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Council members in a small Alabama city have moved to terminate two officials with its local police department, as well as to disband the department itself, after an officer shared a racist text message. Per the Associated Press, Vincent Mayor James Latimore said last week that Vincent Police Department Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief […]
Amid continued discussions surrounding post-release lyrical and compositional tweaks to what will surely go down as one of the biggest and most acclaimed albums of the year (i.e. Beyoncé’s Renaissance), Monica Lewinsky has entered the conversation. On Monday, Lewinsky tweeted out a Variety article focused on a lyric from the album some had considered to […]
A passenger on a flight to Australia from Indonesia was met with a hefty fine after officials discovered an undeclared assortment of McDonald’s items, including two McMuffins. Per a report from the Guardian, a “detector dog” by the name of Zinta (pictured below) ultimately sniffed out the inadvertently expensive fast food, which Australian authorities said […]
Guy Reffitt was sentenced on Monday to just over seven years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, NBC News reports. Reffitt was found guilty in March on all five charges, including transport of a firearm in support of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. He was the first person […]
Elon Musk has again questioned the U.S.’s deeply antiquated treatment of weed in the legal system, this time in connection with the widely criticized detainment of Brittney Griner in Russia. On Sunday, Musk shared a screenshot of a meme referencing a recent CNN report on the alleged potential of a swap deal under which the […]
A devastating flash flood in eastern Kentucky has left at least 25 people dead and dozens of others reported missing. “It is devastating,” state Gov. Andy Beshear told NPR. “We have whole towns that are underwater, houses that were in the line of the water are just gone; not a piece of the house left. “We’ve […]
Donald Trump supporter Mark Ponder has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for assaulting police at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. As NBC News reports, Ponder was given a 63 month sentence in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday, tying him for the longest sentencing connected to the Capitol […]
Angola miners have unearthed a rare pink diamond that is expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars. According to the Associated Press, the gemstone was found at the Lulo alluvial mine in the diamond-rich region of northeast Angola. The natural stone is said to weigh about 170 carats and is believed to be the largest pink diamond found […]
A man accused of starting multiple wildfires in Oregon is now behind bars. And it’s all thanks to quick-acting and incredibly gutsy residents. According to the Associated Press, Oregon officials had been searching for a man who allegedly ignited two fires Monday in a remote forested area of Curry County. An employee with the Bureau of Land Management […]
The Uvalde City Council has claimed that “every single officer” from the city who was involved in the widely criticized response to the Robb Elementary School shooting will be investigated. This claim, as first spotted by CNN, was made by councilman Ernest “Chip” King III during a lengthy meeting held on Tuesday. Among the items […]
