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A coronavirus outbreak linked to an an August wedding reception in Maine has resulted in nearly 150 cases. A Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman told CNN that nearly 147 cases have been been connected to the wedding leading to three deaths. The wedding was held in Millinocket on Aug, 7 and around 65 people attending a the reception at […]
A Minnesota man is on the road to recovery after surviving more than four days trapped under a tree. On Monday, the Redwood County Sheriff’s Office confirmed authorities had rescued 59-year-old Jonathan Ceplecha, who had been missing since Aug. 27. The sheriff’s office says the school teacher and Army veteran was cutting down trees on his property when […]
The battle over Cab Calloway’s former home has come to an end. On Saturday, the City of Baltimore demolished a rowhouse where the jazz legend had lived as a teenager, marking a huge blow to preservationists and some members of Calloway’s family. The Baltimore Sun reports activists and community members attempted to protect the home through a historical landmark […]
Gil Scott-Heron said the revolution wouldn’t be televised. So, it’s only right that most of the information pushed to the media regarding Black Lives Matter protests by the Trump administration is inaccurate. A new report tracking political violence in the United States revealed that more than 93% of Black Lives Matter protests involved no serious harm to people or […]
Jacob Blake has appeared publicly for the first time from his hospital bed since he was shot by police on Aug. 23. According to CNN, Blake appeared for a court hearing via video from the hospital where he’s been recovering from the shooting that has resulted in his paralysis from the waist down. Friday’s court hearing is unrelated to […]
One woman’s Facebook post is going viral as she thanks Delta Airlines for stepping up after a Blue Lives Matter supporter harassed her on a flight last week. Demetria Poe, a 25-year-old Black woman, took a flight to Washington, D.C. to attend the Commitment March last Friday. On that flight, a white passenger swapped out her American […]
The coronavirus pandemic is sadly far from over. Some experts are now reporting that more than 410,000 people are projected to die from the virus in the United States by 2021. This stat comes from the University of Washington’s health institute, which updated its projections on Friday. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is estimating 410,451 […]
Police in Australia arrested and charged a woman with incitement for endorsing an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook. Zoe-Lee Buhler’s partner livestreamed her arrest on the social media platform, which shows Victoria police entering her home with a warrant and handcuffing her in her pajamas. “You’re under arrest in relation to incitement,” one of the officers says, explaining […]
A man has now been charged with assaulting a British Transport Police officer in connection with a fight that began over the wearing of face masks. Footage of the incident, which has since caught unfortunate fire among those who might best be described as anti-maskers on social media, shows the man who declined to vacate a […]
Two Missouri men, described as supporters of Blue Lives Matter inanity, were arrested this week after law enforcement officials received a tip indicating that they were on their way to Kenosha, Wisconsin with a “major cache of firearms and weapons.” Police in Iowa are said to have received a tip about two men who were […]
