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A Muslim woman is suing the City of Yonkers after local police allegedly forced her to remove her hijab. According to the civil lawsuit obtained by the Huffington Post, 42-year-old Ihsan Malkawi has accused the police department of violating her religious rights after she was taken into custody last year. The complaint states Malkawi and her husband were […]
A week before declaring a national emergency, Donald Trump described the coronavirus outbreak as a “problem” that no one saw coming. He would go on to blame China for allegedly spreading misinformation and covering up the severity of the disease, suggesting Chinese officials were to blame for the U.S.’s lack of preparedness. “It could have been stopped in its […]
Donald Trump says that he will “take a look” into whether he should pardon Joe Exotic. “I know nothing about it. He has 22 years for what? What did he do?,” Trump asked about the Tiger King star. “He allegedly hired someone to murder an animal rights activist but he said he didn’t do that,” New York […]
Last week an Illinois mayor called out his own constituents for ignoring a ‘stay-at-home’ order issued by the governor, which was/is intended to greatly limit the spread of COVID-19. That order prohibits public/private get-togethers “of any number of people outside a single household or living unit.” Brant Walker, the mayor of Alton (which lies across […]
Baltimore officials are investigating a video in which an officer appears to intentionally cough around residents of a public housing complex. The footage was posted on social media this week and shows an unidentified sergeant walking outside the Perkins Homes in East Baltimore. The woman behind the camera taunts the approaching officer, shouting: “Hey officer friendly with the cherry cheeks.” The sergeant […]
In memos obtained by Axios, Donald Trump’s trade adviser, Peter Navarro, issued grim warnings in late January for what could lie ahead for the United States if the White House failed to effectively respond to the growing coronavirus threat. Navarro argued in a memo dated on January 29 for “an immediate travel ban on China.” That […]
The city of Crowley, Louisiana implemented its coronavirus curfew last week, and in an effort to alert residents of when the curfew was in effect, the police department wanted to use a siren that could be easily differentiated from the identifiable sound of a police car. Little did they know at the time that their choice of siren was taken from the […]
David James, president of the Louisville Metro Council in Kentucky, has been engrossed in a long-standing battle with a group of alleged scammers who are thought to be Illinois-based, WDRB reports. James and local advocate Tara Bassett have been trying to force them out of Kentucky since last year when the group started testing people’s DNA for disease. James suspects that the global COVID-19 […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has perhaps put the U.S. on track for one of the deadliest weeks in its history. This according to U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who made the grave announcement on Sunday, saying this week will be the “hardest and the saddest” for “most Americans’ lives.” He also likened the coming days to Pearl Harbor […]
On Sunday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized “for tests” because of “persistent” COVID-19 symptoms 10 days after he tested positive, CNN reports. Johnson reportedly went to the unspecified London hospital after his doctor advised him to do so. A press release from his office called the move “precautionary.” On March 26, Johnson revealed he had tested positive […]
