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A 28-year-old father-to-be from New York has died after the device he was building to reveal the gender of his child exploded, according to authorities. The incident occurred on Sunday, with New York State Police responding after an explosion was reported at a home in the town of Liberty shortly before noon. The blast killed […]
Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism is considering taking legal action against Supreme over its use of an image of a late monk used without permission. The Fashion Law reports that the wildly popular streetwear brand used an image of Luang Phor Koon, a Thai Buddhist monk who died in 2015, on its “Blessings Ripstop Shirt.” The […]
After voters decided to make New Jersey the 12th state to legalize last fall, recreational marijuana use is finally on the horizon. On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills that together legalized and decriminalized marijuana in the state. “As of this moment, New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws which permanently stained the […]
The death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. has reached another sobering milestone. Per an ongoing tally on coronavirus deaths from NBC News, the U.S. has now reached 500,000 deaths as of Sunday. Though the U.S. boasts less than five percent of the world’s population, the country currently accounts for more than a fifth of […]
Drug traffickers are coming up with even more inventive ways to ship cocaine. According to a press release from U.S. Border Patrol, the agency seized a shipment of cereal arriving from South America that contained 44 pounds of cocaine, disguising it with corn flakes that were covered in the substance instead of sugar. The amount of drugs in […]
The family of an 11-year-old boy in Texas whose family believes he died of hypothermia are suing the state energy authority and the utility company Entergy. According to a report from ABC News, the lawsuit lays the blame for Cristian Pavon Pineda’s death at the feet of energy providers who initiated blackouts in the state during the recent cold […]
According to a new poll released on Sunday, a not quite majority (but still significant number) of Republican voters would follow former President Donald Trump if he were to branch off from the party and do his own thing. Specifically, a USA Today/Suffolk University poll stated that 46 percent of GOP voters said they’d follow Trump, compared […]
Malcolm X’s family is demanding that an investigation be reopened into their father’s death after releasing a letter written by a deceased NYPD officer alleging that the police and FBI orchestrated the events that led to his murder in 1965, Reuters reports. On Saturday, Malcolm X’s daughters held a news conference where they were joined by Reggie Wood, cousin of former […]
Senator Ted Cruz is trying his best to get back into Texans’ good graces. On Sunday, Cruz posted pictures of himself delivering water to residents in need following the devastating winter storm that impacted the state. This is WRONG. No power company should get a windfall because of a natural disaster, and Texans shouldn’t get hammered […]
The Department of Justice is still working to eradicate people who committed Nazi war crimes during the Holocaust. The latest person to be deported is a 95-year-old Tennessee man who worked as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp in Germany. CBS News reports that Friedrich Karl Berger—who’s lived in the U.S. since 1959—was flown […]
