FILE – Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File) The social media platform has decided to end its fact-checking program with independent third parties in favor of crowdsourced fact-checking from users. Facebook and Instagram owner Meta…
Zoe Saldana attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Zoe Saldaña, fresh off winning her first Golden Globe for her performance in Emilia Pérez, reflects on the moment she almost quit acting. Never underestimate the power of staying…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has officially asked President-elect Donald Trump to pardon him for his seditious conspiracy crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to Politico, Tarrio is asking Trump to pardon him, claiming that the Biden administration targeted him for his…
FILE – A McDonald’s restaurant stands in Albany, Ore., April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) McDonald’s is the latest to shift its tactics in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action. McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions. McDonald’s…
Rudy Giuliani leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray) The election workers’ lawyers say Giuliani displayed a “consistent pattern of willful defiance” of an October court order to give up assets after he was found liable for defaming them. Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court…
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, flanked by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, left, and Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis Police Department, speaks at a news conference after the Minneapolis City Council approved a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice approving a federal consent decree, at the…
A San Antonio police officer detained a man for jaywalking last month before chasing him on foot after the man ran away, shooting at him 15 times during the pursuit. But police say Jeffrey Schopp died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. The incident took place on Dec. 3 when San Antonio police officer…
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive to participate in an interfaith prayer service for the victims of the deadly New Years truck attack, at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) President Biden visited New Orleans and paid tribute to the victims of the horrific attack…
FILE – Members of the California National Guard listne during a news conference near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the border with Mexico, Dec. 5, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) More Americans say immigration should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2025, as Republicans take over the…
Are good manners now a partisan issue? Guess it depends on who’s doing the snubbing and who’s being snubbed. Bruce Fischer, the husband of Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, played to his tribe today with a grade school slight, ignoring Vice President Kamala Harris‘ outstretched hand during Monday’s Congressional swearing-in ceremony. Treating Harris as if…
