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Keoni Ching, of Vancouver, Washington, just wanted to make a significant contribution to “Kindness Week” at his school Benjamin Franklin Elementary. Inspired by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, who donated over $27,000 last year to cover students’ lunch debt, Ching decided that he wanted to extend that type of kindness to his own classmates by selling custom key chains because, as […]
Donald Trump is getting criticized after a video of him joking, fidgeting, pointing, and pretending to conduct the music while the national anthem played during his Super Bowl LIV watch party at Trump International Golf Club in Florida surfaced online. Said footage was posted by a real estate agent who works for a Russian-American firm, the Miami Herald reported. Trump caught […]
The U.S.’s cancer rate dropped 2.2 percent between 2016 and 2017, the sharpest one-year dip in cancer mortality ever recorded. According to American Cancer Society’s new report, the rate has dropped 29 percent since 1991, which means there have been around 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than would have happened if the rate had stayed […]
As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans have been detained at the Canadian border. As the New York Times reports, dozens of people were reportedly held for hours at the Washington state border to Canada. America’s Department of Homeland Security recently increased security at border ports across the country […]
One of Iran’s most powerful political figures, General Qassem Soleimani, was killed in an airstrike carried out by U.S. forces on Thursday. The air raids occurred near Baghdad International airport, and Iranian Quds Force commander Soleimani was among the 10 people killed. He is considered to be the second-most powerful figure in Iran behind Supreme […]
American airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia in Iraq spurred protests, with activists descending upon the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Per CNN, sources said they witnessed an attempted break-in at the location, with security officials reported as having fired tear gas “to repel the attack.” Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) is said to have inspired the largest amount of […]
Following the release of his final album Born 2 Rap, the Game stopped by Big Boy TV to discuss everything from Donald Trump to Nipsey Hussle. Around the 10-minute mark of the interview, the Compton rapper explained that JAY-Z did, in fact, help convince Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine keep him on Aftermath Entertainment after he heard […]
A Purdue University student visited a CVS Pharmacy location near his dorm in West Lafayette, Indiana last month when—upon attempting to purchase Mucinex—his Puerto Rican driver’s license was questioned by an employee. Even after explaining that Puerto Ricans are American citizens and presenting his passport, both the employee in question and a manager “refused to […]
Redman has dropped a poignant new visual for his new single “Black Man in America.” The Redman-directed video, which features Pressure and in collaboration with Riveting Entertainment, shows a number of scenarios that black men face on a regular basis, including a police chase, a riot, and vandalism. Redman raps: “This black man made it in […]
As Gregg Popovich prepares to lead Team USA into international competition at the FIBA World Cup, he took time to explain why Colin Kaepernick is a true patriot. After Team USA wrapped up their practice, Popovich was asked his opinion on America’s diversity and what patriotism means to him. This led to a discussion about Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 […]
