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A manager of a Massachusetts Buffalo Wild Wings died Thursday after being exposed to a “common” cleaning product inside the restaurant. Interim Burlington Fire Chief Michael Patterson has identified the victim as Ryan Baldera, a 32-year-old husband and father from Lawrence, Massachusetts. Per the fire department’s press release: At 5:36 p.m. Thursday, the Burlington Fire Department responded to […]
The Popeyes’ chicken sandwich frenzy has gone from amusing to bleak. When the fast-food chain announced the return of the coveted menu item, customers were unsurprisingly stoked. But no one could’ve imagined that the much-anticipated re-release would lead to so much violence. In the days since the chicken sandwich was reintroduced, we’ve received reports of fights breaking […]
Meek Mill hasn’t given up the fight for criminal justice reform. Nearly 19 months after his prison release, the Philadelphia rapper traveled to State Correctional Institution-Phoenix to meet with Maurice Hudson—an inmate who was incarcerated after failing to make court-ordered payments. Meek was accompanied by activist/76ers partner Michael Rubin, who spoke about their Friday visit and the importance of changing […]
An American Airlines plane was forced to land early this week, after a man allegedly groped female passenger. According to the New York Daily News, the victim informed the crew about the assault during a Tuesday flight headed to Salt Lake City from Charlotte, North Carolina. A criminal complaint obtained by the outlet states the suspect—identified as James Clayton […]
It seems you can buy anything on Amazon—even wildly inappropriate children’s clothes. The e-commerce giant has found itself in more hot water over a kids tee emblazoned with the phrase “Daddy’s Little Slut.” Journalist Yashar Ali shared a screenshot of the disturbing product via Twitter on Friday in the hopes it would be quickly pulled from Amazon’s website. […]
A report published by Blue Cross Blue Shield on Wednesday claims that a growing number of health problems have befallen millennials which is projected to lead to increasing healthcare costs, and potentially, a higher death rate. From 2014 to 2017, rates for depression among millennials skyrocketed 31 percent while hypertension increased by 16 percent and hyperactivity jumped nearly 30 percent. “Millennials are seeing their health decline […]
Arguing about “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” season comes earlier every year. John Legend and Kelly Clarkson threw a few extra logs on that fire this year by updating the lyrics to give the woman in the problematic duet a bit more agency. This has rankled the same group of people who defend the song year in […]
“Untold suffering” is to come by way of the increasingly-ignored-by-the-Powers-That-Be issue of climate change, thousands of scientists warned Tuesday. “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to ‘tell it like it is,’” the statement, first published in the American Institute of Biological Sciences’ journal BioScience on Tuesday, reads. “On […]
A Purdue University student visited a CVS Pharmacy location near his dorm in West Lafayette, Indiana last month when—upon attempting to purchase Mucinex—his Puerto Rican driver’s license was questioned by an employee. Even after explaining that Puerto Ricans are American citizens and presenting his passport, both the employee in question and a manager “refused to […]
At least nine women and children were killed by armed gunmen in Mexico while traveling in a convoy of SUVs on Monday. The victims were members of a Mormon sect that had lived in the Mexican border state of Sonora for over 50 years, The Daily Beast reports. Many of the victims also had dual […]
