dfp-politics-social
Page: 59
Macy Gray has said that her comments in an interview with Piers Morgan have been “misunderstood” after she was accused of sharing transphobic sentiments. In her recent conversation with the controversial British television personality, Gray was seemingly baited into defining what it means to be a “woman.” In her response, she suggested a woman can be […]
The U.S. was met with heartbreaking news of yet another mass shooting this week when a 21-year-old white male opened fire on a parade in Highland Park, Illinois. In the first half of 2022 alone, the country has seen more than 300 mass shootings. Still, an all-too-familiar response of the powers that be persists, even […]
An Uvalde, Texas police officer who was situated by Robb Elementary School reportedly requested permission to shoot the gunman before he entered the school. Per the Texas Tribune, the officer asked a supervisor for the go-ahead to shoot 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos before the latter got inside the school building. The supervisor did not respond to the request, or responded too […]
Three individuals have pleaded guilty in connection with what authorities have described as a “Grandparent Scam” that saw hundreds of thousands of dollars being pilfered from senior citizens. Per WJAR, 14 seniors in the Rhode Island area were targeted with the scam, which is said to have ultimately resulted in them being defrauded out of […]
A judge has ruled in favor of three U.S. drug distributors in a lawsuit over the ongoing opioid addiction crisis. A federal judge made the ruling in favor of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, McKesson Corporation, and Cardinal Health Inc. on Monday. Per Reuters, U.S. District Judge David Faber argued in his ruling in the West Virginia-focused suit that […]
A shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday afternoon left three people dead and four others in critical condition. NBC News reports a 22-year-old Danish man opened fire at a Field’s mall, killing a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, both from Denmark, and a 47-year-old Russian man. Four other people were transported to a local […]
Police have launched an investigation over a video that appears to show a man claiming to be an off-duty officer pinning a 14-year-old to the ground with his knee on the boy’s back. As Fox 32 Chicago reported, the footage shows an unidentified white man who says he’s an off-duty cop pinning down the teen, who is Puerto […]
Over 20 people were shot Monday morning during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb located about 25 miles north of downtown Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet, whose tweets are embedded below, was present and reports via authorities that five people were killed and 16 were wounded. Local man Miles Zaremski told […]
Police discovered 31 bodies in various stages of decomposition and the cremated remains of 16 others at a funeral home in Jeffersonville, Indiana. As WDRB reported, authorities located the corpses and remains at Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center around 10 p.m. on July 1, after receiving a tip that the bodies had started to stack up after […]
A New York City bodega owner is facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed a customer to death during an altercation over potato chips. The New York Post reports the incident took place around 11:07 p.m. on Friday night at Blue Moon Convenience Store on Broadway near West 139th Street in Hamilton Heights. Jose Alba, 51, […]
