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Six months after Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of Louisville police, a Jefferson County grand jury has indicted one of the three officers involved. Detective Brett Hankison has been charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Judge Annie O’Connell set an arrest warrant and $15,000 bond. Neither Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly nor Det. Myles Cosgrove was indicted. Breonna […]
The Weeknd and Megan Thee Stallion have been named two of Time magazine’s most influential people of 2020. The publication announced this year’s list during an hour-long special on ABC, which included performances by Time 100 honorees Jennifer Hudson, Halsey, and The Weekend, who treated viewers to a performance of “Blinding Lights” off his chart-topping 2020 album, After Hours. Time also […]
A cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been arrested in Siberia, Newsweek reports. Footage captured when the man, born Sergei Torop, was cuffed and taken away in a helicopter from his Church of the Last Testament compound in the southern district of the Krasnoyarsk region. According to The Moscow […]
The fourth Tuesday of every September is National Voter Registration Day. This year, the holiday falls a month and a half before one of the most crucial elections in modern U.S. history. Typically, every election is critical, but with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on our public health, educational system, and economy, the 2020 presidential […]
Kanye West‘s presidential campaign efforts—despite recently being sidelined amid discussions centered on his efforts to overhaul his current situation with regards to who controls his music catalog—remain the topic of numerous headlines during the pandemic era. Of course, given that West has zero chance of actually winning, concern surrounding his 2020 campaign is focused on any […]
Sen. Mitt Romney has announced that he supports voting on a Trump nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy before the election. In a statement shared early Tuesday that was met with immediate push back from the left, Romney alleged that his decision had been made “based on the immutable fairness of following the law, […]
Despite the fact that the U.S. will soon surpass 200,000 CDC-confirmed deaths from COVID-19, Trump would like his supporters to believe that it “affects virtually nobody.” The latest example of Trump intentionally sowing confusion amid the still-in-progress pandemic went down at another one of his health guidelines-ignoring campaign events, footage from which—as always—makes for a truly […]
Americans broke into stores and took whatever they could in response to George Floyd’s gruesome murder and rampant police brutality. Many saw it as looting. Some saw it as protesting. Others viewed it as disrupters co-opting the peaceful demonstrations. But Ariel Atkins, a Black Lives Matter organizer in Chicago, saw it as something more justifiable: reparations. […]
A bronze statue in honor of Melania Trump was unveiled in Slovenia this week, about two months after arsonists destroyed the original wooden version. According to CNN, Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey presented the metal statue Tuesday near the first lady’s hometown of Sevnica. Downey told the outlet he decided to replace the first statue—created by local chainsaw artisan […]
In the wake fo the tragic passing of trailblazing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to pancreatic cancer on Friday night, Donald Trump has said that he will likely have a new Supreme Court nominee to fill her vacant seat by next week. According to CNN, Trump said on Saturday during a press conference that he thinks he’ll […]
