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A group of five masked robbers plundered a Beverly Hills jewelry store in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. Footage captured by an onlooker and posted on Twitter shows suspects running with hands full of jewelry that they had just robbed from the window of Luxury Jewels of Beverly Hills. The owners of the store told KABC that the robbers […]
Pharrell’s Black Ambition nonprofit has announced the kickoff of applications for its second annual prize competition. Tuesday, the team behind the initiative—which aims to assist Black and Latinx entrepreneurs on their respective paths to success—announced that ventures in consumer products and services, media and entertainment, healthcare, and tech and Web 3.0 are all eligible to […]
A dog named Fezco was dumped at an animal shelter in North Carolina by his former owners because they thought he was gay after he humped another male canine, HuffPost reports. Fezco, who is an unknown breed and either four or five years old, is currently being held at Stanly County Animal Protective Services in Albemarle […]
Police in Florida and Georgia are seeing incidents pop up in relation to a new social media stunt, the “Orbeez challenge,” and are advising residents to be wary of the trend, which “could cause injury.” While the challenge features TikTokers playing with the small gel balls known as Orbeez, other clips show users shooting the balls […]
Shootings amid spring break-related activities in Florida and Texas resulted in multiple injuries this weekend, authorities said. Miami Beach saw the hospitalization of a total of five people in connection with two separate shooting incidents, per a report from WTVJ. In a shooting that took place early Sunday, three people were hospitalized, including two individuals who were […]
As viral footage of the moment in question continues to circulate, police in Los Angeles have kicked off a hit-and-run investigation in connection with a Tesla driver’s airborne stunt. Clips shared to social media over the weekend (including by Ben Baller) show the driver of what’s since been confirmed as a rented Tesla briefly taking […]
A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines has crashed in the Guangxi province, regional authorities said Monday. 132 people have been confirmed to have been on board. Per a report from the Associated Press, the flight in question was en route from Kunming (in the western province of Yunnan) to the port city of […]
One person is killed and 24 are injured after a mass shooting erupted at a car show in Dumas, Arkansas, on Saturday night. Arkansas State Police confirmed the news in a press release on Sunday, with officials revealing that one suspect is in custody. Police said multiple children were injured in the shooting, which took place about 90 […]
An unarmed Black man who last month was shot and paralyzed by police officers in Trenton, New Jersey, is suing the city and its police department. NBC News reports Jajuan R. Henderson, 29, went to his car to retrieve an iced tea shortly after midnight on Feb. 12, when he was allegedly ambushed by a group of plain-clothed police officers. “In […]
A former Virginia police officer pleaded guilty on Friday to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. CBS News reports Jacob Fracker, 30, a former Rocky Mount, Virginia police officer who was fired after his arrest, pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, the joint session of Congress that was held on Jan. 6 to certify […]
