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Shortly after Donald Trump was elected to office four years ago, his admin’s Department of Justice secretly obtained the phone records of Washington Post journalists, as per the Washington Post’s report on the matter. The Justice Department secretly seized the work, home, and cellphone numbers of reporters Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, as well as former Post journalist Adam Enotus. In […]
On Saturday, Barack and Michelle Obama announced the death of their family dog, Bo. “Today our family lost a true friend and loyal companion,” wrote Barack Obama alongside a series of photos of Bo, who they welcomed into their family in 2009. “For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives—happy […]
A Wisconsin father who fatally punched his child over a slice of cheesecake is facing nearly 40 years behind bars. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30-year-old Travis Stackhouse pleaded guilty to homicide charges in connection to the 2019 incident. Prosecutors say the man had become angry that his children had eaten the cake he had received […]
14-year-old Florida girl Alice Wagner has taken a stand against her school after her teacher accused her of wearing inappropriate clothing to class. News4Jax reports that Wagner was suspended for ten days after she got into a heated argument with a female teacher she said made a snide comment about her outfit. “[The teacher] told me […]
A California man has been accused of fraudulently obtaining $5 million in federal coronavirus relief loans and using the money to live a luxury lifestyle, NBC News reports. Mustafa Qadiri, 38, of Irvine, was arrested Friday and charged with four counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, […]
Last month, Harvard researchers published a study stating spanking can have a similar effect on the brain development of a child as more severe forms of violence. That research built on previous studies that showed heightened activity in certain areas of the brain for kids who had been spanked. It was reported that this form […]
New York authorities have charged two men in connection with a 2020 shooting that left a 1-year-old boy dead. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the news Thursday, less than a year after the deadly incident at Raymond Bush Playground. Investigators say 25-year-old Dashawn Austin had driven up to the area at around 11 p.m. on July 22, […]
REFORM Alliance celebrates another victory. The criminal justice organization—founded by Meek Mill, Jay-Z, and Michael Rubin—is praising Georgia lawmakers for passing SB 105, a bipartisan-supported bill that eases the state’s probation system. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation into law earlier this week, after it passed unanimously in the state Senate and 169-2 in the state House of Representatives. […]
Things to envy about Bill Gates: His bank account, his intelligence, his Porsche collection, his philanthropy, his rugged good looks. Things not to envy about Bill Gates: The public scrutiny that his divorce, specifically the alleged contentious nature of it, is getting. The former certainly makes the latter palatable (I mean, I would think, can’t speak […]
After criminalizing cannabis for so long, more states across the US are shifting their policies and legalizing the plant. At least 16 states and Washington, DC, have made recreational weed legal, while 19 states have a medical cannabis program in place. New York celebrated when it became one of the latest states to join the recreational […]
