Beckham pays tribute to “caring’ queen
Soccer great David Beckham joined the miles-long queue of people waiting to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in state. (Sept. 16) (AP video:: Renata Brito/Alex…
GoFundMe created for Pieper Lewis, who is ordered to pay $150,000 to estate of alleged rapist she killed
A GoFundMe fundraiser created to support Pieper Lewis has raised more than $480,000 from more than 13,200 donations. Lewis, 17, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury for stabbing to death a…
Italy floods kill 10 people, injure dozens
Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly central Italy after hours of exceptionally heavy rain, leaving 10 people dead and at least four missing, authorities said. (Sep. 16)…
Calif. gov. blasts Fla. gov. on migrants
California’s Democratic governor is criticizing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans for efforts to send migrants to blue states. (Sept. 16)
TikToker uses platform to explain news, current events using AAVE to underserved audience
Content creator A. B. Burns-Tucker is using her platform, @iamlegallyhype, to explain the news and current events to an often overlooked audience.
Philadelphia drag queen dies after collapsing onstage during performance, police and bar say
A Philadelphia drag queen is dead after she collapsed onstage during a performance at a bar, police and the bar said. Valencia Prime, a transgender woman who dubbed herself “Philadelphia’s Plus Size…
A diner used servers’ tip money to pay its bussers’ wages. Now it has to pay $1.35 million.
A diner in a Philadelphia suburb must return $1.35 million in back wages and damages to more than 100 employees after it used its waiters’ tips to pay its bussers’ wages, the…
Did life ever exist on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover finds organic matter in rock samples
NASA’s rover Perseverance is investigating signs of ancient life on Mars, and it has now collected some of the most promising samples from the Red Planet yet. According to NASA, several rock…
Man pleads guilty to threatening to ‘bomb’ Merriam-Webster offices over gender definitions
A California man pleaded guilty last week to threatening “to shoot up and bomb” dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster’s offices over its inclusive gender definitions and making similar threats to various other people and…
WH slams DeSantis, Abbott on migrant ‘stunts’
For a second day, the White House hammered the Republican governors of Texas and Florida for arranging for the transport of migrants to Democratic strongholds in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.…