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ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly killed in a US military raid conducted in northwest Syria on Saturday, CNN reports. Here’s the @CNN bulletin: “ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, according to a senior US defense official […]
The New York Police Department has agreed to pay a hefty settlement to Karim Baker, a Fed Ex driver who unknowingly gave directions to a suspected cop killer. The New York Daily News reports Baker sued the city months after he was allegedly beaten by two detectives. According to the outlet, the case stemmed from the murders of […]
There are a ton of things that can get political ads removed from Facebook. Outright lying isn’t one of them, however. A new report from BuzzFeed News found that over 150 ads had been removed for employing fake button graphics, leading to bad landing pages or containing profanity. “Facebook has removed more than 160 ads […]
According to the New York Times, a video combining photoshopped heads/media logos with the church massacre scene from Kingsman: The Secret Service was shown during a conference held for Trump supporters this past week at Trump’s Miami resort, Trump National Doral Miami. Simply summarized: the clip had Trump’s face superimposed over Kingman’s protagonist prior to gunning […]
California passed the Fair Pay to Play Act earlier this month, allowing athletes who play for public colleges and universities to profit off of their own likenesses without fear of losing their scholarships. If you’re looking for the wrongest possible take on this necessary shot across the bow of the NCAA‘s outmoded amateurism defense, you […]
It’s clear that Donald Trump has no problem dehumanizing immigrants in public, but the things he says in private are allegedly even worse. According to a new report from the New York Times detailing a March meeting in the Oval Office, President Trump suggested that Border Patrol agents shoot people attempting to cross the US […]
Megan Thee Stallion says she’s officially secured the trademark to Hot Girl Summer, striking fear into the heart of fast fashion retailers everywhere. In an interview with Virginia’s 103 Jamz, she said that the trademark is locked down. Megan Thee Stallion says she was able to get her trademark request for “Hot Girl Summer” […]
Firearms manufacturer Colt announced on Thursday that they were ceasing production of their AR-15 rifle for consumers, claiming that the American market is already oversaturated with sporting rifles. “The fact of the matter is that over the last few years, the market for modern sporting rifles has experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity,” Colt President and […]
One week after he launched his re-election campaign, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has found himself at the center of a racial controversy. TIME magazine published a resurfaced photo in which the politician is seen donning brownface. The publication reports the image appeared in the 2000-2001 yearbook of a private school where a then-29-year-old Trudeau was […]
Another person has died from a vaping-related lung illness, bringing the toll in the United States up to seven. “With sadness, we report that there has been a death of a Tulare County resident suspected to be related to severe pulmonary injury associated with vaping,” said Tulare County Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Haught. “The […]
