0 Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson was arrested, along with other activists, on Thursday for participating in a voting rights demonstration near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The 66-year-old Democratic congressman, who represents Georgia’s 4th District, was arrested while protesting against Senate inaction on voting rights legislation and filibuster reform. A statement was posted on […]
Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce is encouraging fellow NFL professionals and the wider public to play some offense against the COVID-19 pandemic. (July 23) Source link
ABC is bringing a brand new flavor to television screens this summer. Superstar— a new one-hour documentary series which is set to premiere on August 11 at 10 p.m.— provides footage the public has never viewed or known about celebrities who played a role in shaping American lifestyle, beginning with Whitney Houston, according to the […]
0 A white woman was charged with a hate crime for spitting on a Black woman during a protest in Connecticut. Although the incident was caught on tape, the white woman was allowed to enter a special probation program earlier this week on Wednesday that could possibly leave her with no criminal record. In contrast […]
The Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe continues to burn through miles of timber in national-forest land. More than 1,200 firefighters are battling blaze, which has forced evacuations in several communities in Nevada and California. (July 23) Source link
Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building. (July 23) Source link
Melissa Nobles has been named MIT’s next chancellor. The academic who will begin the new position on Aug. 18 in Mass. served as MIT’s Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences since 2015, according to MIT’s announcement. Nobles’ chancellor position is a key appointment which blends working with students and supervising others. […]
On Friday, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement that the U.S. advisory was meant to “groundlessly smear Hong Kong’s business environment,” and called further American sanctions on seven Chinese officials over Hong Kong illegal. “In response to the erroneous practice of the US side, China has decided to take reciprocal countermeasures,” the spokesperson […]
An Iowa race track has fired an announcer who went on a racist tirade against Black fans and athletes who kneeled during the playing of the national anthem. One race track announcer at Kossuth County Speedway lost it and blasted kneeling during the national anthem as something done for people of “darker-toned” skin color, Des […]
Surfside condo collapse: Search comes to an end, one woman missing The search over the last four weeks identified 96 bodies in the debris, with a death toll of 97 and one person still unaccounted for. USA TODAY, Storyful The search for bodies at the site of the Surfside, Florida condo collapse has come to […]