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Jeff Bezos is going to space. Monday morning, Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin announced that the Amazon CEO and his brother Mark will be joining an auction winner on the New Shepard craft’s first human flight on July 20. “Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space,” Bezos said when […]
The Illinois House approved a bill this week that would ban police from lying to youth during interrogations. The legislation makes Illinois the first state to ban police from giving youth suspects false information during questioning, a practice that has been linked to higher rates of wrongful convictions and false confessions, ABC News reports. Senate Bill 2122, […]
Chaos erupted in Washington Square Park Saturday night as NYPD officers clashed with parkgoers over a new 10 p.m. curfew. At least 22 people were arrested for unlawful assembly and violation of park rules, according to law enforcement sources. Five cops were injured, the New York Post reports. Videos posted on Twitter showed police in […]
June 5 is Breonna Taylor’s birthday. On March 13, 2020, Taylor, an emergency room technician, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers during a botched raid in her own apartment. She was 26. Taylor’s death caused widespread Black Lives Matter demonstrations over policing and racial injustice in America. Taylor, in addition to the death […]
A Delta Air Lines plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to breach the cockpit and reportedly “rushed the pilot’s cabin and began banging on the doors.” The flight from Los Angeles to Nashville had to make an emergency stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Stephanie Kitts with the Albuquerque International Sunport told CNN, […]
Caitlyn Jenner stopped by Fox 11’s The Issue Is on Friday for her first interview since announcing her bid for governor of California. During a wide-ranging discussion, Jenner told host Elex Michaelson it was harder to tell her family she was running as a Republican candidate for governor than it was to come out as transgender. “I’ve talked to all […]
Dave Chappelle has released a vinyl edition of a 8:46—his hard-hitting stand-up special in which he addresses the police killing of George Floyd and racial injustice in America. The legendary comedian teamed up with Third Man Records to drop a limited run of red, black, and green vinyl LPs exclusively available at ThirdManStore.com, as well as the label’s Nashville and Detroit stores. The […]
A North Carolina teen says he was denied his high school diploma because he wore a Mexican flag to his graduation. According to WFMY News, the incident occurred Thursday night during the Asheboro High School Class of 2021 commencement ceremony. Footage captured by an audience member shows 18-year-old Ever Lopez approaching the stage with a Mexican […]
Facebook said Friday that Donald Trump will remain suspended from the platform until at least 2023. In a lengthy statement shared by Nick Clegg, Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs, the Oversight Board’s decision in May to uphold Trump’s suspension was mentioned. At the time, the board also recommended that the site make a number of […]
Mike Pence, the former VP who’s perhaps most known for his alleged tendency to call his wife “mother,” said Thursday he doesn’t know if he and Donald Trump will “ever see eye-to-eye” when it comes to the fatal Capitol riot. Speaking at a Republican event in New Hampshire on Thursday, per the Associated Press, Pence looked […]
