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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has sued Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves after he signed a new state bill. Governor Reeves signed House Bill 1020, which allows state authorities to have more control over law enforcement in Jackson, Mississippi. The new controversial law will also provide the Hinds County District Attorney’s […]
Eight people were shot, including a 12-year-old girl, in Washington, D.C., on Friday night (April 21), according to NBC News. Assistant Chief Andre Wright of the Metropolitan Police Department stated in a press conference that gunfire erupted around 10 p.m. ET on Lebaum Street SE and 2nd Street SE. Wright also explained witnesses saw a […]
An Atlanta man was shot and killed after he mistakenly entered the wrong car at a local gas station. The killer was recently bonded out of jail. WSB-TV reports the incident took place on December 12, 2022, when 26-year-old Travon Dunnaville was fatally shot by Dericole Daniels after accidentally getting in Daniels’ car at a Shell […]
Afroman has officially launched his bid for the nation’s highest office. According to TMZ, the “Because I Got High” artist has filed the necessary paperwork to run in the 2024 presidential race against a growing pool of both Democrat and Republican candidates. The documents were apparently submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, just days before Afroman—legal name Joseph Edgar […]
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Texas inmate who spent more than half of his life in solitary confinement. According to Reuters, 54-year-old Dennis Wayne Hope sued Polunsky Unit prison officials several years ago, claiming he was forced to spend 22 to 24 hours a day inside a 9 feet long and 6 […]
A Missouri man will spend decades behind bars for 2019 hate crime against a gay teen. According to the New York Times, 25-year-old Malachi Robinson was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on Thursday for the shooting of a 16-year-old Kansas City boy. Prosecutors say Robinson had met the teen by chance at a public […]
A new 24-hour phone line has been launched as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct againt DJ Tim Westwood. Led by barrister Gemma White KC and safeguarding expert Jahnine Davis, the hotline aims to “expand the ways in which people can come forward” to share information. It comes as part of a joint investigation by BBC […]
In an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, the grandson of the man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl after he rang the wrong doorbell has said his 84-year-old grandfather is racist. Klint Ludwig said he was “disgusted” when he heard his grandfather Andrew Lester shot Yarl in Kansas City last week. “Myself and my family […]
A veteran GOP attorney has devised a plan to give her party an edge in the 2024 election: make the voting process much more difficult. Longtime legal strategist Cleta Mitchell outlined the scheme Saturday during the Republican National Committee donor retreat in Nashville, where she presented a 50-slide PowerPoint titled, “A Level Playing Field for 2024.” The Washington Post obtained audio from the […]
Flavoured vape flavours may soon be a thing of the past in Quebec as the provincial government may ban them after it proposed new rules today. According to the government journal, Gazette officielle du Québec, vaping itself will still be legal, but the government’s focus on restricting flavours aims to deter youth from doing it altogether. […]
