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Cast Away could’ve been a lot shorter. Three men were rescued from a small Pacific island after drawing a massive SOS signal in the sand that was spotted from the air, authorities told the Associated Press. The men were stranded on Pikelot Island—an uninhabited spot in the Micronesia archipelago—for nearly three days before searchers on an Australian […]
Cops in Aurora, Colorado drew their weapons on a Black woman and four children after somehow mistaking their SUV for a stolen motorcycle. As of Monday night, per regional outlet Denver7, an internal investigation has been launched into the officers’ behavior. According to witnesses, a police vehicle pulled behind the family, with an officer drawing […]
Paying no heed to COVID-19, an illicit rave reportedly took place on Saturday night under Brooklyn’s Kosciuszko Bridge. This gathering is said to have drawn hundreds, and comes at a time in which bars and clubs remain closed in NYC due to the pandemic. Videos circulating on social media claiming to show the rave captured some in attendance […]
Coronavirus mask regulations seemed to have pushed one Pennsylvania man over the edge. 35-year-old Adam Zaborowski went on rampage after being told that he needed to wear a mask, the Washington Post reports. On Friday, a cigar shop clerk told Zaborowski that he needed to wear a mask in the shop. Instead of obliging, Zaborowski angrily argued that it wasn’t necessary. He even […]
Amid a pandemic that has wrecked the health and finances of thousands of Americans, and currently shows no signs of imminent improvement, Trump is putting time and energy into threatening TikTok. Indeed, as previously reported, Trump again spouted some shit about “banning” the popular app last week. He was also said to have expressed a lack of […]
Torrance city police arrested two individuals on Friday night who were connected to an alleged car vandalism and yelling “white lives matter” as well as other racist gestures afterward. CBSN Los Angeles reports that 29-year-olds Gregory and Rachel Howell were arrested after video footage surfaced a few weeks prior on July 22 of the two yelling “white lives matter” and […]
A man was arrested by Hartford, Connecticut police after he cut off his landlord’s head with a sword, CNN reports. Victor King called the police last Saturday claiming that his roommate, Jerry Thompson, was “waving a sword at him in a threatening and terrorizing manner.” Per the arrest warrant, King and Thompson were having an argument […]
During Friday’s game between the Orlando Magic and Brooklyn Nets, Jonathan Isaac caught everyone’s attention when he decided not to kneel nor wear a Black Lives Matter shirt during the National Anthem, unlike his teammates. The NBA’s integration of social justice rhetoric and symbols into the start of the new season follows a surge in […]
One of the country’s most notorious white supremacists is finally banned from Twitter. The company decided to permanently suspend former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke on Thursday, after he violated its hateful conduct policy multiple times. “The account you referenced has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful […]
Prosecutor Wesley Bell said on Thursday that his office will not bring charges against Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014. Following requests from Brown’s family and continued national attention on the case, Bell’s St. Louis office had quietly reopened an investigation about five months ago, per […]
