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Mohamed Morsi, the former president of Egypt who was ousted by the military in 2013, collapsed and died in a courtroom on Monday. The leader of the now-banned Islamist party the Muslim Brotherhood was in court for a hearing on espionage charges when he died at the age of 67. “He was speaking before the […]
Don’t interrupt Donald Trump when he’s in the middle of a good lie. During an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office at the White House, Trump discussed how he plans on eventually turning over his financial statement to the Senate when he was interrupted by someone who can be heard coughing off-camera. […]
Tiffany Haddish informed ticket holders Saturday that she will be postponing an upcoming stand-up show at the Fox Theater in Atlanta in protest of Georgia’s “heartbeat bill.” Signed into law by governor Brian Kemp last month, the measure, HB 481, bans abortions once the fetus’ heartbeat can be detected. This occurs as early as six […]
A man reportedly broke into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s office in Queens on Saturday, according to police. Ocasio-Cortez‘s spokesman, George Tsourovakas, states that authorities have arrested Douala Hashi on suspicions that he trespassed into the representative’s office. According to reports, the building’s security systems triggered police to respond to the scene. When they arrived, the suspect sprayed a fire extinguisher to create a […]
A suspect is in custody after opening fire in a Southern California Costco Wholesale store on Friday, according to Yahoo! News. Per Corona Police officer, Lt. Jeff Edwards, the shooting stemmed from an argument between the alleged gunman and his targets. Although the nature of the dispute has not been disclosed, Edwards said it does […]
On Saturday, CNN’s John Blake penned a piece centered around a white woman from western Ohio named LaKiesha. According to Blake, his article was put together in an attempt to highlight what it would be like to be a white person with a “black-sounding” name but a lot of people felt this missed the mark. […]
NYPD union lawyers believe Eric Garner‘s poor health led to his death, not Officer Daniel Pantaleo‘s chokehold. Pantaleo’s attorney, Stuart London, told the court that his client should be cleared of all fault because Garner “died from being morbidly obese.” “He was a ticking time bomb that resisted arrest,” London said during an administrative hearing. “If he […]
The Phoenix Police Department has launched an investigation after several of its officers were accused of using excessive force on a black family. A portion of the incident was captured on a cellphone video that shows an unidentified officer handcuffing 22-year-old Dravon Ames before throwing him against a vehicle and sweeping one of his legs. The officer […]
An independent report ordered by the city of Vallejo, California, found officers had acted “reasonably” in the fatal shooting of Willie McCoy, a 21-year-old Bay Area rapper who went by the stage name Willie Bo. The report, authored by retired peace officer David Blake, revealed Vallejo cops had fired 55 rounds in 3.5 seconds during the February incident. Officers […]
Social media users around the world are going #BlueForSudan. Over the past several days, a growing number of people have changed their profile pictures to a plain blue image in support of the north African country, where peaceful demonstrators are being met with military violence. The months-long protests began with a 2018 uprising against then-President Omar al-Bashir, a brutal […]
