Brett Hankison, the former Louisville Metro Police Department officer charged in connection with the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, was found not guilty on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment Thursday. Jurors deliberated for just three hours before acquitting Hankison, the lone police officer who faced charges stemming from Taylor’s …
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UPATE (3/3): The company who produces the American arm of Russian state-funded network RT laid off staff on Thursday, CNN reports. In a memo the network obtained, T&R Productions, LLC told employees that it was “ceasing production” in all locations “as a result of unforeseen business interruption events.” “Unfortunately, we …
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If you believe everything you read online, then you may be convinced that Queen Elizabeth died last week. The rumors have been spreading for months. She was suddenly absent from many public appearances and many claimed that the annual Christmas message she shares with the United Kingdom may have been …
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A recently unsealed FBI search warrant reveals more about the final days and hours before Santa Barbara surf instructor Matthew Taylor Coleman allegedly murdered his two young children. Last September, a federal grand jury in San Diego indicted Coleman, 40, on two counts of murder, for the death his two-year-old …
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Since Thursday, Feb. 24, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, more than 660,000 people have fled Ukraine, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Among them have been thousands of international students who came to Ukraine for college or medical school. At least two students — from India …
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Boomers often criticize millennials and zoomers for spending their money on daily luxury goods, such as iced coffee and avocado toast, rather than saving money to buy houses. These critiques are mostly tone-deaf and totally meritless….the key word here being “mostly.” One exception to this rule: TikToker @ryandubs, who in …
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Dr. Bronner’s — the “Magic Soaps” company long-adored by hippies and hipsters — is helping its employees take advantage of new advances in psychedelic therapy. The company, which has donated widely to drug decriminalization and research efforts, has become the first to partner with its healthcare provider, the non-profit Enthea, …
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In the gutter world of the internet, many conspiracy theorists are struggling to weave a single narrative around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While some subscribe to the belief that the war is a possible false flag operation, others think Vladimir Putin is attacking Ukraine to destroy the Deep State, a …
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A decade ago this week, five members of Pussy Riot donned colorful balaclavas inside a Moscow cathedral and performed a raucous “Punk Prayer” to Mother Mary, pleading with her to “drive away” Russian President Vladimir Putin. Three Rioters were arrested, convicted of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and sentenced to …
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Of all the conspiracy theories in history — QAnon, the faked moon landing, the belief that Katy Perry is somehow JonBenet Ramsey — perhaps none is as ridiculous, as outright outlandish, as Flat Earth theory. The archaic belief that the earth is flat and not a globe, as centuries of …
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