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A severe drought that dried up a Texas river exposed dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago. CNN reports experts recently discovered the fossilized tracks in Dinosaur Valley State Park near Fort Worth, Texas. Scientists believe the tracks belong to the Acrocanthosaurus, a 15-foot tall creature that weighed about seven tons as an adult. “Most tracks that have recently been […]
Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul has received his sentencing after being arrested in the spring for a DUI. The Associated Press reports that the spouse of the U.S. House Speaker pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges, resulting in a five-day stint in jail and three years of probation. Paul Pelosi was arrested on May 28 in Napa County, […]
Prosecutors won’t pursue charges against the two white Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal 2020 shooting of Rayshard Brooks. CNN reports murder and assault charges have been dismissed against Officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan. Both men were charged in the shooting death of 27-year-old Brooks, who was shot and killed outside a Wendy’s parking lot on June 12, […]
The presumably brainless among us who insist on widely amplifying fabricated claims in hopes of achieving virality have now forced Magic Johnson to speak out about a made-up story that’s been making the rounds as of late. A recent tweet shared alongside a photo of Johnson carried with it the claim that he had donated […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the state’s rap lyrics bill into law after an Assembly vote. Bill AB 2799, as first reported by Billboard, was recently unanimously approved by the state Senate and was on Monday the subject of another Assembly vote which cleared the path for it to move toward being […]
Two people were fatally shot and a third was wounded in Atlanta on Monday afternoon. Police arrested a woman at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where they also recovered the firearm that was used. A 60-year-old man, Michael Shinners, was killed at a condo building in Midtown, where the non-fatally wounded, yet-to-be-identified victim was also found and […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, who rose to household name status during the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced he plans to step down as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden and as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The 81-year-old shared the news on Monday and confirmed he will exit both […]
A 52-year-old taxi driver in New York City died this week after he was attacked by a group of people who didn’t pay their fare. News 12 reports the altercation happened just before 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13 in the Edgemere neighborhood of the Bronx, near Beach 54th Street and Arverne Boulevard. Police released footage of the […]
A Chicago officer faces felony charges after he was filmed pinning a 14-year-old boy to the ground with his knee. According to CNN, the incident occurred in Park Ridge, Illinois, last month, when Chicago police sergeant Michael Vitellaro wrongly accused the teen of stealing his son’s bike. Vitellaro reportedly learned that the bicycle had been stolen at a library and later spotted […]
An Alabama GOP group faced scrutiny this week after sharing KKK imagery on its Facebook. According to WHNT, the Lawrence County Republican Party shared the post Sunday night when announcing its new county chairman, Shanon Terry. At first glance, the illustration looked like the typical GOP elephant with an American flag motif; but upon closer examination, […]
