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After logging in for her first day of class while remote learning, a young Florida elementary school student watched her mother get shot and killed by an ex-boyfriend, according to local authorities. “One of the children, the 10-year-old, is online, getting ready to start the day—it’s early, you know, 8 o’clock,” Martin County Sheriff William […]
Akon caught heat this week after he was asked about the way slavery is viewed in Senegal, the West African country where he spent most of his childhood. The 47-year-old artist claimed Senegalese no longer think about slavery because they have “overcome” its horrors, unlike African Americans. “In Senegal, we’ve kind of overcome the thought of slavery, […]
A 17-year-old had to undergo surgery after he was punched in the face over mask regulations, CBS reports. The victim was at his job at Sesame Place in Pennsylvania on Sunday when he informed a man and a woman about the theme park’s mask policy. Police say that the guests responded to the request to wear a mask in […]
A Ku Klux Klan leader has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for driving his truck in a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters back in June. According to BuzzFeed News, 36-year-old Harry Rogers was convicted of six misdemeanors and is still facing three felony charges of attempted malicious wounding, which could […]
Florida is a wild place and now one man can be a living example of this. Justin Stuller from Estero, Florida went to Florida Keys for a fishing trip, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. But things went left when he was attacked by an eight-foot lemon shark. “I put (the fish) in a hole, and right before I surfaced, […]
Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook has been accused of lying about having sexual relationships with subordinates and sending himself “dozens” of explicit photos of various women using a work email account. A new lawsuit, per the New York Times, states that the company received an anonymous tip last month alleging that the former CEO had indeed […]
A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with “recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage” for hosting a party earlier this month where face coverings weren’t worn and social distancing wasn’t practiced by most of the hundreds of attendees, BuzzFeed News reports. Authorities arrived at a rented mansion in Alpine in response to a noise complaint at 10 […]
More than 100 people were arrested overnight on Sunday and into Monday morning as stores were damaged and looted in Chicago following the police shooting of a man in the Englewood area. “We are waking up in shock this morning,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a press conference. “During the early morning hours of […]
One person has been confirmed to have died, with several more reported as injured, following an explosion in Baltimore. The incident, per the Associated Press, is being referred to as a “major gas explosion.” The Baltimore Fire Department has estimated that at least one person is trapped in the wreckage from the explosion, which is […]
A Black war veteran who was serving a life sentence over a $30 marijuana sale will seen be released from prison. According to ABC News, Louisiana prosecutors announced Thursday they had agreed to reduce Derek Harris’ sentence to time served. The Army vet was arrested in 2008 after he allegedly sold less than a gram of weed […]
