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After seeing a viral TikTok video about a door-opening contraption, one woman recognized the device as being similar to one that was used to break into her family’s hotel room when she was 15 years old. Josie Bowers—now 19 and known on TikTok as @josiebowers10—shared a video in which she’s seen dueting another TikTok clip from […]
17-year-old Hailey Morinico took to TikTok to provide a little backstory regarding the clip that recently went viral showing her protecting her dogs by shoving a bear off a wall. Morinico said she heard her dogs barking when she went over to quiet them when she made the discovery. “I go to tell them to stop and when I go over […]
The Huntsville Police Department in Alabama are investigating footage from an incident over the weekend which shows an officer repeatedly stomping on a man’s leg while he’s being held down on the ground by another cop, Birmingham-based CBS affiliate WIAT reports. Bruce Turner, the person who recorded the disturbing scene, said he was unaware how the altercation started […]
Paxton Smith initially planned to address media consumption in her high school valedictorian speech; but she secretly scrapped those plans to address an issue she believed was much more pressing: women’s reproductive rights. Smith, who is part of the Lake Highlands High School Class of 2021, had reportedly submitted her original remarks to school administrators ahead of […]
A pastor in Florida, known for his anti-vax and right-wing views, has been hospitalized with COVID-19 after claiming vaccines would wipe out “stupid people.” Talk show host Rick Wiles, just weeks after claiming coronavirus vaccinations were part of a “mass death campaign,” took to TruNews.com—a site where he spreads hateful conspiracies NBC News identified as homophobic and racist—to share the news […]
A 20-year-old woman says her attempt at the so-called “dry scooping” challenge resulted in her suffering a heart attack. Briatney Portillo, known on TikTok and Instagram as @brivtny, recently shared a pair of clips in which she warned against others who might be considering giving the challenge a try. “Putting this out there so y’all […]
Joe Biden made history Tuesday by becoming the first sitting president to participate in the commemoration events for the Tulsa Race Massacre. The attack, which took place 100 years ago, is considered one of the bloodiest episodes of racist violence in American history. Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob descended on the affluent […]
A man in China has tested positive for a rare variant of the bird flu called H10N3. NBC News reports that people can catch the virus from poultry, with cases popping up intermittently in those who work with the domesticated birds. The 41-year-old from the province of Jiangsu is the first person to catch the strain, according to China’s National […]
A California high school principal was escorted off campus last week after going off-script during a graduation speech, focusing on his personal grievances with the district, which he knew he would not be returning to. Former Stagg High School principal Ben Nakamura used his speech time to tell students that he was voted out by the Stockton Unified […]
A Southwest Airlines pilot has been sentenced to 1 year of probation after watching porn on a flight and exposing his genitals to an officer, the New York Post reports. Michael Haak, 60, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson Friday and ordered to pay $5,000. “It started as a consensual prank between me and the […]
