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Georgia law enforcement is asking residents to turn in their exes for Valentine’s Day. The tongue-in-cheek request was issued on the Rockmart Police Department’s official Facebook page. The message, which has since garnered hundreds of likes and shares, was posted Wednesday along with a photo of a rose next to a pair of handcuffs. “Do […]
NASA announced in a press release that once the International Space Station concludes its three decades of service at the end of 2030, it will head off to greener pastures by crashing into an area known as Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean. The Biden Administration committed late last year to extend ISS operations through 2030 before […]
A Michelle Obama biography was among the hundreds of titles that was targeted in a Texas book-banning effort. According to a formal request obtained by NBC News, a parent from Katy, Texas, asked school officials to remove Michelle Obama: Political Icon public school libraries because of its “unfair” depiction Donald Trump. The filing claimed the biography, written by Heather Schwartz, painted the former president as […]
An Alabama school official wants to make it very clear that critical race theory isn’t being taught in the classroom, as many residents believe. According to AL.com, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey told lawmakers Wednesday that he’s received numerous complaints from parents who say Black History Month lessons are the same as CRT. The claims comes nearly […]
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed medical marijuana into law, saying discussion surrounding the bill has “consumed an enormous amount of space” in the state’s news cycle. The legislation was signed Wednesday and becomes law “immediately,” per the Associated Press, though it will take several months before residents see the opening of the first medical […]
Rudy Giuliani hasn’t been in people’s good graces following his numerous antics with Donald Trump and the 2020 presidential election. So when Giuliani reportedly participated in Fox’s show The Masked Singer, some were extremely displeased. Deadline reports that as Giuliani was unmasked during a taping of the show’s first episode last week, judges Ken Jeong […]
The U.S. Army said Wednesday that soldiers who still refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be discharged, Reuters reports. “Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement. “Unvaccinated soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness.” The […]
A video-focused report from a questionable news source on an alleged “bear pit” incident has been making the rounds. Per the New York Post, citing the oft-sourced-in-tabloid-stories East2West News, the footage in question has been said to have originated from Tashkent Zoo in Uzbekistan. The clip, which has also been shared by China’s state-owned news outlet […]
The Washington Football Team officially has a new name. On Wednesday, Washington’s NFL team confirmed that it would be known as the Commanders moving forward, per ESPN. Previously, the team dropped its original name that had repeatedly been called out as deeply offensive to Native Americans, opting to instead go by the Washington Football Team […]
An NYPD officer was arraigned this week on an indictment charging him with hate crimes in connection with allegedly punching a man until he was unconscious while using anti-Muslim slurs. 50-year-old Riggs Kwong, as reported by the New York Daily News, pleaded not guilty in front of Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Raymond Rodriguez on Monday. […]
