A White female customer was caught on video shouting a string of obscenities at a Black Starbucks barista in Southern California, after the customer refused to properly wear a face covering inside the store. The encounter, which took place on Sunday in the suburban San Diego city of Santee, escalated after the barista, 19-year-old Alex…… MORE
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Utah heart attack victim competes for medical care amid surge in Covid-19 cases
In the predawn hours of a recent Tuesday morning in a suburban Salt Lake City hospital, Laurie Terry’s doctor made a disturbing discovery: Utah’s record setting Covid-19 outbreak had become more dangerous than many knew. The virus now had the ability to potentially kill a patient — his patient — even if she wasn’t infected.…… MORE
Charlotte removes the name of a white supremacist North Carolina governor from a branch library
The public library system in Charlotte, North Carolina, is renaming one of its branches that was named after a former state governor with ties to a white supremacy group. Library officials conducted an audit of its 20 branches last year to identify items on display that represented racism and injustice. The results of that audit…… MORE
A Colorado woman cited after her pet deer gored a woman walking her dog
A Colorado woman was cited with two misdemeanors for illegally raising a young deer that attacked and gored one of her neighbors, according to state wildlife officials. The buck attacked a woman walking her dog on Friday in Black Forest north of Colorado Springs, according to a statement from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The victim…… MORE
A California Black Lives Matter chapter is fundraising to get some of its members trained in gun safety
Black Lives Matter’s Sacramento chapter wants to sponsor 10 Black people for gun safety training in an effort to keep its organization members safe. “As Black folks we have learned that we are running out of resources when it comes to being protected,” the organization wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. “Police are killing us. White…… MORE
The legendary Mel Brooks takes to social media to share his support of Joe Biden
Comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks has never made a political video, until 2020. Brooks’ son Max posted an endorsement message from his father to his Twitter account Wednesday. “My father, @MelBrooks, is 94. He has never made a political video. Until now,” it said. Brooks is seen sitting in a chair in front of a…… MORE
A pandemic didn’t deter this 102-year-old from voting
Ora Smith was born the same year that a deadly infection overtook the country and turned life upside down. The 102-year-old was born in 1918, when a deadly strain of influenza plagued the US and led to over 675,000 deaths in the country. So when one of the most pivotal elections of her lifetime fell…… MORE
Investigators find a mass grave while searching for 1921 Tulsa race massacre victims
A mass grave was found this week in the cemetery where archeologists have been searching for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, an Oklahoma state archaeologist announced Wednesday. The outlines of at least 10 coffins were found at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said she has a “high…… MORE
Indiana school superintendent apologizes after a student was listed as ‘Black Guy’ in the high school yearbook
An Indiana school superintendent has apologized after a Black student was simply listed as “Black Guy” in a high school yearbook. Laura Hammack, superintendent of Brown County Schools in the town of Nashville, Indiana, posted a video to Facebook on Monday afternoon addressing the incident. “(The 2020 Brown County High School yearbook) has a truly…… MORE
A Tennessee town is discouraging trick-or-treating this Halloween because of Covid-19
A small Tennessee town is discouraging door-to-door trick-or-treating this Halloween because of concerns over Covid-19, but there will still be events in the community for tiny ghouls, ghosts, pirates and princesses. The Town of Mountain City said in a notice posted on its Facebook page that there would be drive-by trick-or-treating at a local community…… MORE