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A guy broke into Wendy’s, promptly hit the grill to craft himself a quick meal, then snagged a safe before ultimately being arrested. Shockingly, this all went down in Florida. The Martin County sheriff’s office, per WSET-TV, says Patrick Benson utilized either a “brick or large rock” to smash said Wendy’s window after operating hours. Once […]
Lizzo said she is “out for blood.” Following her Thursday night performance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, the 31-year-old singer took to Twitter claiming members of her team were assaulted by a “bigoted” security guard at the event. Lizzo said she intended to file a complaint, and hoped the festival organizers would cooperate in the investigation. DID ANYBODY GET […]
New York City officials are accusing an Astoria family of allegedly operating a ring of illegal Airbnb rentals—a very lucrative ring. As pointed out by Wired, the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement filed a lawsuit last week against 13 individuals and entities that allegedly ran a five-year housing scheme that earned over $5 million in revenue. Officials say […]
Even Axon, i.e. the company formerly known as TASER, is questioning the ethics behind the implementation of facial recognition technology in the policing industry. In a statement Thursday detailing the findings of a report from the Axon AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board, formed in April 2018, CEO Rick Smith pointed to a need for additional research […]
U.S. officials have shed more light on the growing border crises. In a Department of Homeland Security draft report obtained by BuzzFeed News, inspectors detailed the atrocious conditions at South Texas migrant detention centers. Authorities described the facilities as squalid and overcrowded, with children and adults suffering from a lack of proper nutrition and adequate sanitation. The draft report—addressed to DHS […]
Stefani Carroll-Kirchoff of Maplewood, Minnesota told CNN that she always checks her washing machine and dryer before turning them on. It’s a necessity for Carroll-Kirchoff when you have three curious cats who wander around the house in search of new experiences without considering the repercussions. Last week, Carroll-Kirchoff rushed through the clothes washing process before heading out. It was this lone […]
A 93-year-old woman whose “dying wish” was to experience an arrest, of all things, was granted by police. Greater Manchester police detailed their side of this wish fulfillment endeavor, per The Guardian, in a statement in which the description “slightly unusual” was used to describe the initial inquiry received from Josie Birds’ granddaughter. “On this occasion, […]
A 23-year-old man was arrested over the weekend in Fresno, California for allegedly striking a baby in the head while shooting into a vehicle. According to police, the man fired the shots after his unwanted advances against the baby’s 18-year-old mother were rejected, who was inside the car at the time with her baby and a […]
An Air Canada passenger was left stranded inside an empty, dark, and locked plane on the tarmac of Toronto Pearson International Airport after she fell asleep and was never alerted of their arrival. Tiffani Louise O’Brien was flying to Toronto on Air Canada Flight 1799 on June 9 after spending the weekend in Quebec City when she woke up hours later in […]
Lena Waithe described her first feature film as “protest art” when she shared some footage of it earlier this year to a convention crowd and now we can finally see what she meant. The first trailer for Queen & Slim was shared during the BET Awards and it looks capital-T Topical, while also examining the relationship […]
