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Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran’s brother John, 60, was found dead in his Dominican Republic hotel room while on vacation with a friend in April, TMZ reports. While an autopsy has not been performed, Barbara was told that her brother suddenly died of a heart attack, which if true, coincides with an eerie string of American tourist deaths that have occurred in similar […]
A Florida man was arrested this weekend, after police discovered a bag of methamphetamine inside a to-go box of potato wedges—”hot, fresh potato wedges.” Deputies found the drugs during a Saturday traffic stop in Hillsborough County. Officers say the suspect, 48-year-old James Henry Simpson, was wanted in a neighboring county after he failed to appear in court on drug-related […]
The Canadian Senate passed legislation that would ban the keeping of whales and dolphins in captivity throughout the country, according to the CBC. The newly passed bill — dubbed the “Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act” — will make it illegal to import, export keep or breed whales, dolphins and porpoises. It will […]
Chernobyl photo shoots are now a thing. In the weeks since HBO premiered its drama miniseries about the nuclear disaster, the site has experienced a significant rise in tourism. One Ukranian agency told Reuters there has been a 30 percent spike in Chernobyl tours in May 2019 when compared to May 2018. There has also been a […]
Meek Mill is among the six individuals that was recognized on Monday, June 10 at the seventh annual McSilver Awards at NYU. The ceremony acknowledges the “Vanguards for Social Justice who are prominent in their fields and unafraid to use their platforms to help create a more equitable and just world.” Congrats to @MeekMill […]
Ava DuVernay’s powerful Netflix miniseries When They See Us chronicles the wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five in 1989, and the actions taken by prosecutors and local figureheads to frame the five black and brown teens for a crime they didn’t commit. In a recent interview with Shadow and Act, three of the five men—Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, […]
An Illinois man was sentenced to prison for ordering 42 pounds of chocolate edibles. CNN reports that Thomas Franzen of the Chicagoland area pled guilty to possession of upwards of 5000 grams of cannabis and received the minimum sentence: 4 years in prison. In a statement from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, prosecutors made it […]
Linda Fairstein, the now infamous prosecutor in the Central Park Five case, didn’t want to participate in the Netflix series When They See Us if the five accused men—Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Kharey Wise—were also being consulted, one of the show’s producers alleges. When They See Us executive producer Jane Rosenthal claims her team and Fairstein exchanged a […]
Dodgeball is being as a means for “oppression,” according to Canadian professors. The Washington Post reports that educators from three of the country’s universities believer that dodgeball in physical education classes teaches children to dehumanize and act violently towards their peers. “When you’re setting up the environment for students to learn, and you introduce the […]
Michael B. Jordan introduced the Central Park Five by telling a familiar story to anyone growing up black in America. “It’s dangerous in America when you’re living in a black body,” Michael B. Jordan said during an ACLU of Southern California event. The 32-year-old actor spoke these words as he presented the Central Park Five […]
