• One Direction’s Liam Payne reportedly engaged to model Maya Henry

    One Direction’s Liam Payne reportedly engaged to model Maya Henry

    She’s gained a Payne. Liam Payne is reportedly engaged to girlfriend Maya Henry, after two years of dating. Henry, 20, was spotted wearing a ring — supposedly worth in the neighborhood of £3 million — at tony London restaurant Novikov on Thursday, according to the UK’s Daily Mail. The tabloid has pictures; a source told …
  • Congressional Dems Label Wisconsin Shooter White Supremacist Without Evidence

    Congressional Dems Label Wisconsin Shooter White Supremacist Without Evidence

    Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) said on Wednesday that the 17-year-old who allegedly fatally shot two people in Kenosha, Wis. while trying to defend the city from looters is a “white supremacist domestic terrorist.” Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with murder Wednesday in connection with the prior night’s shooting. Video of the incident appears to show …
  • Democrats Worry About Losing Support in Swing States after Unrest in Wisconsin

    Democrats Worry About Losing Support in Swing States after Unrest in Wisconsin

    Democrats fear they may be losing traction in swing states as news of looting and violent rioting in Kenosha, Wis. after the police shooting of Jacob Blake stokes public safety concerns. It had already been a turbulent summer in America before unrest broke out in Kenosha, as cities nationwide saw widespread protests and riots in …
  • Madison Beer commemorates 1-year of being ‘clean of self-harm’

    Madison Beer commemorates 1-year of being ‘clean of self-harm’

    Madison Beer marked one year of being “clean of self-harm” on Wednesday, commemorating the milestone on Instagram. “As of today… i am officially one year clean of self harm,” the 21-year-old singer captioned one post, sharing a screenshot of her digital calendar. “I never thought i’d be able to say this & i am so …
  • US workers file 1 million jobless claims as COVID-19 total tops 58.4 million

    US workers file 1 million jobless claims as COVID-19 total tops 58.4 million

    The number of Americans who have applied for unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic grew to more than 58.4 million on Thursday, as 1 million more people filed jobless claims. More than 1 million people have now lost their jobs in 22 of the past 23 weeks, as COVID-19 has ravaged the US economy. The …
  • Looting Returns to Minneapolis following False Rumors of Police Shooting

    Looting Returns to Minneapolis following False Rumors of Police Shooting

    Looters descended on Minneapolis’s Nicollet Mall on Wednesday night after false rumors spread that the police had shot an African American man. At around 6 p.m. a man who is suspected of committing a homicide walked by Nicollet Mall in the city’s downtown area. Police spotted him and approached, but the man shot himself before …
  • Investigators Say Jacob Blake ‘Had a Knife in His Possession’ during Shooting

    Investigators Say Jacob Blake ‘Had a Knife in His Possession’ during Shooting

    The Wisconsin Justice Department revealed Wednesday that Jacob Blake had admitted to investigators that “he had a knife in his possession” when he was shot seven times in the back by Kenosha police on Sunday. Investigators found a knife on the “driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s vehicle,” the DOJ release states. The DOJ also …
  • Wisconsin Juvenile Arrested, Charged with First-Degree Murder for Kenosha Riot Shooting

    Wisconsin Juvenile Arrested, Charged with First-Degree Murder for Kenosha Riot Shooting

    A juvenile was arrested after allegedly shooting three individuals amid riots in Kenosha, Wisc., which began after police shot a black man while attempting to take him into custody. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was charged with first-degree homicide stemming from the Tuesday night incident. Rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators and injured a third, and was …
  • Kenosha County Board Members Urge Wisconsin Gov. to Deploy Additional National Guardsmen

    Kenosha County Board Members Urge Wisconsin Gov. to Deploy Additional National Guardsmen

    Local politicians from Kenosha, Wisc., pleaded with Governor Tony Evers to send additional National Guard service members to the city, following three consecutive nights of rioting over the death of Jacob Blake. Rioters have burned local businesses to the ground and committed other acts of vandalism, while apparent clashes between rioters and citizens protecting businesses …
  • More Than 60 Arrested at Breonna Taylor Protest in Louisville

    More Than 60 Arrested at Breonna Taylor Protest in Louisville

    Police on Tuesday arrested 68 protesters in Louisville, Ky. who were participating in a demonstration over the death of Breonna Taylor. The arrests came at the end of a four-day event dubbed “BreonnaCon,” organized by the New York-based social justice organization Until Freedom. The event was intended to draw attention to the case of Taylor, …