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Connecticut state representative Quentin “Q” Williams has died in a wrong-way highway crash after he attended his own swearing-in ceremony for a third term, NBC News reports. The Democrat lawmaker was killed in the crash on Thursday evening after leaving the swearing-in ceremony at the governor’s inaugural ball. Police said that he and the driver […]
William “Rick” Singer, the architect of the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scheme, will spend the next several years behind bars. According to CNN, the 62-year-old Florida resident was sentenced to 42 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in the years-long scandal, which exposed inequalities within the U.S. higher education system. The sentencing came nearly four […]
President Biden on Friday granted full pardons to six individuals who had already completed sentences for their offenses. CNN reports the individuals were granted clemency through a “deliberative process” that was coordinated closely with the Department of Justice. The list of those pardoned include five people who were convicted of drug or alcohol offenses: Charlie Byrnes Jackson, 77, Gary […]
Greta Thunberg once again savaged Andrew Tate after reports of his arrest emerged following a video in which he mocked her for roasting him the first time. After the news of Tate’s arrest in Romania on rape and human trafficking allegations surfaced, some speculated that police were able to determine his location because of a video he […]
Antonio Sledge a.k.a. Mounk Tounk pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, becoming the seventh defendant to enter a plea deal in the ongoing YSL criminal case, WSB-TV reports. As part of his plea deal, Sledge admitted to being […]
Greta Thunberg has no time for controversial media personality Andrew Tate. In a bizarre tweet shared on Tuesday, the former 36-year-old kickboxing champion felt the need to tell the 19-year-old climate activist about his gas-guzzling collection of cars. “I have 33 cars,” he tweeted. “My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari […]
Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, has opened up about the “hopeless” experience she went through while her wife was held captive in a Russian jail for 294 days. Griner, who was arrested in Moscow in February over the possession of hash oil cartridges, was freed in a prisoner swap that involved the release of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout […]
Mark Woodley, sports reporter for KWWL in Iowa, recently went viral for his snarky on-air remarks after being assigned at the last minute to cover a snowstorm during the early morning hours last week. According to the Des Moines Register, Woodley was told two days prior that he would be covering the weather this past Thursday […]
As made clear in the early days of the Elon Musk era of Twitter, the platform’s unique status among social media offerings is changing rapidly, with many longtime users expressing mounting frustrations over looming changes. This has been coupled, of course, with a shared feeling of grief brought on by the realization that Twitter (or […]
A fire erupted at an NYPD evidence facility in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning. NBC New York reports 150 members of the fire department were called to respond to the blaze, which was elevated to a three-alarm fire within 30 minutes. Located in an area known as the Erie Basin Auto Pound, the warehouse contained seized vehicles and […]
