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The U.S. House of Representatives has officially passed the CROWN Act, legislation that seeks to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. According NBC News, lawmakers approved the bill Friday with a vote of 235-189 largely along party lines. Proponents of the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act say the move will provide more protections for those […]
In a nine-minute video shared to social media and elsewhere this week, Terminator: Dark Fate star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the people of Russia, as well as President Vladimir Putin directly, amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. At the top of the video, Schwarzenegger explained that he was sharing this message in an […]
A dentist in Wisconsin was convicted on five counts of healthcare fraud last week after he was found guilty of intentionally damaging several patients’ teeth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. According to the indictment, Scott Charmoli, 61, would show his patients an X-ray of their teeth and lead them to believe that an innocuous line or spot meant their […]
Gabrielle Union has put the Walt Disney Company on blast for their response to Florida’s recently passed Parental Rights in Education legislation, which many are calling the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “Somebody asked me, ‘Are you disappointed?’ I’m disappointed when my order isn’t right at In-N-Out. I don’t even think that’s a word that you […]
As the Montreal Children’s Hospital calls for public donations in aid of young Ukranian cancer patients, P.K. Subban has said he will match all donations made to the hospital’s foundation. The former Montreal Canadien and ambassador of the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation is planning on matching each donation dollar for dollar, up to $100,000. Many […]
A TTC bus driver has been fired for taunting intoxicated females and not offering them assistance, said the transit agency. Last Sunday, a video surfaced of the two female passengers, ages unknown, on a TTC surface route. In the video, one of the females is at the back on the bus lying on the floor while the other is […]
The RSPCA has said that it has started prosecution proceedings against professional footballers Kurt Zouma and his brother, Yoan, in their roles in filming Kurt kicking a cat. 23-year-old Yoan, who currently plays for Dagenham & Redbridge, filmed 27-year-old West Ham player Kurt kicking and slapping one of his pets. After the video surfaced on social […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has formally announced a $127.5 million settlement with families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting victims. The settlement, per a report from the Associated Press, includes 40 different civil cases that were spurred by the February 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. In court documents viewed by Complex and available […]
An assistant principal at a Mississippi elementary school has landed himself in hot water after reading a humorous children’s book titled I Need a New Butt! to a class of second graders. CNN reports Toby Price, assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in Byram, Mississippi, was fired last week after reading the book to a Zoom class of […]
An American franchise operator of Papa John’s locations in Russia confirmed this week that shops his company controls in the country are not closing. In staying open, “master franchisee” Christopher Wynne argued in a New York Times interview shared Tuesday, he’s showing “compassion” to the Russian people. “The best thing I can do as an […]
