A former police officer in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is a free man after allegedly plotting to kill Black people in a planned mass shooting at a festival in New Orleans. A Louisiana grand jury decided there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Christoper Gillum on state terrorism charges, which could have landed the ex-cop in…
Source: ShuangxiangTian / Getty A recall affecting nearly 1.6 million cartons of eggs has been assigned to the United States Food and Drug Administration’s most serious risk category. The recall was initiated due to concerns about potential Salmonella Enteritidis contamination. On Wednesday, the FDA categorized this as a “class 1,” which is “a situation in…
Source: Christian Petersen / Getty Right-wing lawmakers losing their collective minds over a phantom influx of trans athletes into the WNBA was not on my bingo card for a league that had not had a single reported trans woman expressing a desire to be added to its roster in its 30-year history. The W is…
Undefeated boxing champion and gold medalist Claressa Shields does not back down from a fight in the ring, and it appears that attitude extends to social media. Shields threatened to fight the sister, known online as “BroRilla,” of rapper GloRilla after BroRilla attacked the boxer’s appearance in a series of videos posted on Instagram, including…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly left a press conference after a question about whether he “put Americans at risk” when he and President Donald Trump allowed reporters to fly on Air Force One when it was “under threat.” It happened Tuesday after a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger in Washington. “Mr. Secretary…
Source: fizkes / Getty The Trump administration and billionaire tech CEOs across the country are working overtime to convince us that the advent of artificial intelligence is the future, the present, and the answer to staying competitive on a global scale. Meanwhile, polls have indicated that more than half the educators who were surveyed are…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 12: Colman Domingo takes part in the Storytelling Summit: EW’s Awardist Podcast during the 2026 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 12, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) The two-time Oscar nominee will be honored alongside Charlize Theron and filmmaker John…
Angela Bassett accepts her honorary award during the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello, AP) Angela Bassett’s Marie Laveau is back as Ryan Murphy brings the ‘AHS’ universe together Angela Bassett is returning to the ‘American Horror Story’ universe as Ryan Murphy brings…
Brittany Boltinhouse was crowned Miss North Carolina, then stripped of her title after old posts surfaced showing her repeatedly using the n-word. Now she is doubling down on her right to use the slur. Boltinhouse says she is not sorry and cites the First Amendment’s freedom of speech. The 27-year-old told the Daily Mail in…
Source: Amanda Edwards / Getty On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a former Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) official with fraud. The Washington Post reports that the DOJ is accusing Heidi Beirich, the former director of the SPLC’s intelligence project, of overseeing payments to informants who infiltrated hate groups throughout the country. The…
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