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Kanye West took to Twitter early Saturday morning to call out Ariana Grande for a tweet she made on Thursday. Kanye wrote, “All of this foolishness weighed on my mental health so @ArianaGrande you know I got love for you but until you’re ready to really make sure everyone’s ok don’t use me or this moment […]
Johnson & Johnson, a company most known for baby powder, is enjoying some plunging shares in light of a potentially damning report from Reuters. The investigation at the center of the report, published Friday, found that “from at least 1971 to the early 2000s” Johnson & Johnson’s raw talc and finished powders “sometimes” came up positive […]
In a blog post published Wednesday, the ACLU issued a warning about recent developments regarding a patent application filed by Amazon, which would use facial recognition, like Rekognition, in conjunction with the doorbell camera company Ring. The patent says the tech would be a “powerful deterrent against would-be burglars,” however, the ACLU is warning that it would create a “massive […]
Dikembe Mutombo was recently given the Sager Strong Award for the humanitarian work he’s done in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to building the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named after his mother, Dikembe has provided free cervical and breast cancer screenings for women, and a team of doctors focused on addressing knee replacement and cataract surgery. The Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital […]
Nearly five decades after its premiere, Sesame Street will confront the issue of homelessness with its first-ever homeless Muppet. Sesame Workshop announced the addition Wednesday, confirming the storyline will revolve around the bright pink character of Lily. The Muppet was introduced in 2011, when she revealed her family’s struggle with food-scarcity. We get a closer look at Lily’s circumstances […]
Columbia University officials have responded to a viral video in which one of their students is seen delivering a racist rant. A group of underclassmen posted footage of the incident on social media Sunday, sparking nationwide outrage. The video features white sophomore student Julian von Abele shouting white supremacist rhetoric at his fellow students, some of […]
Social media arguments have become ordinary in the information age. But for one Washington state man, this particular engagement has led to an end of a manhunt and a viral exchange. As reported by The Hill on Sunday (Dec. 9), 38-year-old Anthony Akers used Facebook’s comments section to ensure the Richland Police Department that he would […]
Three employees at the fast-food restaurant Sonic Drive-In in Taylor, Texas were arrested Friday after an ecstasy pill was found in the hamburger wrapper of a kids meal. The discovery was made during a family outing when their 11-year-old daughter asked about the unknown pill. “Being an 11-year-old, she asked her parents if this was candy,” Taylor police chief Henry […]
USA Today reports that a stampede at a rap concert in Italy has left 59 people injured and six dead. Rapper Sfera Ebbasta was scheduled to perform at the Lanterna Azzurna nightclub on Saturday, but the show was canceled when someone sprayed an irritant, causing panic. A video broadcast showed teens rushing out of the venue and […]
Back in November, while on a panel to promote his new movie Green Book, Viggo Mortensen used the N-word. As you can imagine, it didn’t go too well. Mortensen, who has apologized, expanded on his usage of the word and specifically the context in which he used the word while speaking to France 24. “I would like to say that how it […]
