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Violent crimes against Asian Americans have dramatically surged over the past year, particularly in metropolitan areas like San Francisco and New York City. The disturbing incidents have understandably ignited fear throughout the nation, so much so that many AAPIs have been hesitant to take public transportation, fearing they may be targeted in a racist or xenophobic attack. “Last […]
NASA is investigating a string of “Marsquakes” that have been detected on the Red Planet, in the hopes that they could provide info about potential surface landslides or underground volcanos. The tremors were detected by the space agency’s InSight lander, which touched down on our planetary neighbor back in November 2018. Insight’s purpose is to learn more about […]
A man who is suspected of stealing paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals is now behind bars. According to New York Times, Dutch authorities arrested the 58-year-old unidentified man Tuesday morning at his home in Baarn, Netherlands. The suspect is accused of stealing Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” from the Singer Laren museum during an […]
Gunna’s week got off to a rocky start. The Atlanta rapper hit up Instagram on Monday claiming he was involved in a hit-and-run collision. Gunna shared a video of his beige Lamborghini Urus, which had a large dent on the driver’s side door and left passenger door; the latter of which couldn’t even close properly. Gunna […]
On Tuesday, Zachary Horwitz, a small-time actor, was arrested in Los Angeles for his alleged involvement in a massive Ponzi scheme, according to The LA Times. Authorities say that the 34-year-old Horwitz defrauded investors out of $227 million by peddling fake licensing deals with HBO, Netflix, and others. Horwitz has appeared in films using the name […]
Yahoo Answers is coming to an end. Nearly 16 years after its inception, the amusing and often frustrating Q&A platform will permanently shut down on May 4. Yahoo announced the move in a note to users this week, laying out a timeline for the upcoming changes. “While we could not have been prouder of what we accomplished […]
Heinz confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday that the company will expand its efforts to address an unlikely byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted restaurants and fast food chains across the United States: a ketchup packet shortage. Manufacturing lines will be increased by about 25 percent to produce more than 12 billion packets a year. In […]
A longtime fan (and now enemy) of Diet Coke, former President Donald Trump was spotted this week with what appears to be a bottle of the beverage, just days after encouraging his supporters to boycott the company. The boycott comes after Coca-Cola Company CEO James Quincey said that he doesn’t support legislation in Georgia that “makes it harder for […]
A Kanye West documentary is coming to Netflix after the streaming service acquired it for upwards of $30 million, Billboard reports. The multi-part project, which will feature never-before-seen archival footage of Ye and material 21 years in-the-making, comes from Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, the duo known as Coodie and Chike. They co-directed Ye’s 2003 “Through the Wire” […]
The son of a California man who died after an amateur taco eating contest has filed a lawsuit against the event’s organizers. The Fresno Bee reports that 18-year-old Marshall Hutchings is suing Fresno Sports and Events LLC—owners of the Fresno Grizzlies—for negligence, saying his 41-year-old father, Dana Hutchings wasn’t aware of the competition’s risks. The […]
