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A George Floyd statue has been vandalized by a white supremacist group in Brooklyn. The incident is now being investigated as a hate crime by the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force, NBC New York reports, with the department revealing that the damage to the statue, which was only recently unveiled,…
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Transgender runner CeCe Telfer has been deemed ineligible to compete in the 400m hurdles at the US Olympic trials. The decision was made because she did not meet the criteria established by World Athletics when it came to her eligibility for certain events, the Guardian reports. She had previously competed…
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Drake Bell has pleaded guilty to attempted child endangerment and disseminating material harmful to children during a court hearing on Wednesday, June 23. The former child star, who is best known for his portrayal of Drake Parker on the hit Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh, was arrested and charged earlier…
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Joe Biden has praised NFL star Carl Nassib and soccer player Kumi Yokoyama for their "courage" after they came out during Pride month. Nassib, 28, is now the first openly gay active NFL player, while Yokoyama, 27, has revealed that he is transgender, The Sun reports. Biden tweeted: "To Carl…
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The mayor of a small city in Colorado has sparked outrage after he banned the Pledge of Allegiance from public meetings, KDVR reports. Shane Fuhrman, mayor of Silverton, announced the controversial decision over the quintessentially American pledge during a trustee meeting last week. He claimed the recitation of the Pledge…
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Donald Trump's company has launched a lawsuit against New York City for the alleged wrongful termination of contracts the firm had to operate city-owned facilities. Per The New York Times, the filing claims that the contracts were terminated for political reasons - namely the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol…
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Vanessa Bryant has settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the company that owned the helicopter which carried her late husband Kobe and daughter Gianna when it crashed. In January 2020, Vanessa suffered unimaginable heartbreak after losing her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna in a fatal…
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Connecticut will become the very first state to offer baby bond trusts as it attempts to close the "racial wealth gap," according to a state treasury news release. It is hoped that the move will address long-standing economic and race-based wealth disparities in the state as it is known to…
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A Florida woman was left "horrified" after randomly discovering that $1 billion had been deposited into her bank account. Julia Yonkowski discovered the unbelievable deposit had been made when she went to withdraw $20 from an ATM, and subsequently contacted Chase bank about the mysterious $999,985,855.94. "When I put in…
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A police officer has provoked controversy this week after being filmed kneeling on a Black teenager's neck. Per CNN's Canadian news partner CBC, video footage shows Montreal police arresting a 14-year-old boy at Georges-Vanier High School after a fight between several individuals broke out on campus on June 10. Take…
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A South African woman who claimed to have given birth to 10 babies earlier this month has now been admitted to a psychiatric ward. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, from Tembisa claimed to have birthed the ten babies, known as decuplets, on June 7, the iPaper reports. However, local and national…
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Congresswoman Liz Cheney reportedly spent almost $60,000 on private security after receiving death threats for opposing Donald Trump. The 54-year-old Republican was one of 10 lawmakers who backed the impeachment of the former US president, voting alongside Tom Rice, Dan Newhouse, Adam Kinzinger, Anthony Gonzalez, Fred Upton, Jaime Herrera Beutler,…
