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An “influencer mom” whose tale of a kidnapping attempt perpetrated against her children at a Bay Area Michaels store went viral this past December has been charged with giving police false information. The news was first reported by the Petaluma Argus-Courier. As a result, Katie Sorensen now faces two misdemeanor charges, one for lying to a police […]
A judge ruled two weeks ago that a former restaurant manager in South Carolina owes $546,000 to a man he enslaved, deeming the manager guilty of “coercing an African-American man with an intellectual disability to work extensive hours at a restaurant for no pay.” The manager, 56-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards, is serving a 10-year prison sentence […]
John Oliver came through with a timely reminder to not listen to anything Joe Rogan says with Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight. The focus of Oliver’s latest extended explainer, fittingly, was the impact of vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. As Oliver detailed at the top of the episode, the surging numbers recently seen in […]
Max Hodak, co-founder of Neuralink, has left the company. Over the weekend, Hodak—who founded the neurotechnology company alongside Elon Musk and others back in 2016—announced his exit. Per Hodak, he’s actually been away from the company for several weeks now. “Some personal news,” Hodak said in a tweet on Saturday. “I am no longer at […]
11 people were hospitalized after the deck of a Tennessee waterfront restaurant collapsed while a birthday party was being held Saturday afternoon, per ABC News. Two individuals suffered critical injuries, while the rest are considered to be non-critical. More than 40 people were reportedly posing for a photo on the wooden deck of the Zois Harbor Lights Restaurant […]
Three people were killed and 23 others were transported to a nearby hospital after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of San Diego Sunday morning, CNN reports. San Diego Fire Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz said three people who were hospitalized are considered to be in “somewhat to very urgent status,” while the others are […]
Mitt Romney has never been a fan of Donald Trump, and he reminded the Republican Party of that this weekend. New footage shows Romney getting booed by 2,145 Republican delegates at the party’s state convention in West Valley City, Utah. When Romney approaches the podium, some clapping can be heard before people start to heckle […]
A horse named after Breonna Taylor secured a win during 2021 Kentucky Derby Week. According to CNN, the three-year-old filly was victorious in Thursday’s Race 4 at Churchill Downs, where she and jockey Corey Lanerie defeated five other horses by a wide margin. Breonna, which was trained by Steve Margolis, is owned JS Stables, LLC.—a racing operation owned and operated by Sam […]
Jim Acosta didn’t bite his tongue. During Saturday’s broadcast of CNN Newsroom, the weekend anchor delivered a segment about the dangers of misinformation propagated by news outlets like Fox News. Acosta pointed to a since-retracted New York Post article that initially claimed migrant children were given copies of Kamala Harris’ picture book, Superheroes Are Everywhere. Shortly after an official […]
Justin Timberlake is giving credit where it’s due. On Saturday, May 1, the Grammy-winning singer took to social media to recognize Kianna Davis—the creator of the popular “It’s gonna be May” meme. For those who aren’t familiar (there’s gotta be some of you out there), the meme begins appearing on timelines at the end of every April, as […]
