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Online petition calls on Trader Joe’s to change its ‘racist packaging’
Read more: Online petition calls on Trader Joe’s to change its ‘racist packaging’More than 1,700 people have signed a petition urging Trader Joe’s to change the labeling of some of its international food products, calling the grocery chain’s branding “racist.” “The grocery chain labels some of its ethnic foods with modifications of “Joe” that belies a narrative of exoticism that perpetuates harmful stereotypes,” the petition, which a California…
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Inside the surveillance software tracking child porn offenders across the globe
Read more: Inside the surveillance software tracking child porn offenders across the globeIn December 2016, law enforcement agents seized computers and hard drives from the home of Tay Christopher Cooper, a retired high school history teacher, in Carlsbad, California. On the devices, digital forensic experts found more than 11,600 photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse, according to court documents. Among the videos was one showing a…
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Three dead, 24 injured after glacier sightseeing bus rolls over in Canada
Read more: Three dead, 24 injured after glacier sightseeing bus rolls over in CanadaThree people were killed and 24 others were injured when their sightseeing bus rolled over in Canada’s Jasper National Park, authorities and tour officials said Sunday. The all-terrain Ice Explorer was on its way to Athabasca Glacier, the most visited glacier in North America, in the remote Columbia Icefield of Alberta when the accident occurred Saturday…
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1,000 federal inmates at Texas prison test positive for COVID-19
Read more: 1,000 federal inmates at Texas prison test positive for COVID-19Coronavirus infections are soaring at a North Texas federal prison where more than 1,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least one inmate has died. Of the 1,798 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute at Seagoville, at least 1,072 have contracted the virus. Ten staff members have also tested positive and four have recovered,…
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Louisiana man accused of backing car into officer who asked him to wear mask at Walmart
Read more: Louisiana man accused of backing car into officer who asked him to wear mask at WalmartA Louisiana man was arrested after allegedly running his car into a police officer who asked him to wear a mask at a Walmart store. Ricky Taylor, 64, faces charges of disorderly conduct, resisting an officer and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer, according to an arrest report from the West…
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A sheriff’s deputy shot a 14-year-old boy. It went unreported for months.
Read more: A sheriff’s deputy shot a 14-year-old boy. It went unreported for months.“I thought we had honesty,” said Gaylor Spiller, the head of Jefferson Parish’s NAACP chapter. “This 14-year-old boy that they kept hidden, it’s very telling.” JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — When Tiffany McGee picked up her phone one Friday night in March, she received news no mother is prepared to hear. Her 14-year-old son, Tre’mall, had…
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‘You’re going to get … whooped’: Virginia police investigate video of stop with Black motorist
Read more: ‘You’re going to get … whooped’: Virginia police investigate video of stop with Black motoristA Virginia state trooper is under investigation for a traffic stop in 2019 during which he can be heard on video telling a Black driver, “You’re going to get your a– whooped,” before forcefully removing the man from his car, authorities said Wednesday. An attorney for the motorist, Derrick Thompson, tweeted video on Monday from the encounter…
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‘Ink Master’ contestant pleads no contest in killing of YouTuber Corey La Barrie
Read more: ‘Ink Master’ contestant pleads no contest in killing of YouTuber Corey La BarrieA tattoo artist and former contestant on the reality show “Ink Master” pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge in the May killing of YouTube personality Corey La Barrie, authorities said Wednesday. Daniel Silva, 27, entered the plea Tuesday and faces a maximum of four years in prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.…
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Unsealed bodycam footage reveals new details of George Floyd’s fatal arrest
Read more: Unsealed bodycam footage reveals new details of George Floyd’s fatal arrestMINNEAPOLIS – A court on Wednesday unsealed new police body-camera footage taken during the arrest of George Floyd, showing him being startled, apologetic and fearful before being pinned under an officer’s knee and ultimately dying. Footage from cameras worn by officers Thomas Lane and Alexander Kueng captured the struggle between Floyd and the police, leading up to officer Derek…
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Angelina Jolie calls daughter Zahara, 15, ‘an extraordinary African woman’
Read more: Angelina Jolie calls daughter Zahara, 15, ‘an extraordinary African woman’Angelina Jolie thinks the world of her oldest daughter, Zahara. The “Maleficent” star gushed about the 15-year-old while discussing the Black Lives Matter movement during a Time 100 Talk with Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate. “My daughter is from Ethiopia, one of my children. And I have learned so much from her. She is my family, but…
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Rilès, Caroline Jones and More Set For Billboard Live At-Home Concerts: See This Week’s Schedule
Read more: Rilès, Caroline Jones and More Set For Billboard Live At-Home Concerts: See This Week’s ScheduleSummer is in full swing, and while your plans may look a bit different this year, there’s plenty to look forward to on the entertainment side this week with the latest Billboard Live At-Home series. The performances for the week of July 13 will feature at-home sets from Rilès, Lonr. and Caroline Jones via Billboard‘s Facebook page. French…
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Jay-Z, Yo Gotti and Team Roc File Suit Against Mississippi Prison Over Health Conditions
Read more: Jay-Z, Yo Gotti and Team Roc File Suit Against Mississippi Prison Over Health ConditionsIn the midst of the raging COVID-19 pandemic across the nation and in Mississippi prisons, Jay-Z, Yo Gotti and Team ROC have filed a class-action lawsuit against on behalf of 227 Mississippi inmates against the state’s new Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan Burl Cain and Centurion (the healthcare provider for all Mississippi prisons) in an effort to address the…
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