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An Ohio man is facing burglary charges for playing the main role in an increasingly absurd-sounding incident that stemmed from him allegedly giving a gentlemen’s club dancer two counterfeit bills. According to WKBN, on Saturday night (June 19) a man later identified as Darryl Cowan, Jr. ran into a random stranger’s house because he was maced […]
Dave Chappelle, fresh off reviving his habit of publicly nailing the Radiohead classic “Creep,” discusses the likelihood of an apology to Candace Owens in a new episode of his recently launched podcast with Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey. At the top of the episode, which also features Jon Stewart, Chappelle brought the topic of an Owens […]
A deputy in Oregon shot and killed an owner’s chimpanzee after receiving a call that the animal attacked her daughter, CBS News reports. Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Sterrin Ward said Tamara Brogoitti, 68, called authorities Sunday morning when her 50-year-old daughter sought refuge in a basement bathroom after being bitten in the torso, arms and legs by a roughly […]
Last year, the already unfortunate name “Karen” fell out of favor with new parents, and for good reason. In recent years, though no one alive during them should need an explanation, “Karen” has been used as a catch-all term for white women who go viral after being filmed engaging in some manner of entitled (and […]
The Biden administration is backing legislation that aims to put a permanent stop to the harmful sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. On Tuesday, a hearing will see lawmakers engaging with experts on the proposed EQUAL Act (i.e. the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act). Ahead of that hearing, per a report […]
Billie Eilish has shared a statement on the recently resurfaced video clip of her mouthing along to Tyler, the Creator’s 2011 track “Fish,” which contains a racist slur. The clip, which Eilish said stems from when she was “13 or 14,” recently resurfaced by way of a video edit that also included a portion which […]
After being given 0% chance of survival, the newly declared world’s most premature baby has celebrated his first birthday, according to Guinness World Records. Born weighing less than a pound—and a tenth of the size of the average newborn—Richard Scott William Hutchinson entered the world five months prematurely in 2020, and he was tiny enough to fit […]
A California man was taken into custody after being captured on home surveillance video breaking into a Bel-Air home, swimming naked in the pool, and allegedly killing the family’s pet birds. The Los Angeles Times reports the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Paul Kiyan, was arrested Thursday afternoon after police responded to a burglary call in the 1000 […]
Toronto police have arrested three people in connection with a shooting at a memorial service for rapper Houdini last year. A year after the shooting, 21-year-old Traequan Mahoney, 25-year-old Gaddiel Ledinek and 37-year-old Maurice Donegan have been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and additional charges of discharge of a firearm with intent to wound, failing to […]
A medical student at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona was arrested after allegedly threatening to bomb her school and kill several people. According to CNN, Mona Asadi, 29, faces four felony counts of computer tampering after using a laptop in a “course of conduct that threatened, terrorized or tormented specific individuals.” The university’s dean reported a […]
