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Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman who in 2019 was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 119, CBS News reports. Tanaka, who was born on January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, passed away last Tuesday, according to a statement released by […]
It sounds like Twitter may be accepting Elon Musk’s offer after all. Early Monday, Reuters reported Twitter Inc. was “poised to agree” to Musk’s offer of roughly $43 billion in cash. The deal, at least according to the report, could be announced as soon as Monday if all goes as projected. However, it’s also possible […]
Jill Biden initially opposed her husband picking Kamala Harris as his running mate, according to an excerpt from the new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future, written by New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns. Per the New York Post, the book quotes Dr. Biden as saying, “There are millions of people in […]
The Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington is grieving the loss of a local family after a devastating fire ripped through their home early Sunday morning. CBS Philly reports three children and one adult male are dead as a result of the house fire that broke out around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. A 38-year-old woman was able to […]
Over two dozen people on a Japanese tour boat disappeared this weekend, and now 10 have been confirmed to be dead. Kyodo News reports that 10 of the 26 passengers were discovered to be floating in the water or on nearby rocks, about 6.2 miles from where the vessel first called for help. The tourist boat […]
A California man was arrested this week for making anti-LGBTQ threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. The Department of Justice announced on Friday that Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, has been charged with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence. Back in October, Rossmoor allegedly sent a series of “threatening messages and comments […]
Less than a month after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, making lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in U.S. history, Till’s family are calling for a renewed investigating in the 1955 killing of the Black teen. ABC News reports Emmett Till’s relatives are seeking prosecution against the white woman who set off the […]
Florida officials rejected dozens of textbooks for the 2022-2023 school year curriculum. Their main concern? Student “indoctrination.” According to the New York Post, the state’s department of education banned 42 of 132 math textbooks that were proposed for grades K-12. Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran said the decision was made after officials reviewed the books and found some […]
Louisiana police are investigating the death of four-year-old China Record, who died after her family allegedly forced her to drink a bottle of alcohol. According to the Advocate, the incident occurred Thursday morning in Baton Rouge, after the child’s grandmother and mom caught her taking a sip of 80-proof whiskey. Police documents state the two women […]
Two men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman who turned them down. According to Newsweek, the incident took place on March 20 at an Exxon gas station in Decatur, Georgia, where 21-year-old Quentin Williams and 19-year-old Rodrequicge Allen allegedly made advances toward the woman. Shortly after the victim rejected their offers, the men forced the woman […]
