Universal History Archive On August 20, 1959, the Arkansas State Capitol was swarmed by a large crowd of white protesters (seen above) who each wanted to express how red-in-the-face they got at the idea of integrating Central High School. This came just two years after the bittersweet plight of the Little Rock Nine, itself a…
(Photo: Getty Images) “It’s time for Democrats to have a backbone. It’s time for us to fight. It’s time for us to draw lines,” said U.S. Senator Cory Booker during a heated exchange on the Senate floor. Emotions were high on the U.S. Senate floor on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Democratic senators clashed in…
The mushrooming political scandal over the Jeffrey Epstein file is following President Donald Trump around like an ominous storm cloud on a rainy day, dark, heavy and impossible to outrun. One of the latest bombshell developments in the ongoing drama? Trump now says his friendship with Epstein ended in 2004 because the disgraced financier and…
(Photo: CBS News/Instagram) U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., evoked the history of the enslavement of African Americans amid criticisms of the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrants. A Black ICE official got a mouthful after members of Congress were denied entry to a facility where undocumented Maryland residents are being detained under the Trump administration’s crackdown…
Source: VCG / Getty The efforts to rebuild the community of Altadena have continued to progress in the months since the Eaton wildfire ravaged the area — and now a new initiative is set to open, providing residents with additional assistance. On Aug. 1, the Synergy Group plans to officially open its Rebuild Center, which…
A traffic jam forms in Honolulu Tuesday, July 29, 2025 as people heed a tsunami evacuation warning that coincided with rush hour following a powerful earthquakes in Russia’s Far East early Wednesday. (AP Photo) A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Far East triggered tsunami waves that reached Hawaii and the California coast, prompting evacuations,…
This image from surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press shows Shane Tamura outside a Manhattan office building on Monday, July 28, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo) Authorities search for answers after Shane Tamura killed four in a Manhattan office tower before taking his own life. The man who stormed a Manhattan office tower…
Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File) Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team argues conditions at Brooklyn’s federal jail are unsafe and that the hip-hop mogul should be freed on $50 million…
A driver on a country lane rampaged against a Black Amazon worker driving a delivery truck in what appears to be a road rage incident gone haywire. Video footage shot by an onlooker captured a heated argument between two unidentified men, which escalated quickly when the white man threw the first punch, knocking the Amazon…
Kristi Noem’s changing appearance has become a growing source of gossip fodder since she joined the Trump administration as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The former South Dakota governor’s transformation has fueled persistent rumors about possible cosmetic enhancements, with observers noting what they describe as increasingly dramatic changes in her facial features throughout…
