are ugly'. DailyMail.com exclusively obtained a copy of the shocking results from the poll of 506 students and alumni of US universities conducted by anti-bigotry organization Alums for Campus Fairness . A staggering 95% percent of Jewish college students and recent graduates who answered the survey felt that anti-Semitism is a problem on their campuses. Nearly 80% of Jewish students and recent graduates said they were the target of offensive or threatening anti-Semitic comments or knew someone who had been targeted. 44% of students and recent grads said either someone they ...

President Joe Biden's national security team warned the president on Friday that another terror attack was 'likely' in Kabul as the White House continued to grapple with the fallout from a suicide attack that killed 13 American service personnel a day earlier. Biden spent the morning huddled with his national security team in the situation room receiving updates from commanders in the field. He was briefed on plans to attack ISIS-K leaders, the Islamic State offshoot believed to be responsible for the killings. 'They advised the president and vice president that another terror attack in Kabul is likely, but that they are taking maximum force protection measures at the Kabul Airport,' said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. A little later Biden promised U.S. troops would continue the 'worthy' mission to evacuate American nationals and Afghan allies despite the danger.  He paid tribute to the lives lost as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...