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Mitch McConnell did some damage control after receiving backlash over his comments on Black voters. The Republican Senate leader sparked outrage Wednesday, when he was pressed about a sweeping election bill that he and other GOP members are working to defeat. A reporter specifically asked McConnell to address the growing concerns about racial minorities, who believe their […]
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside recently discovered a rare species of worm that kills tarantulas, and naturally, named it after actor Jeff Daniels, Variety reports. The inspiration behind the “Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi” is Daniels’ character Dr. Ross Jennings in the 1990 film Arachnophobia about a town overrun by a new species of spiders. Even […]
A Chicago surgeon and Delta Sigma Theta sorority member is under fire after posting photos of 22 Fibroids to promote a historic holiday for the organization. As reported and captured by TMZ, Doctor Nicole E. Williams posted a since-deleted photo to Instagram after a January 13 surgery where she was seen posing with 22 Fibroid’s of […]
Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, family members of the civil rights activist organized a rally in Arizona in support of federal voting rights legislation. MLK’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, was joined by his wife Arndrea Waters King and their 13-year-old daughter for an on-the-ground campaign for voting rights, rallying local activists and supporters […]
Two former Los Angeles Police Department officers had their appeal for reinstatement denied after they were fired for choosing to play Pokémon Go instead of responding to a request for backup while on duty, The Verge reports. The California Court of Appeal upheld the firings on Friday. Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were radioed in April 2017 about assisting a […]
The sister-in-law of Lee Chatfield has been identified as the woman who accused the ex-Michigan House Speaker of multiple sexual assaults. Rebekah Chatfield, now 26 and married to Lee’s younger brother, has filed a criminal complaint against the married former lawmaker, alleging that he began sexually abusing her when she was 15 years old. Rebekah claims the assaults, […]
Tennessee Rep. Jeremy Faison was booted from a high school basketball game following an incident with a referee during which he unsuccessfully attempted to perform a pantsing. Per a regional report from WJHL, Faison—a Republican who serves as the state’s GOP House Caucus Chairman—made his way onto the court during a Providence Academy home game against […]
An Australian man set himself on fire on New Year’s Day after going on a rant about the country’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, The Hill reports. Eyewitnesses said they overheard the unidentified man shouting expletives while inside his car regarding a newly implemented vaccine mandate in the state of Victoria. “He was screaming about mandates,” Lydia O’Connor told the […]
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger addressed the likelihood a Jan. 6 copycat riot, and suggested the “threat level is much higher than it was a year ago.” In an interview with CBS News, Manger said there’s been a major increase in threats to the Capitol over the last year, even if the possibility of another […]
Twitter has permanently suspended a personal account of Marjorie Taylor Greene over the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. In a statement to NBC News, Twitter said: “We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated […]
