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A New Orleans street performer who dresses up in a Chewbacca outfit is wanted by the police after he allegedly stabbed somebody with a knife in the city’s usually-tourist-friendly French Quarter this past Saturday, April 24. Police say that on that date, just before 9 p.m., the person who dons the outfit of the massive Star Wars character got […]
Days after Andrew Brown Jr. was fatally shot by police Wednesday in North Carolina, his family has now seen the 20-second clip of police body camera footage from the shooting. Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies attempted to serve Brown with an arrest warrant in Elizabeth City before the shooting, the sheriff’s office said. Few details have emerged regarding the […]
A Republican senator is no longer permitted to fly with Alaska Airlines after refusing to follow their mask policy. Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed this decision to the Anchorage Daily News, noting Alaska state senator Lora Reinbold’s repeated instances of not following the company’s travel rules. “We have notified Senator Lora […]
Officials in North Carolina, including the governor of the state, are calling for the body camera footage from the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown to be released. On Wednesday, Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. According to an eyewitness, officers were attempting to execute a […]
Will the Kardashians publicly endorse Caitlyn Jenner’s gubernatorial run? It seems very unlikely. On Friday, the 71-year-old Republican confirmed her candidacy for California governor after weeks and weeks of speculation. Sources tell TMZ that Jenner informed her family of the decision prior to her announcement; However, she does not expect anyone from the Kardashian-Jenner clan to join her campaign or show any active support. Insiders […]
President Joe Biden on Saturday became the first American president to officially recognize the Ottoman Empire’s killing and deportation of Armenians over a century ago as a genocide. “Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever […]
A Texas school board candidate has been given a citation for assault following an alleged altercation with a Nordstrom Rack employee that took place earlier in April. As you’re likely aware by now, any very bad moment you have can go viral, provided the stars all align. Reckon with that accordingly. Why do we bring […]
More than 400 convictions could be thrown out in wake of an investigation by Fairfax County and the FBI into the racially motivated behavior of former officer Jonathan Freitag, Washington Post reports. Freitag, 25, is accused of stealing drugs from the police property room, planting drugs on innocent people, and stopping motorists without legal basis. He […]
Former vice president Walter F. Mondale passed away at his home in Minneapolis, family spokesperson Kathy Tunheim said, per The New York Times. He was 93. A cause of death was not disclosed. Mondale, who was also a former Democratic presidential nominee, served as vice president to Jimmy Carter between 1977 and 1981. “Today I mourn the passing […]
A woman believed to be the oldest known person in the United States passed away this weekend at the age of 115, The Charlotte Observer reports. Hester Ford died peacefully at her Charlotte home Saturday, leaving behind a family that includes 68 grandchildren, 125 great-grandchildren, and at least 120 great-great-grandchildren. “She was a pillar and stalwart to […]
