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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s iconic late summer collaboration “WAP” turned the internet upside down, with misogynists and conservatives criticizing the empowering ballad dedicated to female pleasure. But California Congresswoman Maxine Waters stands on the right side of history, that is, she supports Meg and Cardi’s 2020 hit. During a conversation for Harper’s Bazaar, […]
UCLA has dismissed student-athlete Chris Weiland from its track team after a video of him dropping racist and homophobic slurs went viral. The track and field and cross country runner was removed from the team by program director Avery Anderson, who admitted that he suspended Weiland over the incident months before. “Chris Weiland has been dismissed […]
An independent investigation released on on Monday found that Aurora police officers had no legal basis to stop, frisk, or physically restrain Elijah McClain during the 2019 incident that resulted in his death, The Denver Post reports. The probe determined that the officers, who were responding to a call about a suspicious person, approached McClain without accusing him of committing […]
A 28-year-old father-to-be from New York has died after the device he was building to reveal the gender of his child exploded, according to authorities. The incident occurred on Sunday, with New York State Police responding after an explosion was reported at a home in the town of Liberty shortly before noon. The blast killed […]
Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism is considering taking legal action against Supreme over its use of an image of a late monk used without permission. The Fashion Law reports that the wildly popular streetwear brand used an image of Luang Phor Koon, a Thai Buddhist monk who died in 2015, on its “Blessings Ripstop Shirt.” The […]
After voters decided to make New Jersey the 12th state to legalize last fall, recreational marijuana use is finally on the horizon. On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills that together legalized and decriminalized marijuana in the state. “As of this moment, New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws which permanently stained the […]
The death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. has reached another sobering milestone. Per an ongoing tally on coronavirus deaths from NBC News, the U.S. has now reached 500,000 deaths as of Sunday. Though the U.S. boasts less than five percent of the world’s population, the country currently accounts for more than a fifth of […]
Drug traffickers are coming up with even more inventive ways to ship cocaine. According to a press release from U.S. Border Patrol, the agency seized a shipment of cereal arriving from South America that contained 44 pounds of cocaine, disguising it with corn flakes that were covered in the substance instead of sugar. The amount of drugs in […]
The family of an 11-year-old boy in Texas whose family believes he died of hypothermia are suing the state energy authority and the utility company Entergy. According to a report from ABC News, the lawsuit lays the blame for Cristian Pavon Pineda’s death at the feet of energy providers who initiated blackouts in the state during the recent cold […]
Senator Ted Cruz is trying his best to get back into Texans’ good graces. On Sunday, Cruz posted pictures of himself delivering water to residents in need following the devastating winter storm that impacted the state. This is WRONG. No power company should get a windfall because of a natural disaster, and Texans shouldn’t get hammered […]
