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I.M. Pei, the man who designed some of the world’s most iconic buildings, has died at the age of 102. The architect’s son Chien Chung Pei confirmed the news to the New York Times on Thursday. Pei began his career in the 1940s after receiving a degree in architecture at Harvard. The Chinese-American would go on to […]
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the antitrust lawsuit centered around Apple’s signature marketplace, the App Store, will be allowed to move forward. The plaintiffs in the suit have argued that Apple uses its monopoly power over its App Store to overcharge consumers. The technology powerhouse reportedly takes a 30 percent commission from the software […]
In a stunning turn of events, Denver has voted to become the first U.S. city to decriminalize shrooms. The ballot measure was projected to fail Tuesday night with “no” votes holding a solid lead in early returns; but on Wednesday afternoon, the final unofficial results showed that the he initiative had passed by a narrow 1.12 percent margin, with 89,320 votes in […]
A new report on Donald Trump‘s finances from the New York Times proves what anyone who has been paying attention already knows: the president was not the shrewd businessman he paints himself as. After sourcing and corroborating tax returns from 1984-1994, the Times reports that Trump lost $1.17 billion dollars among his core businesses in […]
A Manhattan-based investor has dropped $9 million to fund marijuana research at his alma maters—Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to the Harvard Gazette, Charles R. Broderick has donated $4.5 million to each institution to study marijuana’s effects on health and behavior. The donation is reportedly the largest private gift to benefit independent research of cannabis. Broderick […]
Top Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx has been hit with a subpoena over her handling of the Jussie Smollett case. According to The Chicago Sun-Times, that subpoena was issued by a retired appellate judge, Sheila O’Brien, who is looking to get a special prosecutor appointed to investigate Foxx’s handling of the matter. In addition to Foxx, […]
President Donald Trump has never shied away from giving his opinion on anything happening in America. This was on full display when he fired shots at Jussie Smollett and the Empire actor’s alleged attack. While hosting a campaign rally on Saturday night, the president flung a few insults Smollett’s way in hopes to further fire up […]
Donald Trump had a closed-door meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on April 23 and reportedly spent a good chunk of the meeting complaining about losing followers. According to anonymous sources who spoke to the Washington Post, Trump questioned Dorsey directly about the dip in his follower count following Twitter’s purge of bots from the platform. Trump […]
Jussie Smollett‘s older brother is sticking by the Empire actor’s story, saying that his treatment by the media and police has been unjust. In a new op-ed for BET, JoJo Smollett questioned the sudden belief in the official line of a police department that has been guilty of misconduct in the past. “It has not […]
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx expressed frustration over what she believed were excessive charges against Jussie Smollett. But it seems she was also convinced that 36-year-old actor was guilty of lying to police. On Monday, Foxx’s office released internal text messages and emails pertaining to the Smollett case, in which he was accused of orchestrated his […]
