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A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty in connection with staging a fire and falsely blaming it on, among other conservative boogeymen, “Antifa.” The fire in question, per a regional report from KSTP, was first reported to authorities in September 2020. At the time, 30-year-old Denis Vladmirovich Molla claimed to local law enforcement officials that a group […]
80% of Canadian remote workers would prefer to look for a new job rather than be forced to return to their offices full time, according to a survey conducted by financial website HardBacon. The survey asked Canadians who work from home or remotely how often they do so and how they would react if their […]
A Texas cop who was previously reported to have been fired after shooting a teen in a McDonald’s parking lot has now been charged. Per a report from the Associated Press, 25-year-old James Brennand was still in custody as of Wednesday morning after turning himself in the prior evening. Brennand, who was fired last week, […]
Eric André has filed a lawsuit against Clayton County over police’s “program of racial profiling and coercive stops” at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. As previously reported, André went public last year with what he described as a racial profiling incident at the Georgia airport, ultimately hitting Jimmy Kimmel Live to detail the harassment. Per André, a […]
Former NHL player and current chair of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, Akim Aliu, responded to Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons after Simmons compared Aliu’s career with that of another black NHL player, Wayne Simmonds. “No one wants to say this because of the politically correct police and all, but those who coached Akim Aliu must cringe […]
Charges against Adnan Syed in connection with the Serial case have been dropped, lawyers said on Tuesday. Per a report from the Associated Press, word of the dropped charges was shared to social media by Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law co-director Laura Nirider. Meanwhile, Erica Suter, a lawyer, told the […]
Elon Musk says he spoke with the artist formerly known as Kanye West this week about his recent Twitter activity. As previously reported, Ye’s account was restricted (not permanently suspended) after a tweet shared last week that was widely called out as antisemitic. Ye’s Instagram, which has been a source of continued headlines as of […]
A Home Office immigration official, who made jokes about raping 15-year-olds, tasering kids and the disabled, and sent racist messages in a group WhatsApp chat, has been suspended following a BBC investigation. It was reported by BBC show Newsnight that Rob Lewis, an ex-policeman, had created a group chat dubbed Bottle and Stoppers with other officers William […]
Earth is headed toward unrecognizable changes. According to researchers at Curtin University in Australia and Peking University in China, the world will experience a geological reconfiguration caused by the Pacific Ocean’s inevitable disappearance. The study, published by the National Science Review, highlights the fact that the globe’s oldest and largest ocean began shrinking during the dinosaur era, and continues to lose a few centimeters […]
A Dallas woman is dead after her friend opened fire following a pick-up basketball game. Fox 4 reports Asia Womack was killed Monday evening after playing basketball at T.G. Terry Park. According to her family, Womack won the game, at which point the shooter, who they say knew her, shot her five times as she walked home. Womack suffered […]
