dfp-politics-social
Page: 134
A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh’s capital on Friday, killing at least 52 people. The Associated Press reports that, so far, 52 bodies have been recovered, but the top two floors of the factory have yet to be searched. Police initially gave a toll of three dead, but then discovered piles of […]
A group of ex-California officers are collectively facing nearly 100 felonies in connection to a multi-year fraud scheme. According to CBS Los Angles, the former California Highway Patrol officers are accused of exaggerating their overtime between Jan. 1, 2016 and March 31, 2018. During that time, the officers reportedly bilked the state out of $23,418.27. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced […]
A registered sex offender has been arrested after a father tackled and duct-taped him for breaking into his 5-year-old daughter’s bedroom. The sex offender, now identified to be 39-year-old Daniel Diaz is facing charges of child endangerment, peeping, and prowling, CBS Sacramento reports. The incident took place around 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning in Grayson, […]
A TikTok creator is bringing attention to what many have argued is merely the latest example of the wildly popular app’s unfair treatment of people of color. In recent days, TikTok user @ziggityler has shared a number of videos focused on what he says he experienced when trying to update his bio in the app’s […]
An Australian girl known for making TikToks about her family’s farm has died by suicide. The New York Post reported the death of Caitlyn Loane, who was a fourth-generation farmer in Tasmania, Australia. She worked as a livestock manager at her parent’s cattle farm, which encompassed 1,400 acres, or 2.3 square-miles. The 19-year-old wanted to manage the […]
Diddy has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the 30-day suspension of Sha’Carri Richardson, who will not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for THC. In his first statement, shared to both Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, Diddy said his heart was broken for Richardson, whose lifelong dream had been “stripped away […]
A 12-year-old boy fatally shot himself by accident after with a gun that his friend brought to a sleepover at his home in Chula Vista, California, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reports the victim, who family identified as Maximilian Mendoza, was given access to the gun during the sleepover at the Mendoza family’s home. Chula […]
A peacock was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound last week in McKinleyville, California after a since-deleted Craigslist ad promising compensation in exchange for executing a plan that would “eliminate this bird” went up on the site, Lost Coast Outpost reports. “The job is simple… get rid of a wild peacock that is disrupting our lives,” […]
North America just experienced one of the hottest Junes in recorded history. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month’s temperatures in the region were 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the average from 1991-2020, with some areas surpassing 110 degrees. The data also confirmed that 2021 marked the 12th consecutive year in which North America recorded […]
Saweetie has addressed the continued controversy surrounding Dr. Luke, with whom she’s collaborated on multiple songs, in a new interview. Deep into a new profile of the Pretty Bitch Music artist by Hunter Harris, the topic of the songwriter/producer—who’s been accused of sexual assault and battery by Kesha—was broached. Notably, the Vulture-housed discussion was conducted in multiple parts, […]
