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Kanye West had some kind words for Jared Kushner—the adviser and son-in-law of his Republican presidential opponent Donald Trump. “Jared Kushner will have done more for peace in the Middle East than anyone in 30 years,” West tweeted Tuesday. The tweet went up shortly after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements to normalize relations with Israel—making them the […]
The site of Donald Trump‘s recent rally has been slapped with a $3,000 fine. According to CNN, the City of Henderson, Nevada, imposed the fine on the owner of Xtreme Manufacturing, a company that hosted Sunday’s indoor event. Local officials say the rally violated state mandates to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. Photos and videos show many mask-less […]
Authorities in South Dakota are currently investigating an incident in which the state’s Attorney General, Jason Ravnsborg, claimed that he had hit a deer with his car. Instead it looks like he actually hit (and killed) a man. The crash happened on Saturday night, while the man’s body was discovered on Sunday morning. Ravnsborg’s office claims […]
A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair along with a blood-stained telegram from his 1865 assassination have both just sold for $81,000 during the last day of a Boston auction on Saturday. According to NY Daily News, the 2-inch lock of hair was taken from a postmortem examination of Lincoln that took place in 1865 after he was assassinated by John Wilkes […]
Taking Black ownership to the next level, several Black families have banded together to purchase nearly 97 acres of unincorporated land in Georgia to create a safe haven for other Black families and Black people. The land, which is nestled near the town of Toomsboro that lies about 130 miles south of Atlanta, has been dubbed Freedom, Georgia, and […]
In the latest instance of a type of event that seems to happen with enough frequency to make you wonder if you’ve ever been pulled over by an impostor, a Florida security guard was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly impersonated a policeman in order to issue a warning/ticket for speeding. As has also been […]
Armando Perez, the police chief of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has resigned from his post after being arrested on federal fraud charges. The city’s mayor, Joe Ganim, announced the news in a video posted to social media Thursday afternoon, confirming Assistant Chief Rebeca Garcia will be the acting police chief until further notice. Perez and Bridgeport’s personnel director, David Dunn, were […]
Los Angeles County tried to essentially cancel Halloween in wake of COVID-19. The L.A. County Department of Health issued a memo Saturday announcing that trick-or-treating will not be allowed this year since “it can be very difficult to maintain proper social distancing.” The release also explains there’s no guarantee that the person answering the door is taking the […]
An investigation has been launched after surveillance video footage showed bags of mail getting dumped in a parking lot in Glendale, California. CBS Los Angeles reports that security camera footage from the 7Q Salon in the city shows a truck back into the parking lot, and then proceed to dump the contents of the truck onto […]
Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding from California schools, if an investigation by the US Department of Education concludes that the New York Times’ 1619 Project has been implemented into their curriculums. “Department of Education is looking at this. If so, they will not be funded!” Trump tweeted Sunday in response to a tweet about […]
