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Dick Farrel, a longtime conservative radio host from West Palm Beach, Florida, who publicly opposed the coronavirus vaccine, died this week of complications from COVID-19. He was 65. WPTV reports the former Newsmax anchor, who urged people not to get vaccinated as recently as June, changed his opinion after contracting the virus and entering the hospital three […]
A Florida man was arrested Thursday after authorities say he bit off part of his friend’s ear during a fight. James Williams, 45, is facing battery charges after reportedly taking a bite at his friend’s ear at 2:30 a.m. at the Oceans Edge Resort & Marina on Stock Island. The incident took place as James […]
Target has joined the growing list of retailers and restaurant chains offering educational assistance for its employees. The retail giant announced Wednesday that it would pay for the full cost of college for its U.S.-based part-time and full-time employees. Target plans to invest $200 million over the next four years in the program, which will offer debt-free assistance for select […]
Apple has announced its latest plan to protect young children from sexual predators. On Thursday, the tech giant confirmed it would begin using new software that will detect and report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on U.S. iPhones. Apple will utilize a tool known as “NeuralHash,” which can help determine whether a user is trying to store known […]
A school board meeting in North Carolina’s Buncombe County turned hostile after unruly protestors showed up to object the school’s new mask mandate. The Buncombe County Schools Board of Education passed the motion Thursday morning in a 4-2 vote, stipulating that face coverings be required for all unvaccinated staff and student in grades K-13 inside […]
Mexico filed a lawsuit against a number of U.S.-based gun manufacturers on Wednesday, accusing them of “actively facilitating the unlawful trafficking of their guns to drug cartels,” NBC News reports. The suit alleges that over 500,000 firearms are smuggled from the United States into Mexico every year, with more than 340,000 belonging to U.S. companies such […]
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a record $1.4 billion worth of cocaine and marijuana at Port Everglades in Florida on Thursday, per CBS Miami. With the help of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Canadian officials, among others, 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana were seized from 20 separate interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea […]
A Kansas state Rep. who’s been accused of kicking a high school student in the nuts has given up his license to be a substitute teacher. According to The Associated Press, Mark Samsel (R) surrendered the license on Tuesday, while later pinning the incident on “extreme” stress that led to “an isolated episode of mania with psychotic features.” A Facebook […]
Although she acknowledges some of the benefits of consuming marijuana, Kehlani admits she “wasn’t the most productive pothead.” The 26-year-old singer addressed the topic in a recent TikTok video, explaining her decision to give up weed in 2018 after years of smoking. “I used to smoke a lot of weed and now I speak on it in a past […]
Ice-T has come to the defense of his wife Coco Austin following the negative response to her revealding that she’s still breastfeeding their 5-year-old daughter, Chanel. Coco engaged with her followers early last year after posting a photo of herself breastfeeding Chanel, who was 4 years old at the time, on Instagram. When asked at what age she […]
