On the morning of May 25, 2020, Christian Cooper, a black man, was peacefully watching birds in a section of New York City’s Central Park known as the Rumble. That same morning, Amy Cooper, a white woman with no relationship to Christian Cooper, was walking her dog unleashed in the same section of Central Park.
The World Health Organization issued a warning on Thursday that African governments must get extra 20 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccination within the next six weeks, or millions of individuals would miss their second dosage. The head of the WHO’s African operations said, “Any pause in our vaccination campaigns will lead to lost lives
A public transportation worker in San Jose, California, shot and murdered nine people at a train yard Wednesday morning before fatally shooting himself. The shooter, 57-year-old Caucasian male Samuel Cassidy, was recognized by authorities. Near the scene of the tragedy, at least one explosive device was discovered. Firefighters discovered the shooter’s residence, some 10 miles
On May 19th, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the “heartbeat bill” which made abortions as early as six weeks illegal. Despite the fact that the debate over abortion has raged for many years, no state in the United States has declared it outright illegal, yet this bill gets dangerously close. So when
Abortion has been a topic of debate for many years. Every four years, when it is time for a presidential race, each candidate takes a different stance on abortion. But it all comes down to whose choice should it be. Should the woman who is carrying the baby be able to choose by herself to have
During the 2020 presidential campaign, there were a lot of “red” states vs “blue” states being through around by all candidates. Red states are referred to the states that are majority ran by Republicans as their party’s color is red. Where blue states are referred to the states that are majority ran by Democrats whose
Rocket Lab has failed to deploy for the second time in a year. The business said that shortly after the second stage ignition on its 20th Electron mission (“Running out of Toes”), a “anomaly” occurred, resulting in the loss of both the vehicle and BlackSky’s Earth observation satellite payloads. The first stage splashed down in
Microsoft is expanding its Dolby Vision HDR gaming test on Xbox Series X/S consoles. The feature is being rolled out to the Xbox Insider Alpha ring so that more members of the Xbox community can try it out. The company wants to hear from customers before expanding the Dolby Vision HDR option, which it says
Singapore announced the strictest restrictions on social gatherings and public activities since lifting a COVID-19 lockdown last year, amid an increase in locally acquired infections and the formation of new coronavirus clusters in recent weeks. The health ministry has announced new measures that will go into effect from Sunday to mid-June, including limiting social gatherings
According to The Undefeated, rapper J. Cole is set to feature for the Rwanda Patriots BBC in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League. J. Cole, 36, arrived in Rwanda two days ago and is currently quarantined in order to participate in the 12-team league. Cole attended Sanford (North Carolina) High School and was
According to the US Defense Department, a large, potentially unregulated portion of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket is falling back to Earth and is supposed to hit sometime on Saturday. Experts caution that it might hit a populated area, but that any debris would most likely fall harmlessly into the water. According to estimates
Prosecutors revealed Thursday that the man accused of stabbing two elderly Asian women in San Francisco earlier this week is now facing several charges, including premeditated attempted murder. In the “brutal” knife assault, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin charged Patrick Thompson, 54, with two counts of premeditated attempted murder and two counts of elder
