Count Adele among the many loyal members of the Beyhive. The 32-year-old singer shared a photo on Saturday featuring herself posing under a TV screen displaying a scene from Beyoncé’s “Black Is King.” “Thank you Queen for always making us all feel so loved through your art,” Adele captioned the Instagram post. In the photo,
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It was a scene that seemed like it came from another era. Angry White parents gripping picket signs. People making death threats and a piece of hate mail reading “Blacks destroy school systems.” Community panic about school desegregation orders. But this wasn’t archival footage of White Southerners from the 1960s. This took place last year
Continue Reading The US Marshals are auctioning off a collection of hats, shirts, wristbands and other merchandise from the infamous Fyre Festival fraud. The 126 minor items up for sale were seized by the federal government from Billy McFarland, the 28-year-old organizer of Fyre Festival, the 2017 event in the Bahamas that has become shorthand for scams
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The US Marshals are auctioning off a collection of hats, shirts, wristbands and other merchandise from the infamous Fyre Festival fraud. The 126 minor items up for sale were seized by the federal government from Billy McFarland, the 28-year-old organizer of Fyre Festival, the 2017 event in the Bahamas that has become shorthand for scams
Continue Reading SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, marking a safe end to an historic two-month mission and paving the way for the United States to once again become a world leader in human spaceflight. The Crew Dragon vehicle fired
Continue Reading Don’t scream: Courteney Cox is returning as reporter Gale Weathers for a fifth installment of the beloved horror franchise “Scream.” The 56-year-old actress confirmed the news on Instagram by posting a video of the villain’s black and white mask with the words “I can’t wait to see this face again” in red. A representative for
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A south Georgia prison was put on lockdown early Sunday morning after two staff members and three inmates were injured in a “disturbance caused by inmates,” according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The so-called disturbance at Ware State Prison in Waycross, Georgia, is currently under investigation by the GDC, spokeswoman Joan Heath said in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A man wanted for murder in Virginia was arrested by Border Patrol agents who found him hiding in a restroom on a bus, authorities said Sunday. Agents arrested 20-year-old Salvadorian national Abel Alexander Castro Juarez around 10 p.m. Saturday. Agents working the Interstate 25 checkpoint north of Las Cruces were
Continue Reading An out-of-control wildfire burning in Cherry Valley, California, east of Los Angeles, has grown to over 20,000 acres, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, according to the US Forest Service. The Apple Fire began Friday shortly before 5 p.m. PST and has forced about 7,800 people to evacuate, Riverside County Fire Department said. As of
Continue Reading A Minnesota zoo is mourning the loss of its beloved polar bear. Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul announced Saturday that its longtime resident Buzz has died. Buzz, 24, had suffered health problems due to suspected neurological issues, the zoo said in a Facebook post. Only after exhausting treatment options did their animal
Continue Reading The US Presidential Election is bound to look different this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, both Democratic and GOP party conventions have been dramatically scaled back, and it’s unlikely that there will be rooms packed with people celebrating election night results on November 3. Many states have moved to expand vote-by-mail and absentee voting,
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OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico— The leader of Cowboys for Trump said the re-election campaign for President Donald Trump is distancing itself from the group after the leader posted a video saying some Black athletes should “go back to Africa.” Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin told The Associated Press that a Trump campaign representative contacted
Continue Reading A Dunkin’ employee was arrested Friday after an Illinois State Trooper discovered mucus in his drink. The trooper, based in Chicago, bought a large black coffee on Thursday evening and removed the lid to cool it down when he discovered “a large, thick piece of mucus which was later confirmed to be saliva,” floating in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man is facing charges after authorities say he became combative with police over a fear of snakes and tried to grab an officer’s gun. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Nathaniel Ryan Ramirez was arrested last weekend following a disturbance at a Las Cruces gas station. According to police,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces Police Department is getting a new interim police chief. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Deputy Chief of Administrative Support Services Miguel Dominguez has been named interim chief and will serve until the city permanently fills the position this fall. He replaces outgoing Chief Patrick Gallagher, who announced his
