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In a blog post published Wednesday, the ACLU issued a warning about recent developments regarding a patent application filed by Amazon, which would use facial recognition, like Rekognition, in conjunction with the doorbell camera company Ring. The patent says the tech would be a “powerful deterrent against would-be burglars,” however, the ACLU is warning that it would create a “massive […]
Dikembe Mutombo was recently given the Sager Strong Award for the humanitarian work he’s done in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to building the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named after his mother, Dikembe has provided free cervical and breast cancer screenings for women, and a team of doctors focused on addressing knee replacement and cataract surgery. The Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital […]
Nearly five decades after its premiere, Sesame Street will confront the issue of homelessness with its first-ever homeless Muppet. Sesame Workshop announced the addition Wednesday, confirming the storyline will revolve around the bright pink character of Lily. The Muppet was introduced in 2011, when she revealed her family’s struggle with food-scarcity. We get a closer look at Lily’s circumstances […]
El Chapo’s case in Brooklyn continues to shed light on some rather shocking information, that is, if you believe his 29-year-old beauty queen wife. One of Joaquin Guzman’s former employees, ex-Sinaloa cartel member turned informant Tirso Martinez Sanchez, told the court on Monday that Chapo operated a train that took cocaine directly to New York […]
Columbia University officials have responded to a viral video in which one of their students is seen delivering a racist rant. A group of underclassmen posted footage of the incident on social media Sunday, sparking nationwide outrage. The video features white sophomore student Julian von Abele shouting white supremacist rhetoric at his fellow students, some of […]
A judge has ordered Stormy Daniels to pay President Donald Trump‘s legal fees after her defamation case was dismissed. The ruling puts Daniels on the hook for $293,000 in fees as well as $1,000 in sanctions. The defamation suit was filed over a tweet that Trump sent in April suggesting that Daniels was lying about […]
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has become one of history’s most notorious drug lords; however, his wife insists her husband’s reputation is merely a result of media sensationalism. Emma Coronel Aispuro, who married El Chapo 11 years ago at the age of 18, spoke about her husband’s drug trafficking trial in a rare 30-minute interview with Telemundo. The 29-year-old former beauty […]
Things got testy in the Oval Office on Tuesday. America loved every second of it. In his effort to secure funding for his long-promised border wall, President Donald Trump held a heated meeting with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The debate—which, of course, played out in front of cameras—delivered clapbacks, finger-pointing, and shady interruptions. But, perhaps, […]
Social media arguments have become ordinary in the information age. But for one Washington state man, this particular engagement has led to an end of a manhunt and a viral exchange. As reported by The Hill on Sunday (Dec. 9), 38-year-old Anthony Akers used Facebook’s comments section to ensure the Richland Police Department that he would […]
Three employees at the fast-food restaurant Sonic Drive-In in Taylor, Texas were arrested Friday after an ecstasy pill was found in the hamburger wrapper of a kids meal. The discovery was made during a family outing when their 11-year-old daughter asked about the unknown pill. “Being an 11-year-old, she asked her parents if this was candy,” Taylor police chief Henry […]
