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Charges against Adnan Syed in connection with the Serial case have been dropped, lawyers said on Tuesday. Per a report from the Associated Press, word of the dropped charges was shared to social media by Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law co-director Laura Nirider. Meanwhile, Erica Suter, a lawyer, told the […]
Elon Musk says he spoke with the artist formerly known as Kanye West this week about his recent Twitter activity. As previously reported, Ye’s account was restricted (not permanently suspended) after a tweet shared last week that was widely called out as antisemitic. Ye’s Instagram, which has been a source of continued headlines as of […]
A Home Office immigration official, who made jokes about raping 15-year-olds, tasering kids and the disabled, and sent racist messages in a group WhatsApp chat, has been suspended following a BBC investigation. It was reported by BBC show Newsnight that Rob Lewis, an ex-policeman, had created a group chat dubbed Bottle and Stoppers with other officers William […]
Earth is headed toward unrecognizable changes. According to researchers at Curtin University in Australia and Peking University in China, the world will experience a geological reconfiguration caused by the Pacific Ocean’s inevitable disappearance. The study, published by the National Science Review, highlights the fact that the globe’s oldest and largest ocean began shrinking during the dinosaur era, and continues to lose a few centimeters […]
A Dallas woman is dead after her friend opened fire following a pick-up basketball game. Fox 4 reports Asia Womack was killed Monday evening after playing basketball at T.G. Terry Park. According to her family, Womack won the game, at which point the shooter, who they say knew her, shot her five times as she walked home. Womack suffered […]
Infamous scammer Anna Sorokin is no longer behind bars. The Russian-born woman, better known by her alias Anna Delvey, was released from an upstate New York jail on Friday as she faces possible deportation. As part of her release, the 31-year-old con artist was ordered to post $10,000 bail, wear an electronic ankle monitor, and remain under 24-hour […]
On Thursday, President Joe Biden suggested that the risk of nuclear “armageddon” is the highest it’s been since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Per NBC News, Biden cautioned that it’s the first there has been “direct threat” of nuclear warfare in 60 years following Vladimir Putin’s threats amid military retreats in Ukraine. “We have not […]
President Biden announced pardons for thousands of people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law, the New York Times reports. Biden’s administration confirmed that approximately 6,500 people convicted of simple possession of marijuana from 1992 to 2021 would be pardoned. Thousands of others who received the same conviction in the District of Columbia will also receive […]
Confusion abounded this past weekend after a group of individuals, all wearing green bodysuits, engaged in alleged assault while aboard a New York City subway. Per a report from local outlet PIX 11, the incident (as seen in footage above and below) took place on Sunday and ultimately resulted in two teens having multiple personal […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration recovered 15,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills in what is believed to be the largest seizure of the drug in NYC history. As detailed by the DEA in a news release, 48-year-old New Jersey woman Latesha Bush has been accused of attempting to traffic a large quantity of the potent drug inside a Lego […]
