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Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, has been charged with hate crimes in connection with the burnings of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana. The new charges were revealed Monday, per an Associated Press report. That same day, Matthews pleaded not guilty via a jail livestream. Originally arrested on arson charges, Matthews now faces […]
Though a decision in the FUCT Supreme Court case has not been reached, a recent hearing produced an assortment of noteworthy moments, the bulk of which revolve around a bunch of people who are presumably totally unfamiliar with the label attempting to tiptoe around its name. Monday, Supreme Court justices discussed FUCT founder Erik Brunetti‘s […]
The New York Post has been the subject of extensive criticism in recent days, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned publication ran an offensive cover story targeting Representative Ilhan Omar. Critics have denounced the newspaper’s inflammatory coverage as islamophobic and an attempt to delegitimize one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress. On Thursday, the Post published a photo of the […]
A University of Illinois student found himself in full panic mode after realizing he had forgot to wear a pair of pants to class. Let us explain: On a particularly warm spring day, 19-year-old chemistry major Jake Wolf decided to take advantage of the nice weather by rocking a pair of shorts to class. The […]
We’ve become used to quietly terrible billionaires, the type who use their wealth to reshape laws and practices to their benefit and use their gravity-shifting hoarding of resources to make the world slightly/greatly worse. But the type of barons who inspired works like The World’s Most Dangerous Game are still out there. Take the anonymous rich guy who is […]
Julian Assange has been arrested in London. The WikiLeaks co-founder was taken into custody at the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday, per BBC News. Assange had been at the embassy for the past seven years, utilizing asylum in an alleged effort to avoid extradition to Sweden in connection with a sexual assault case that’s since […]
New Zealand‘s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to amend gun laws following the Christchurch mass shootings. The move comes less than a month after the mosque attacks that left 50 people dead. The vote landed Wednesday at 119 to 1 in favor of an outright ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons, per a CNN report. As far as […]
Here’s a wholesome post for you to end or begin your day with. On Sunday, Dwyane Wade‘s 11-year-old son, Zion, made an appearance at a Miami Beach Pride march. Wade wasn’t able to make an in-person appearance alongside his son, on account of having a game in Toronto and all, but he did make a note […]
Chris Darden’s daughter, Jeneé Darden, posted on Instagram Sunday to address the harassment she’s received on social media over her father defending Eric Holder, the man charged with gunning down Nipsey Hussle. Darden became part of the public consciousness during the much-publicized 1995 O.J. Simpson trial, where he was assigned as one of the prosecutors. On Thursday, Meek Mill condemned Darden for […]
Fires have burned three historically black churches over the last 10 days in a single south Louisiana Parish, prompting authorities to call into question whether “suspicious” activity is behind the damage, the New York Times reports. “There is clearly something happening in this community,” State Fire Marshal H. Browning said in a statement. “That is why it […]
