After 27 years, Jeff Bezos officially stepped down as Amazon’s chief executive Monday to transition into his new role executive chairman. Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookstore and built it into a shopping, tech and entertainment behemoth, is being replaced by Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon’s cloud-computing business. That date of his official […]
A top law enforcement advocacy group has claimed attacks on police officers are skyrocketing, citing a recent wave of anti-police rhetoric. On Thursday, the National Fraternal Order of Police claimed these attacks have surged 91 percent in the past year. The organization pointed out 150 officers have been shot, 28 have been killed by gunfire […]
PBS has sparked tense backlash with its decision to have Vanessa Williams perform the “Black national anthem” during its July 4 coverage – with critics blasting the move as divisive and un-American. Williams’ performance on the station’s annual Capitol Fourth program Sunday evening is intended to celebrate the recognition of Juneteenth’s establishment as a federal […]
1.) Independence Was Not Declared on July Fourth: July 4, 1776 is significant because that is the day Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence document. However, the second Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2. In a letter to his wife, Abigail, John Adams predicted that future generations would celebrate July 2 […]
Police in Massachusetts have said a standoff situation has come to an end, involving a group of “heavily armed individuals.” Reports said the men fled into the woods about 15 miles north of Boston after a traffic stop Saturday morning. The standoff lasted for 9 hours. The men were reportedly armed with handguns and rifles. […]
The highly transmissible delta variant has been officially confirmed in all 50 states as of this week, and health officials nationwide are raising alarms about localized coronavirus outbreaks as the Fourth of July weekend arrives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates the strain makes up about a quarter of U.S. cases, with […]
The U.S. economy gained 850,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 5.9 percent, from 5.8 percent, a sign that the recovery of the world’s largest economy is building momentum after misses in April and May. Economists had expected gains of roughly 700,000 jobs and a drop of 0.1 to 0.2 percent in […]
U.S. track sensation Sha’Carri Richardson, who punched her ticket to the Tokyo Games after winning the women’s 100-meter race last month, has been suspended from the Olympic team after testing positive for THC, the chemical in marijuana. Richardson failed a drug test following her Olympic qualifying 100-meter race victory at the U.S. Olympic Track and […]
A child sex ring in California was busted last week, leading to the arrests of 21 people and the rescue of 10 women and girls, according to reports. The Fresno Police Department teamed up with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations for Operation Stolen Hearts, in a multi-day effort against child sex trafficking and […]
Former President Trump’s inner circle and legal experts are bracing for the political and legal fallout of charges being filed against his company as soon as Thursday. Multiple news outlets reported New York prosecutors are expected to charge the Trump Organization, as well chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, with tax-related crimes. The charges stem from […]
Bill Cosby was released from prison after a Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned his sexual assault conviction, undoing one of the highest-profile prosecutions to emerge amid the “Me Too” movement. In a 4-3 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that evidence used to secure Cosby’s 2018 conviction violated his due process rights after prosecutors […]
Kataluna Enriquez, who was crowned Miss Nevada USA on Sunday, will become the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant. With a platform centered on transgender awareness and mental health, Enriquez, 27, beat out 21 other contestants at the South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. “I didn’t have the easiest […]
