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Eight more bodies were found in Northern California’s Butte County this week, bringing the death toll of the ongoing California wildfires to 71. The Camp Fire is reportedly 55 percent contained by firefighters. However, it has already destroyed the entire town of Paradise and burned through 222 square miles in the foothills of the Sierra […]
A Northern England high school has banned students from wearing expensive coats because of the idea that the high-end items might shame lower-class students. According to CNN, Woodchurch High School sent home a letter to parents earlier this month and explained that Canada Goose and Moncler would not be allowed. The note said that the […]
Kanye West has donated $150,000 to the family of Jemel Roberson, the 26-year-old security guard who was killed by police, TMZ reports. Roberson was working security at Manny’s Blue Room Bar in Robbins, Illinois this past week when a gunman opened fire. Roberson was able to subdue the shooter and waited for the authorities. Upon arrival, police […]
A Texas university has launched two investigations after a white professor reportedly called the cops on a black student during class. What was the student’s offense? She reportedly propped her feet up on a lecture hall chair. The incident occurred Monday at the University of Texas at San Antonio. A man who was in the class […]
Lil Jon knows the value of education. And the importance of giving back. On Tuesday, AOL confirmed the 47-year-old rapper has opened the doors to Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School in eastern Ghana. The effort was part of Jon’s ongoing support of Pencils for Promise, a “for-purpose” organization that builds schools in developing countries like Guatemala, Laos, Nicaragua, and […]
Gerard Butler is among the hundreds of Californians who lost their homes in the still-raging wildfires across the state. The actor posted a photo of himself standing in front of what looks to be a shell of the garage of his Malibu home. In his Instagram story, Butler told fans that his home was “half […]
Director Michael Moore finally got to finish his 2003 Academy Awards speech at Saturday’s Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. After winning a Best Documentary Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, Moore used his speech to criticize then-President George W. Bush’s War on Terror. He was booed as the ceremony’s music ushered him off the stage. The moment […]
A topless female protester charged at Donald Trump’s motorcade in Paris on Sunday to deliver a message. Reuters reported that the woman came close to Trump’s convoy before she was caught by the police. She had the words “fake peacemaker” scrawled across her chest. Trump was headed down the Champs-Élysées before a ceremony commemorating the end […]
Two huge wildfires that have forced thousands of homeowners to evacuate are still ongoing in California, and the president can’t wait until the situation is dealt with before acting out. President Donald Trump has already taken it upon himself to place the blame squarely on “gross mismanagement of the forests.” Even worse, he’s now threatening to withhold […]
Police are looking for a vandal who scribbled a racist slur on New York City’s African Burial Ground monument. The Lower Manhattan monument marks the spot where as many as 15,000 Africans were buried between 1690 and 1794. The grounds were used because Africans, both enslaved and freed, weren’t allowed to be buried in cemeteries. […]
