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Cops say Therese Patricia Okoumou — a 44-year-old immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo — was the person responsible for the Fourth of July protest. She lives in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island and is currently in federal custody, according to police sources. Officers from the […]
Facebook was slammed by the Wes Cook band Tuesday after it prevented the country group from using the social network’s paid tools to promote its song “I Stand for the Flag.” The Nashville-based group released a video for “I Stand for the Flag” on Facebook Monday morning. They planned to […]
Ken Jeong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The next of our celebrities is another Hollywood star who started out as a medical student. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ken Jeong soon moved with his family to North Carolina, where his father worked as a university lecturer. After attending Duke University, Jeong […]
A Republican-controlled Senate panel has said that further evidence has been found to support a US intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help elect Donald Trump. “The committee finds that the overall judgments issued in the ICA were well-supported and the tradecraft was […]
Upon the news of a high court ordering life support removed from 2-year-old Alfie Evans, English Prime Minister Theresa May issued a brief, friendly reminder to citizens of the U.K. that the all-powerful state actually owns their children. In a video circulated online, May informed parents who were […]
The first lady of Honduras discouraged citizens of her country from attempting to cross the US-Mexico border illegally and pledged to address the problems that led them to flee. “Stay in the country and let’s look for solutions to support you,” Ana García Carías, the wife of Honduran President […]
The dozen boys of a youth soccer team and their coach have been found alive in a cave complex after they went missing over a week ago, a Thai official said Monday. Thai provincial governor Narongsak Osatanakorn said that the group is safe and being rescued after a massive search […]
Seattle has officially become the first major U.S. city to ban restaurants from giving plastic straws and utensils to customers in an effort to help the environment. Since July 1, restaurants in the Emerald City are barred from providing customers plastic straws, cocktail picks or utensils unless someone specifically requests […]
Canada has retaliated against US steel and aluminum tariffs by slapping its own penalties on American exports. The Canadian government confirmed Sunday that it has imposed tariffs on US exports worth 16.6 billion Canadian dollars ($12.5 billion). More than 40 US steel products attract tariffs of […]
Filmmaker Dinesh D’souza who’s been pardoned by Donald Trump has been slammed for retweeting Twitter posts with the hashtags #burntheJews and #bringbackslavery. Right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who has mocked the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and advised Rosie O’Donnell should be prosecuted for her campaign donations, was pardoned […]