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ABC (ATLANTA) — One person was fatally shot in connection with a bus hijacking that prompted a police chase through two Georgia counties on Tuesday, authorities said. The incident began at approximately 4:35 p.m. ET in downtown Atlanta, when police responded to a report of gunfire on a Gwinnett County Transit bus and a “possible […]
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina’s Department of Education has decided to eliminate Advanced Placement African American Studies in its high schools, saying districts can choose to offer it instead as a locally approved honors course without college credit. The move has been criticized by free speech and civil rights groups including the NAACP and ACLU […]
(DETROIT) — School officials are investigating after a now-former employee at a Michigan middle school allegedly choked a 14-year-old student with a shirt, in an incident captured on surveillance footage. The employee is no longer working at Ypsilanti Community Schools “effective immediately,” the school district said Monday. The alleged “assault” occurred on June 4 at […]
It’s one of Johnny Depp‘s most iconic roles, but could you imagine Tom Cruise as the lead character in Edward Scissorhands? Well, according to Depp, it almost happened. The Mission: Impossible icon “was not far away from actually playing Edward Scissorhands — true story,” People quotes Depp as saying in a docuseries about the movie’s […]
(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts had no comment Tuesday after a woman posing as a conservative Catholic allegedly secretly recorded them at a black-tie event last week. Lauren Windsor — seeking out the justices at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual gala — apparently attempted to engage them […]
(DETROIT) — Three lottery players calling themselves The Breakfast Club have won one of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history. Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli announced at a Tuesday morning press conference that The Breakfast Club had won the Michigan Lottery’s $842.4 million Powerball jackpot – the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the […]
Photo: Matt Wilson The Daily Show will return with Jon Stewart at the anchor desk following the forthcoming presidential debates between President Joe Biden and former President Donald J. Trump. The political face-offs are scheduled for June 27 and Sept. 10; The Daily Show‘s special coverage will air live at 11 p.m. ET on Comedy […]
Janelle Monáe has been named a headliner at the All Things Go festival, set to take place in New York’s Forest Hills Stadium Sept. 28 and Sept. 29. She’ll take the stage on the second day, as will fellow headliner Muna. Reneé Rapp will headline on the first day. More artists have been added to the lineup for […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden joined gun control activists Tuesday in pushing forward more initiatives to combat gun violence and trumpeted his administration’s stricter gun laws. Biden’s prescheduled remarks at the advocacy group Everytown’s Gun Safety University conference in Washington, D.C., came hours after his son Hunter was convicted on three felony counts in his […]
Getty Images – STOCK (ATLANTA) — A fight sparked a shooting that injured three people in a food court at a downtown Atlanta shopping center on Tuesday afternoon, according to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. An altercation between two people broke out at the Hub at Peachtree Center, and then one person pulled out a handgun […]
