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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted an indefinite stay in the execution of Rodney Reed. The decision was announced Friday afternoon, shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles suggested the execution be delayed by 120 days. BREAKING NEWS: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted #RodneyReed an indefinite stay of execution, […]
A 9-year-old Belgian boy is about to receive a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Laurent Simons is gearing up to graduate from the Eindhoven University of Technology in December and already has his eyes set on a Ph.D. In an interview with CNN, Laurent’s parents credited the boy’s grandparents with noting that the child could […]
A pack of wild hogs destroyed someone’s stash of cocaine. According to the Italian edition of The Local, a pack of feral hogs sniffed out cocaine that was buried in a forest in eastern Tuscany. The hogs then dug up the drugs and destroyed the whole package. Authorities found out about the incident while investigating a group of suspected […]
French police are investigating the reoccurring appearance of packages of “very pure” cocaine washing up on the shores of beaches along the Atlantic coast, The Guardian reports. On Sunday, a new batch of about 31 pounds of cocaine appeared on the Pornic shore in western France, bringing the total amount in recent weeks to more than […]
While a certain Drake moment at this year’s edition of the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles is drawing reactions of the arguably mixed variety, there’s a bit more consensus to be found in the response to the special guest YG brought out for his set. Indeed, during a performance of his unity-inspiring anthem “FDT (Fuck […]
The NYPD has been slammed for arresting a woman who was selling food inside a Brooklyn subway station. The incident took place on Friday inside the Broadway Junction subway station in East New York. Two Twitter viral videos that documented the situation showed three uniformed officers and one in plainclothes encircling a woman who was […]
A white woman was body slammed in a Popeyes parking lot after she allegedly threw a racial epithet at employees. The incident took place at a Popeyes restaurant in Columbia, Tennessee. According to witnesses, the woman was attempting to dispute a charge on her bill, leading to a heated argument. Several workers asked her to leave the establishment, but before […]
The father of Atatiana Jefferson has died, the Associated Press reports. Spokesperson Bruce Carter told the Dallas Morning News that Marquis Jefferson fell victim to a heart attack and died on Saturday at a Dallas area hospital. “Less than a month ago, he was working at El Centro, mentoring kids twice a week,” Carter said. “He just couldn’t get […]
Katie Couric opened up about the firing of her former Today co-host Matt Lauer at Dress for Success’ annual Women Who Inspire event this week. During the conversation, Couric spoke about the #MeToo movement and the circumstances surrounding Lauer’s departure from Today in 2017. “As you can imagine, I’ve thought a lot about this over the last two […]
A police officer associated with the arrest of El Chapo‘s son was murdered by armed gunmen in Sinaloa, Mexico. The 30-year-old officer has only been identified by Mexican authorities as Eduardo N. He was killed in the parking lot of a strip mall on Wednesday. In footage obtained by Mexican newspaper Excelsior, a red sports car can be seen […]
