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Police say a guy who allegedly tried to hold up a fireworks stand in Texas was about to count up his would-be haul when an employee, using the suspect’s own gun, shot him. Deputies are on the scene at a fireworks stand in the 14400 block of the North Freeway. Preliminary reports are that a robbery […]
UPDATED 07/05/19 11:25 a.m. ET: Following his threat to cut funding for a future Nike factory in the state in response to the sportswear company pulling the controversial “Betsy Ross Flag” Air Max 1 from shelves, Governor of Arizona Doug Ducey was spotted wearing a pair of Nike sneakers at a Fourth of July party yesterday. Ducey still has yet to respond […]
You can set your watch to the reactions of bigoted shitheels. It’s not exactly surprising how punctual they are with their terrible opinions anytime a person of color does anything. Fortunately, that reliability means they can be planned for, and the world was ready when they came for Halle Bailey after she was cast as the […]
Southern California, including the greater Los Angeles area, was just hit with one of the biggest earthquakes the region has experienced in two decades. The long earthquake, which reportedly lasted between 15 and 20 seconds, measured at 6.4 on the Richter scale. Centered in the Searles Valley near Ridgecrest in San Bernardino County, the quake […]
Citing the “partisan death spiral” that is currently in effect nationwide, Rep. Justin Amash has announced his exit from the Republican Party. In a paywalled Washington Post op-ed published on Stranger Things Day, Amash said he was declaring his “independence” by leaving the GOP. “No matter your circumstance, I’m asking you to join me in rejecting […]
California has become the first U.S. state to outlaw racial discrimination based on a individual’s hair. The legislation, also known as the The CROWN Act: Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair, was passed unanimously last month by the California State Assembly. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill Wednesday in an effort to combat outdated, discriminatory policies […]
NBC News reports Boeing is starting a $100 million fund, which will be used to assist the families of the 346 people killed in the two 737 MAX crashes that happened this past October and March. “We at Boeing are sorry for the tragic loss of lives in both of these accidents and these lives lost will continue to weigh heavily on our hearts […]
21-year-old Simon Childs, a homeless father who was photographed sleeping at a McDonald’s in-between shifts, received an outpouring of support after he was shamed by an angry woman on the internet. A woman took a picture of a man asleep at a McDonalds and complained on Facebook, and how the community responded changed his […]
On Monday, a jury awarded $59+ million in damages to an ex-Manhattan high school student, Alonzo Yanes, who was suffered severe burns after a chemistry class experiment went wrong back in January 2014. Yanes is now 21-years-old, and he is set to have that judgment paid out by the city of New York. His attorney, Ben […]
You never know what you’ll see in New York… literally. According to the New York Post, there have been close to 35 reported coyote sightings around the city. This is already four-times the number of reports recorded in all of 2018 and six-times the amount of sightings reported in 2017. Most of these encounters have […]
