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The same far-right militia group that was allegedly planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (above), the Detroit News writes. The group reportedly talked about “taking out” a second politician, according to testimony from an FBI agent on Tuesday. FBI Special Agent Richard Trask identified that politician to be Northam during a […]
“You can’t always run from a bullet.” Those words would be a rallying cry if born from the lips of soldiers in a war. Those words would be vile if spewed from the lips of a police officer. They weren’t. Those words leaped from the mouth of 14-year-old Devin Walker out of the TV screen […]
COVID-19 continues to be a confusing medical mystery. On Tuesday, CNBC reported that a 25-year-old Nevada man contracted the coronavirus on two separate occasions. This is the first reported case in the United States when a patient was re-infected with COVID-19 and only the fifth known case globally. To make matters more mysterious, the Washoe County resident […]
Amy McGrath has pulled out all the stops to try and oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The army veteran and current member of the US House has run a campaign as a right-wing Democrat, hoping to suck up dissatisfied voters who still might find it hard to shake their dislike of the Democratic Party. […]
Someone’s getting fired… maybe. Pitchfork reported on Tuesday that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s chart-topping single “WAP” had not been submitted for Grammy consideration. For an album or single to be eligible for the 2021 Grammy Awards, it had to have been released between Sept. 1, 2019 and Aug. 31, 2020. “WAP”—which debuted on Aug. 7—dropped in time to […]
Johnson & Johnson is temporarily pausing dosing in all its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, which was detailed in a press release last month as a potentially “pivotal” global effort that would build on the successes of positive interim results from prior phases. In a statement shared on Monday, a […]
In a new op-ed, Megan Thee Stallion—who recently included an inspiring message about the importance of protecting Black women in her SNL performance—further elaborates on the violence often waged against Black women and how the burdens many place on them are made even heavier during an election year. “I was recently the victim of an […]
A recent law school grad who was taking the bar exam in order to become a lawyer was complicated by the fact that her water broke mid-exam. She completed the test afterward. Brianna Hill, who just completed law school at Chicago’s Loyola University, took her bar exam last Monday, which lined up with her 38th […]
After news of a possible retro of the fan-favorite “South Beach” Nike LeBron 8 surfaced over the weekend, talk of another coveted colorway returning is making the rounds. The latest leak, courtesy of @soleheatonfeet, points to the low-top sequel of the original LeBron 8 model in its elusive “Miami Nights” make up. Formally known as the Nike […]