Twitter suspended the Republican after Joe Biden urged tech companies to take stronger action against bogus claims about vaccines that are “killing people.” Twitter is giving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a 12-hour timeout, saying some of her tweets violated the social media site’s policy against misinformation regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Twitter suspended the Republican from…
The Amazon founder was accompanied by his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. The Amazon founder was accompanied…
Source: RODGER BOSCH / Getty Technologies used to assist in law enforcement continue to draw scrutiny. From facial recognition software to ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, communities remain concerned about its effectiveness. ShotSpotter, which can cost upwards of more than $10 million annually, has gained a particular reputation for unnecessarily deploying police into neighborhoods. But…
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pursue an action plan on returning the land to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce Los Angeles County leaders are moving forward with a plan to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of…
Naomi Osaka wasn’t here for any of the negativity that Megyn Kelly tried to send her way following the debut of the tennis champion’s “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit issue cover and had no issue letting the conservative journalist know it. Osaka, who is currently ranked second in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association, has openly…
A Black woman has filed a lawsuit against the Delaware Division of state police after she was blockaded and held at gunpoint by plainclothes officers last month until they realized she was not the suspect they were looking for. According to a lawsuit filed on July 14 in U.S. District Court, Martiayna Watson, 20, was…
A majority of unvaccinated Americans believe the government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to secretly put microchips in Americans. A new poll reveals that a staggering amount of the American public will not get vaccinated due to conspiracy theories concerning the government implanting microchips in the vaccine to spy on citizens. The survey, which was…
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and others removed a Black Lives Matter flag from Asbury United Methodist Church and set it aflame. The leader of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has pleaded guilty to burning a banner hanging from a historic Black church. The vandalism occurred on Dec. 12 when Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and a group…
In the early spring of 2019, it was announced that former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal was adding another business venture onto his résumé, Papa John’s. However, unlike his other dealings, Shaq was not only going to be in commercials trying to convince families to eat pizza and breadsticks. In a partnership he described as a…
Jaylan Banks confirmed his relationship with former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta“ star Falynn Guobadia on Saturday, July 17, by sharing a snapshot of the two hugging alongside a sentimental post. This announcement comes a month after Simon Guobadia accused his estranged wife, Falynn, of being pregnant by Banks following her tell-all interview clip, which the 57-year-old…
