The Chinese Embassy has held meetings with congressional staff to lobby against the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok, according to two of the Capitol Hill staffers. read more
A North Carolina high school suspended a 16-year-old student last week for his use of the word "alien," documents reviewed by Crisis in the Classroom show. The student received a three-day out-of-school suspension after he requested clarification on a vocabulary assignment in which his teacher provided the term "alien," according to his mother, Leah McGhee. The assignment was purportedly part of an ethics lesson. The student was purportedly worried the suspension would weaken his chances of receiving a scholarship for pole vaulting. The student asked his teacher, "like, space aliens or aliens without green cards?" This prompted a classmate to threaten him, according to McGhee. Assistant Principal Eric Anderson allegedly claimed the comment was "racially insensitive" and disrespectful to Hispanic students.
One person is dead and several others injured after a shuttle bus rammed into them at a Honolulu cruise terminal in Hawaii on Friday, according to police and Carnival Cruise Line. read more
The FBI has launched an investigation into bomb threats at Planet Fitness locations in multiple states over the past few months, following a social media campaign promoting a boycott of the chain led by the Libs of TikTok group. read more
O.J. Simpson, whose immense fame on the football field was eclipsed by his infamy off it, died Wednesday according to his family. He was 76. Simpson had been battling cancer and had been in hospice. "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer," read a statement posted by Simpson's family on X. "He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren." No matter what Simpson did as a football player, he will always be more remembered for perhaps the most famous murder trial in American history, one that had people glued to their televisions on a daily basis and split the country along racial lines. The moment he was found not guilty of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman was one of the most-watched in television history, as was Simpson's slow-speed Ford Bronco chase through Southern California freeways after he was charged with the murders and failed to turn himself in.
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