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Over the last three days we saw a really clear example of the new world of news that Facebook is creating, whether you like it or not. On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg defended his decision to show a video of Philando Castile — a black man who was shot by the police at a routine traffic…
Donald TrumpDonald TrumpPoll: Americans want alternative to Trump, Clinton American anger boils over Clinton fields email questions under shadow of Dallas attacks MORE is running nearly even in Hispanic support compared to Republicans’ last two presidential nominees, according to a new poll. In a two-way race against Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonPoll: Americans want alternative to…
cxenseparse_start PROTESTORS MARCH IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AFTER POLICE SHOOTINGSPolice Chief and Jarrett Maupin argue over protestor’s path | 0:32 Police Chief Joseph Yahner and protest organizer Jarrett Maupin argue over the safety and routes of a protest in downtown Phoenix Friday night. 1 of 5 PROTESTORS MARCH IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AFTER POLICE SHOOTINGSPolice shoot pepper…
Police arrested 74 people at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Rochester, New York, on Friday amid nationwide protests against police shootings of black citizens. The Rochester demonstration was one of many held in the wake of deadly police shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and came after the sniper attack…
rend image 12 News Officers deploy pepper spray on protesters in downtown Phoenix on July 8, 2016. Officers deploy pepper spray on protesters in downtown Phoenix on July 8, 2016. less PHOENIX – Police continued trying to disperse protesters gathered in downtown Phoenix hours after a planned rally got underway. Officers deployed tear gas to…
Development on No Man’s Sky has finished. Hello Games founder Sean Murray confirmed in a tweet that the game, which hits PlayStation 4 and Windows PC on Aug. 9, has finally gone gold. “It’s happened,” he wrote. “No Man’s Sky just went gold. I’m so incredibly proud of this tiny team. [Four] years of emotions.” ######## END SNIPPET…
Overseas buyers are now retreating from the US home market, thanks to slackening world economies, higher home prices, and a strong dollar. This week the National Association of Realtors released its annual report on international buying. It found that together, resident and non-resident foreigners invested $102.6 billion in the US home market between April 2015…
GIF Playing Pokémon Go this week has proven to be pretty difficult thanks to a wide array of issues plaguing the augmented reality game. Things got to an iffy start right from the get-go, given the lack of clarity from developer Niantic as to when the game would actually launch across various regions. Players were…
Warning: Pokemon GO is a Death Sentence if you are a Black Man. This week has been a catastrophe for Blackness…and it’s only Thursday. Two men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were killed by police officers within 24 hours of each other. Neither had committed a crime that was punishable by death nor did they…
Ladies, what the fuck. We are (Lord willing) mere months away from finally having the first woman president. National female voices like Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren and Ruth Bader Ginsburg appear stronger than ever. At the same time, personality journalism appears to be gazing longingly backwards toward an era full of Playboy bunnies and…