Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced Sunday it will begin rolling out a paid subscription program allowing users and businesses to verify their accounts with a blue badge. In a Facebook post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the new verification system, called “Meta Verified,” will cost $11.99 month …
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Biden speaks with Tyre Nichols’ family, says he is “outraged” by footage
President Biden spoke with the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols on Friday afternoon ahead of the release of body camera footage of his violent arrest. Once Memphis police released the footage, the president said he was “outraged and deeply pained,” and joined Nichols’ family in calling for peaceful protest. …
Read More »Family settles lawsuit over Stone Foltz’s hazing death in “largest payout” by a public university in Ohio history
The family of Stone Foltz, a former student at Ohio’s Bowling Green State University who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity in 2021, will receive nearly $3 million from the school to settle their hazing-related lawsuit, according to an agreement announced Monday. The attorney for Foltz’s family called the …
Read More »Alabama basketball coach says team “grieving” after player charged with murder
Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Monday the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide is going through “kind of a grieving process” after player Darius Miles and another man were charged with capital murder following a fatal shooting near campus. Speaking at a news conference, Oats said he couldn’t discuss any specifics …
Read More »Prosecutors make opening statements in Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial
Five days before some of his lieutenants attacked the U.S. Capitol building in an alleged plot to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio posted an online message to his social media followers. “Let’s bring this new year in with one word in mind…Revolt,” Tarrio …
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The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adam Fox returned to federal court Tuesday, four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in August in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fox and …
Read More »1 wounded in shooting at Arizona Amazon Flex warehouse; suspect dead
One person was wounded and the suspect was killed in a shooting at an Amazon Flex warehouse in the Phoenix area, police said. On Wednesday morning, a person who was not an employee entered the grounds of an Amazon Flex warehouse in the suburb of Chandler, Arizona, and shot an …
Read More »One killed, 5 wounded in shooting near popular Atlanta shopping district
Authorities said one person was killed and at least five others wounded when a dispute escalated into a shooting Saturday evening near a popular shopping and entertainment district in Atlanta. The shooting occurred at about 8 p.m. local time on a street near Atlantic Station, Atlanta police Lt. Germain Dearlove …
Read More »UVA football players each died from gunshot wound to the head, medical examiner says
Three University of Virginia football players who were shot on a bus as they returned from a field trip each died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The cause of death for Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler …
Read More »Alec Baldwin sues “Rust” armorer, several other crew members over 1 year after fatal shooting on set
Alec Baldwin has sued the armorer and several other crew members involved in the “Rust” production for negligence over a year after a gun he was holding discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza on a Western film set in New Mexico. In the lawsuit, Baldwin alleges …
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