FILE – Workers back fill a hole used to replace lead pipe with copper water supply lines to a home in Flint, Mich., July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) After years of struggle, the city is closing in on replacing remaining lead lines — offering lessons for other communities tackling the same challenge. Jeffrey…
A former General Mills employee in Minnesota has filed a lawsuit accusing the food giant of racial discrimination and retaliation after he was fired earlier this year for objecting to Black History Month flyers in the workplace that he said trivialized racial violence. L. Lee Tyus Jr., who had worked at General Mills’ St. Paul…
FILE – Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Sean “Diddy” Combs earns praise behind bars after high-profile acquittals, as his legal team’s blunt strategy delivers a rare win against federal prosecutors. Sean “Diddy” Combs got a standing ovation…
Onlookers review the damage along the Guadalupe River caused by recent flooding, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez) Devastating floods leave at least 80 dead and dozens missing in Texas, including 27 from Camp Mystic, as search crews race against time amid rising questions over emergency preparedness. Camp Mystic says it…
Source: Christopher Polk / Getty Of all the disturbing details to pour out of the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, what might infuriate me the most now is the image of his supporters outside of the courthouse, spraying baby oil over each other and bouncing around in jubilation, after he managed to escape accountability for…
It’s been two and a half years since a Memphis cop gunned down Jaylin McKenzie, and the mother of the 20-year-old Black man is convinced police planted a gun near his body to support their narrative that her son had shot at the cop first. After all, Memphis police have refused to release all the…
A new photo of Donald Trump next to his 27-year-old White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has social media doing a double take, with viewers claiming she looks much older than her actual age. On July 3, Leavitt posted an image capturing herself standing next to the 79-year-old president during a recent campaign stop, sparking…
Fans of Jaden Smith were hit with a wave of nostalgia after an interview of the then 11-year-old actor on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” resurfaced. However, the warm and fuzzy feelings quickly turned into concern after many began to see the troubling contrasts between Smith then and him now at 26 years old. The 2008 interview…
Art is subjective, but that does not make it immune to criticism. That very thought, though, placed actors Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee at odds nearly two decades ago. The public quarrel resurfaced when author Shawn Levy released “Clint: The Man and The Movies” on July 1. The biography looks back at the career and…
Source: UCG / Getty A member of a transnational white nationalist group dubbed the “Terrorgram Collective” was indicted in Northern California on Tuesday for allegedly doxxing several federal officials in an effort to build a hit list. According to the Sacramento Bee, 24-year-old Noah Lamb was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on Tuesday…
