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Content warning: The following article and video contains in-depth discussions about suicide. In the latest episode of Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and Willow Smith welcome the mother and stepfather of the late Cheslie Kryst, who died by suicide in January. Cheslie, whose varied and inspiring career included being crowned Miss […]
After a month-long violent “crime spree” involving carjacking in the Greater Toronto Area, police say two suspects have been charged. Toronto Police worked with York Regional Police and Peel Regional Police after stolen vehicles were reported in those areas. The investigation, dubbed “Project Tyga,” began in March, according to Toronto Police. “It’s an estimated total […]
A self-described “Pro-Life Spider-Man” was taken into custody by the authorities Tuesday after scaling the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. The climber, who goes by the name of Maison Des Champs on Instagram, climbed the 1,000-foot-tall skyscraper before he was detained Tuesday morning, per KTVU. He documented much of the journey on social media, in an effort to […]
A 100-year-old Brazilian man has set the Guinness World Record for the longest tenure at the same company, after working for a textile firm for 84 years. Guinness World Records reports the record was verified on January 6. Walter Orthmann, who turned 100 on April 19, started working at ReneauxView, previously called Industrias Renaux S.A., when he was […]
A reward is now being offered amid the ongoing search for an escaped Alabama inmate and a “missing and endangered” corrections officer, the U.S. Marshals Service announced this weekend. Per the Associated Press, 38-year-old Casey Cole White left the Lauderdale County Detention Center last Friday with officer Vicky White, who also serves as the facility’s […]
Megan Thee Stallion’s philanthropic endeavors were commemorated in her hometown of Houston this weekend with a key to the city, as well as a proclamation from Mayor Sylvester Turner designating May 2 as a special day in the Good News artist’s honor. Speaking on the presenting of the key and the Megan Thee Stallion Day […]
A shooting at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival on Saturday left one person dead and five others injured. NBC affiliate WLBT reports the shooting occurred before 10 p.m. at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones confirmed that three of the wounded people were stabilized at a local […]
Nadia Lopez, who founded Mott Hall Bridges Academy in 2010, has been told she “shouldn’t come back” to the school, per the New York Post. The former principal, who received love from a student on Humans of New York, was met with hostility when she visited the Brooklyn school on April 13 and claims she was told […]
Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman who in 2019 was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 119, CBS News reports. Tanaka, who was born on January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, passed away last Tuesday, according to a statement released by […]
It sounds like Twitter may be accepting Elon Musk’s offer after all. Early Monday, Reuters reported Twitter Inc. was “poised to agree” to Musk’s offer of roughly $43 billion in cash. The deal, at least according to the report, could be announced as soon as Monday if all goes as projected. However, it’s also possible […]
