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An Indianapolis man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after he fatally shot a U.S. Postal Service worker in 2020 because he was upset about not receiving his mail. As the Associated Press reported, 23-year-old Tony Cushingberry entered his guilty plea to the April 27, 2020 killing of 45-year-old USPS mail carrier Angela Summers. He is […]
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was reported earlier this year to have been arrested at an airport in Moscow, with questions still surrounding the widely condemned incident months later. While the arrest itself took place back in February, the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury player still remains detained in Russia, which was recently determined to […]
In the wake of mass resignations, in which over 50 Tory ministers quit their posts in a historic walkout, it has been announced that Boris Johnson will resign as leader of the Conservative party today, July 7. However, he plans to remain as prime minister until autumn. A No 10 spokesperson said: “The prime minister […]
The sky in South Dakota was an eerie shade of green on Tuesday, before a derecho brought winds nearing 100 MPH, per National Weather Service Sioux Falls. A derecho is described by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a “widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms.” The National Weather Service […]
Corion Evans is being lauded as a hometown hero. The 16-year-old Mississippi teen was recently honored for helping save four lives from the Pascagoula River in Moss Point. According to WLOX, Evans was near the river on Sunday when a vehicle carrying three girls drove into the body of water and began to sink. The teen immediately […]
A rapper who boasted about committing unemployment fraud has agreed to a plea deal. According to the Department of Justice, 33-year-old Fontrell Antonio Baines, aka Nuke Bizzle, has confessed to illegally obtaining COVID relief funds in the summer of 2020. Baines is accused of bragging about the scheme in the music video for “EDD”—a reference to the Employment […]
Macy Gray has said that her comments in an interview with Piers Morgan have been “misunderstood” after she was accused of sharing transphobic sentiments. In her recent conversation with the controversial British television personality, Gray was seemingly baited into defining what it means to be a “woman.” In her response, she suggested a woman can be […]
The U.S. was met with heartbreaking news of yet another mass shooting this week when a 21-year-old white male opened fire on a parade in Highland Park, Illinois. In the first half of 2022 alone, the country has seen more than 300 mass shootings. Still, an all-too-familiar response of the powers that be persists, even […]
An Uvalde, Texas police officer who was situated by Robb Elementary School reportedly requested permission to shoot the gunman before he entered the school. Per the Texas Tribune, the officer asked a supervisor for the go-ahead to shoot 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos before the latter got inside the school building. The supervisor did not respond to the request, or responded too […]
Three individuals have pleaded guilty in connection with what authorities have described as a “Grandparent Scam” that saw hundreds of thousands of dollars being pilfered from senior citizens. Per WJAR, 14 seniors in the Rhode Island area were targeted with the scam, which is said to have ultimately resulted in them being defrauded out of […]
