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The Louisville Metro Police Department announced a state of emergency, effective immediately, in preparation for the announcement from Attorney General Daniel Cameron in regards to Breonna Taylor’s case. “To ensure we have the appropriate level of staffing to provide for public safety services and our policing functions, effective immediately the LMPD will operate under the emergency staffing and […]
A new theory being proposed by those looking to get the iceberg off the hook (at least partially) for sinking the Titanic has been put forth by researchers who have instead decided to pin some of that disaster on the sun. On a related note, let this be the part where we say that alternative […]
Americans broke into stores and took whatever they could in response to George Floyd’s gruesome murder and rampant police brutality. Many saw it as looting. Some saw it as protesting. Others viewed it as disrupters co-opting the peaceful demonstrations. But Ariel Atkins, a Black Lives Matter organizer in Chicago, saw it as something more justifiable: reparations. […]
A bronze statue in honor of Melania Trump was unveiled in Slovenia this week, about two months after arsonists destroyed the original wooden version. According to CNN, Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey presented the metal statue Tuesday near the first lady’s hometown of Sevnica. Downey told the outlet he decided to replace the first statue—created by local chainsaw artisan […]
Following the tragic news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg passed away on Friday from her battle with pancreatic cancer, many have been sharing their fear and anxiety surrounding the possible appointment of a new justice under the Trump administration before the elections begin in November. Lil Nas X was one of the many […]
Racial tensions have heightened in America. Instead of extending empathy to a fellow citizen, a Walmart customer decided to inflame a situation using racial slurs. On Saturday, TMZ obtained footage of a confrontation between two shoppers at a Stone Mountain, Georgia Walmart. In the video, a Black woman can be heard yelling at a white […]
An initiative that could have saved lives and helped normalize the wearing of masks at a key time in the pandemic era for those in the U.S. has, to the presumed surprise of no one, been revealed to have been halted by the current White House administration. American Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group, released their […]
Around 20 people were injured Wednesday morning after two cranes experienced an entanglement at a construction site in Texas. Austin-Travis County EMS Captain Darren Noak described the scene earlier today, per CNN, as a “crane vs. crane” incident where one collided with another, causing their wires to become entangled. “This just happened to be two cranes working, we’re not […]
A Utah officer has been charged with felony assault after he ordered his police dog to attack a Black man who was complying with officers’ orders. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the incident took place on April 24, when authorities responded to a domestic disturbance report at a Salt Lake City residence. Bodycam footage shows […]
A Texas man will spend more time behind bars over his unhealthy obsession with Taylor Swift. The Associated Press reports Austin resident Eric Swarbrick received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for stalking the pop star and sending threatening letters to her former label. The sentencing was announced nearly a year after Swarbrick pleaded guilty to a count of “interstate stalking and […]
