The mother of police shooting victim Philando Castile recently donated $8,000 to a Minnesota high school to erase student lunch debts. The gift comes amid reignited national conversations over unpaid lunch bills in public schools and how the consequences affect kids whose families struggle financially. Valerie Castile gave Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota, $8,000 last […]
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk Faces Trial For Calling British Diver ‘Pedo’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk will have to go to trial to defend himself for mocking a British diver as a pedophile in a verbal sparring match that unfolded last summer after the underwater rescue of youth soccer players trapped in a Thailand cave. A federal court judge in Los Angeles set […]
Read MoreAttorney Chris Darden To Stop Representing Nipsey Hussle’s Accused Killer
Christopher Darden, the attorney for Eric Holder, the man accused of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle, recently announced plans to withdraw from the case, the Los Angeles Times reported. In a Facebook post published Friday morning, Darden, who was on the prosecution team for the famed 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson, wrote that he was on his […]
Read MoreArt Is This Guy Playing Piano To A Video Of Cardi B Talking About Ugg Boots
A video of a jazz pianist who made a clip of Cardi B shouting excitedly about Ugg boots a bit more musical has gone viral … and we like it. Charles Cornell uploaded the video on Thursday to his Instagram. It features him sitting at a piano playing a song that perfectly matches the video […]
Read MoreMyPillow Lays Off 150 Workers After Praising Trump’s Tax Cuts, ‘Booming Economy’
MyPillow, one of the few remaining advertisers frequently featured on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, is laying off more than 100 employees not even a year after the company’s founder praised President Donald Trump for creating a “booming economy.” In a statement to HuffPost, Mike Lindell, inventor and CEO of MyPillow, told us via email […]
Read MoreTexas Lawmakers Pass Bill To Ban Shackling Of Pregnant Inmates
Click:Private China Tours The Texas Senate on Friday passed legislation to end the use of restraints on pregnant inmates in the state’s prisons. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles The bipartisan House Bill 650, authored by Republican state Rep. James White, includes a number measures intended to address the conditions of incarcerated women. Texas already prohibits the shackling […]
Read MoreJoe Biden Looks To Revive Obama’s Climate Plan. Scientists Say That’s Not Good Enough.
At a moment when mounting reports from the world’s top scientists indicate humanity is barrelling toward climate catastrophe and ecological collapse, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is preparing a climate policy that appears to put the United States back on the pre-Trump trajectory. The former vice president’s proposal is anchored in resetting the clock to […]
Read MoreJimmy Kimmel Asks People If They Care About Homo Sapiens, Proves We’re All Doomed
Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday spotlighted a chilling new report released by the United Nations that warns up to 1 million species of plants and animals are now at risk of extinction because of human activity. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles “This is something we need to act on,” noted the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” So, […]
Read MoreInstagram Blocks Anti-Vaccine Hashtags To Combat Misinformation
Instagram is blocking several anti-vaccine hashtags spreading misinformation across the platform. Company spokeswoman Stephanie Otway confirmed to HuffPost on Friday that the app will block #vaccineskill, adding to its previous bans of #vaccinescauseautism, #vaccinescauseaids and #vaccinesarepoison, which Instagram announced on Thursday. Otway said the measure is meant to combat false information in posts with those hashtags, […]
Read MoreTrevor Noah On Trump: So Many International Conflicts, So Little Time
When you’re at war with the world, it’s difficult to know where to focus your resources, Trevor Noah noted Monday on “The Daily Show.” That’s why it’s difficult to determine where “America’s Next Top Battle” will be, he concedes in the opening segment of his show. “Elderly Mario Brother” and national security adviser John Bolton […]
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