A white sheriff’s deputy from California with a history of stealing money from vulnerable people, including the homeless and mentally ill, was cleared of the felony charge against him last week after agreeing to relinquish his state law enforcement certification, sparing himself from a potential three-year prison sentence. The former cop, however, can still become…

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have become one of the most talked-about couples in the world. The billionaire and his fiancée are making headlines in Cannes, France. According to the Daily Mail, Bezos and Sánchez attended the amfAR Gala at the Cannes Film Festival on May 22. Photographers captured snapshots of them inside the Hotel…

An elderly Florida homeowner faces weapons charges after he allegedly tried to shoot two door-to-door salesmen who had to hide in someone’s backyard to escape the gunfire. William M. Williams, 72, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in public shortly after the shooting incident on May 19. William…

Brandon Dorn looks at his computer during a keyboard basics class offered by Free Geek on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) After years of progress closing the digital divide, Trump’s move to kill the Digital Equity Act threatens to strip rural, low-income, and older Americans of critical access to technology,…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 20: A photograph of George Floyd (C) is displayed along with other photographs at the Say Their Names memorial exhibit at Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade on July 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. The traveling memorial features photographs of 200 Black Americans who lost their lives due to systemic…

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster‘s recent public appearance has sparked renewed speculation about the timeline of their romance, especially after a 2019 interview resurfaced in which Foster candidly confessed about the challenges in her marriage to screenwriter Ted Griffin. Foster filed for divorce last October, while Jackman and his estranged wife, Deborah Lee Furness, have…

After two Navy SEALs created racist memes about a Black sailor on their platoon that were shared for years, they and their platoon and team leaders are finally facing disciplinary action that could threaten their positions or end their careers entirely. According to The Associated Press, two enlisted members on SEAL Team 4 based in…

Source: Lima / Getty Over the last four months, the Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on anything it believes promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the federal government. This makes it somewhat surprising that the U.S. Naval Academy announced that the majority of the books it pulled from the school’s libraries under…

Source: HPphoto / Getty The Louisiana Senate reaffirmed its commitment to Jim Crow-era practices this week by vetoing a bill that would’ve allowed incarcerated people convicted under split jury verdicts to seek a retrial.  According to AP, the bill failed on a 9-26 vote that fell along party lines. The bill was authored by state…

Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty I love living under an administration that straight up doesn’t care about the country’s actual problems. Sure we’ve got a cost of living crisis, an incoherent job market, and devastating climate events occurring more and more frequently, but at least we can rest easy knowing the Trump administration created a…