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Two families are suing TikTok after their daughters died last year while attempting the viral “Blackout Challenge.” ABC News reports the parents of Arriani Jaileen Arroyo, 9, of Wisconsin, and Lalani Walton, 8, of Texas, have joined forces with the Social Media Victims Law Center to file a lawsuit against TikTok. Arroyo and Walton died of suffocation last year after […]
A new report released Sunday by the Texas House investigative committee on the Uvalde shooting blamed various authorities for “systemic failures” during the massacre that occurred May 24 at Robb Elementary School. The New York Times reports the 77-page report described the “systematic failures and egregious poor decision making” on account of both state and federal law enforcement, as well as […]
Megan Thee Stallion has been hitting the fest circuit this summer, particularly in Europe. One of her most recent was Switzerland’s Gurtenfestival, where she performed after Erykah Badu. The legendary artist ended up hopping on stage during the rap superstar’s set, and to Megan’s surprise and delight, Badu twerked in front of the audience while “Kitty Kat” […]
The National Transportation Safety Board issued a statement Tuesday clarifying a previous report which said a 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that collided with a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest golf team, per NBC News. DNA evidence shows the 13-year-old was a passenger in the vehicle, and his […]
Content warning: The footage above may be considered graphic by some viewers. As criticism continues to mount over the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, attention has turned to newly released footage showing the shooter entering the building and more of the widely criticized actions of responding officers. The footage […]
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 […]
Lil Reese has another legal case on his hands. According to online jail records, the Chicago-born rapper was arrested last month on aggravated assault charges. Reese—legal name Tavares Lamont Taylor—was booked into Harris County Jail on May 19 and initially denied bond. Records show he was booked just five days later on the same charge, but […]
A former El Paso police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with her stepfather to distribute cocaine. According to a news release from United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, Monica Garcia, 24, helped Fred Saenz, her stepfather and co-defendant, stash and sell cocaine while she was on the job. […]
Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was placed on administrative leave Wednesday, per ABC News. News of Arredondo being placed on leave comes nearly one month after the tragic massacre at Robb Elementary School in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. Dr. Hal Harrell, superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, said he […]
A 5-year-old boy in Texas died this week after his family left him in a hot car for several hours in triple-digit heat at their home as they prepared for his sibling’s birthday party. As NBC News reports, the unidentified boy was found in the car somewhere between two to three hours after he was left […]