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Lewis Hamilton won a record-extending seventh British Grand Prix despite a dramatic finish at Silverstone that saw both him and teammate Valtteri Bottas suffer punctures. The chaotic end meant Bottas dropped from second to 11th, while Hamilton, whose tire trouble came on the final lap, held on to cross the line five seconds ahead of
Continue Reading Wilford Brimley, the mustachioed actor who appeared on the big screen, television shows and Quaker Oats commercials, has died. He was 85. Brimley died Saturday while hospitalized in St. George, Utah, his manager Lynda Bensky told CNN. He’d been at the ICU, where he was getting treatment for medical problems and was on dialysis. “Wilford
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will skip the scaled-down Republican National Convention later this month in North Carolina as his state continues to fight a surge in Covid-19 cases. Abbott detailed his decision to GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a letter obtained by ABC News. “It was an honor being selected to serve
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Florida began to feel the effects Sunday of a powerful storm inching in the state’s direction, with forecasters warning it could reach hurricane strength by the time it makes expected landfall near the South Carolina-North Carolina border on Tuesday. Tropical storm watches and warnings stretched from Florida to parts of the southern New England
Continue Reading PENSACOLA, Florida — SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — slowly maneuvered to Earth and splashed down Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico. The spacecraft touched down off the coast of Florida on Sunday afternoon. Behnken and Hurley’s safe homecoming marked the end to an historic two-month mission and paved the
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — A Kansas City neighborhood near 89th and Wornall is shaken up after a shooting occurred and resulted in a vehicle driving into the side of a home. The incident happened before 7 p.m. The police officers and the police tape are now gone,
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas- Low level moisture will persist Sunday, allowing scattered thunderstorms to develop in the afternoon once again. Some areas could see severe thunderstorms, but for the time being, we will keep an eye on things. Best chances will be in the late afternoon into the evening. Sunny skies in the early afternoon should
Continue Reading Hundreds of people gathered and marched on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, marking the 66th night of Black Lives Matter protests in the city, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Police said hundreds of people gathered at the federal courthouse Saturday night to protest and hear speeches before marching through downtown. That march was peaceful, police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH FULTON, GA (WGCL ) — The city of South Fulton is taking a stance for 26-year-old Breonna Taylor who was killed by Kentucky Police in March when they executed a “no-knock warrant” and fired multiple rounds into her apartment. This week South Fulton passed the Breonna Taylor
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso health department announced four additional coronavirus deaths on Sunday, marking 14 straight days of Covid-19 deaths being reported in the county. The total number of El Pasoans who have died during the pandemic has now reached 273. The latest deaths included a man in his 90s and three
Continue Reading Thousands of light years away, there’s a “space butterfly” colored with brilliant blues and clouds of purple and red. It’s an image we’ve never seen in this much detail before. So named for its resemblance to the winged insect, the “butterfly” is actually a planetary nebula — a giant cloud of gas that forms around
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DICKSON, TN (WSMV) — On Bulger’s Beat, it’s not a country music song until there’s a train in it, and it’s not the town of Dickson if it does’t have a miniature train. Downtown Dickson and the sound of trains is only a matter of time…and not just
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV ) — As state and county leaders scale back reopening plans due to rising coronavirus cases, business owners gathered online to support each other and call for action. Across Hawaii, there are countless stories of hardship and growing frustration with the government’s handling of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — BMX is back in Shreveport this weekend. Riders from Shreveport and other states in the south will be at Cargill BMX Park competing in different races. Saturday the event started with a “Race for Life” to raise money for Leukemia. Track operator, Craton
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — A local group of activists is outraged after a black bear was recently seen in Asheville with a political sticker on its collar. “Help Asheville Bears” (HAB) is offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who can find out who put a ‘Trump 2020’
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