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Over the weekend, the New York Times published an extensive piece from Dan Levin detailing the story of how Mimi Groves was removed from the University of Tennessee‘s cheer squad and ultimately withdrew from the college after a 2016 Snapchat clip resurfaced in which she was seen and heard using the n-word. The clip in question, […]
Christian artist Sean Feucht has spent the last year on a bit of a COVID-19 whistle stop tour. The performer has stopped off in cities around the country to hold maskless worship concerts, spreading the word of God like some kind of airborne virus to all who might hear it. Needless to say, this has earned […]
Two years after sharing his controversial “suicide forest” video, Logan Paul is reportedly being sued by a production company that is claiming it lost millions after he posted the offensive and graphic video. The production company Planeless Pictures filed a new lawsuit against the infamous YouTuber to recoup millions they lost after a movie starring Paul […]
An iOS app is facing backlash for allegedly promoting large and, in many cases, illegal gatherings in New York City. The platform, called “Vybe Together,” is a self-described “secret party app” that uses the tagline “Get your rebel on. Get your party on.” Business Insider reports the app was co-founded by Baruch college graduate Alexander Dimcevski in January […]
A sheriff‘s deputy in Virginia has been fired after the department was alerted to “disturbing comments” on Parler, the far-right social media platform. “Early yesterday our agency was notified about disturbing comments being made on several social media outlets by a deputy sheriff,” a rep for the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office said over the weekend. […]
One little boy from New Tazewell, Tennessee is being praised by his family and community after bravely rescuing his baby sister during a house fire this month. On December 8, the Davidson family went to bed like any typical evening before their lives drastically changed. That night, matriarch Nicole Davidson woke up to the smell […]
On top of raging wildfires and intensifying hurricanes, the ocean’s angelic and intelligent mammals, a.k.a. dolphins, are severely suffering from the impacts of the climate crisis. An international study recently published in Scientific Reports links a potentially-fatal skin disease in the animals to climate change. According to the study, dolphins have developed a novel “fresh-water skin […]
Two weeks after its installation, a sculpture of Breonna Taylor in downtown Oakland was smashed on Saturday in what appears to be a targeted act of vandalism, San Francisco’s CBS affiliate reports. Sculptor Leo Carson created the bust of the late Taylor, who was murdered by Kentucky police earlier this year. The 26-year-old’s death sparked […]
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer widely referred to as a “citizen journalist,” has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with her reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai handed down the sentence on Monday, with the charges said to be “picking fights […]
President Trump signed the combined coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law, the New York Times reports. The president spent the week indicating that he would decline any coronavirus relief bill that didn’t include $2000 stimulus checks for every American. Lawmakers urged him to sign the massive bill that included $600 stimulus checks, fearing a government […]
