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West Virginia Republicans have blocked a bill that would have prohibited child marriages. The state’s Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly rejected House Bill 3018 on a 9-8 vote Wednesday, exactly a week after it was passed by the West Virginia House of Delegates. Under WV’s current law, children as young as 16 can legally get married with parental consent. […]
Jayhawkers aren’t happy with Eric Adams. The NYC mayor created a stir this week when he threw some mild shade at Topeka. Adams made the comments during a Tuesday prayer breakfast, where he thanked God for making him the mayor of NYC, rather than the capital of Kansas. “I strongly believe in all my heart, God said, […]
A Republican Tennessee legislator faced backlash this week after he proposed to revive lynching-style hangings. Rep. Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta) made the proposal Tuesday during a Criminal Justice Committee meeting that addressed HB 1245—a bill that would allow death row inmates to be killed by firing squad. While expressing his support for the bill, Sherrell suggested an […]
On Feb. 3 of this year, multiple cars carrying hazardous chemicals as part of a train operated by Norfolk Southern were confirmed to have derailed in the East Palestine area of Ohio. Developments surrounding the troublingly toxic event have continued to spill out in the weeks since, with updates from the scene of the crash […]
Atorneys of Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas filed a clemency petition, ABC13 reports. The appeal was filed to Gov. Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles requesting to “commute” the 39-year-old’s life sentence in prison or re-examine Thomas’ proposed April 5 execution date. So far, the petition has 100 signatures from Texas faith leaders […]
A Georgia grand jury determined one or more witnesses may have lied under oath during an election-meddling probe involving Donald Trump. The revelation came Thursday, after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney released portions of the much-anticipated jury report. The documents were published after a two-year investigation into Trump’s conduct following the 2020 presidential election, and […]
A Miami preschool is catching heat after children were photographed in what appeared to be blackface. According to CNN, the incident took place in the first week of Black History Month at Studio Kids Little River, a daycare owned and operated by Patricia Vitale. On Feb. 3, a teacher shared several pictures on the school’s messaging app along with a […]
Toronto Mayor John Tory has resigned from his position. The Toronto Star reports that he made the decision after admitting to having a relationship with a former staffer became public. The months-long affair happened during the pandemic and “ended by mutual consent earlier this year,” according to a letter from Tory’s lawyer, Peter A. Downward. […]
Trump’s single-term administration allegedly asked Twitter to censor outspoken critic Chrissy Teigen. According to New York magazine, the revelation came during a Wednesday congressional hearing about Twitter’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story. During her testimony, former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli was pressed about an online dispute between then-President Donald Trump and Teigen. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) pointed to […]
Elon Musk is offering more incentives for Twitter Blue sign-ups. The billionaire tech mogul announced on Friday that the platform would start sharing ad revenue with eligible users. Musk said those who are subscribed to Twitter Blue Verified will receive a cut of the revenue from ads that appear in their reply threads, but failed to provide […]
