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Two weeks before it’s set to premiere on Netflix, the streaming service has shared the trailer for Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami. The six-part documentary series, doled out into 45-minute episodes, follows up 2006’s Cocaine Cowboys. Just like the original film, which centered on the Florida city’s drug war amid the rise of coke, this version is set to be […]
The Texas state Senate passed a new bill dropping the requirement for public school teachers to instruct students that the Klu Klux Klan is “morally wrong.” Senate Bill 3 passed with an 18-4 vote on Friday in the Republican-led Senate and will be considered by the Republican-led House, according to the Hill. The measure also drops several other […]
A former high school student is being charged with two counts of third-degree computer crimes after unlawfully accessing his school’s computer database, putting a quote from Adolf Hitler in the yearbook, and attributing it to George Floyd. According to the New York Post, 18-year-old Connecticut high school grad Hollister Tryon submitted the following quote: “It is a […]
The discovery of a huge fossilised skull that was wrapped up and hidden in a Chinese well nearly 90 years ago could belong to a completely new species of human, the New York Times reports. The well-preserved skullcap, found by a team of researchers in the Chinese city of Harbin, is between 138,000 and 309,000 years old, […]
In a new study, researchers have suggested there’s substantial evidence to point towards a coronavirus epidemic that hit East Asia around 20,000 years ago. The research shows that the epidemic, which was present in the region for multiple years, left traces of itself in the genetic make-up of people from the region. “It should make us […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), who stalled the passing of Juneteenth as a federal holiday, was booed at a celebration commemorating the day in Milwaukee. According to WDJT, the senator was heckled by the crowd while he spoke to reporters. “We don’t need you out here,” one person can be heard saying in a video. The frustration […]
Tell me what you know about Juneteenth, Juneteenth. The holiday that America ignored for over a century is now federally recognized. Juneteenth Independence Day, also known as Jubilee Day, also known as “Not July 4th,” has been a tradition powered by Black people for more than 150 years, and has left an indelible mark in […]
Kemba Walker is getting slammed over his pregame outfit. On Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics tweeted a photo of the 31-year-old point guard making his way into TD Gardens, where Boston is hosting the Washington Wizards in the NBA play-in tournament. The post, which has since been deleted, showed Walker rocking a cap, a pair of jeans, JBL headphones, and a bright yellow […]
The United States Mint has announced that Maya Angelou and Sally Ride will be the first two women honored as part of the American Women Quarters Program, which will commemorate the accomplishments and contributions of 20 prominent woman in American history by putting them on the back of quarters, New York Times reports. Check out a mock-up of the […]
Kim Kardashian has been accused of purchasing an ancient Roman statue that was illegally exported from Italy. However, the reality TV star insists she has no knowledge of the transaction. According to documents filed in California court last Friday, the piece in question is a limestone sculpture that dates back to the 1st or 2nd century AD. CNN reports federal authorities seized […]
