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On Monday, MP David Lammy told Radio Times that he was upset by the absence of certain ethnic sub-categories in the 2021 census that would allow him, his family and other black people the chance to better identify themselves.  Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, London, who is of Afro-Caribbean descent, …

Footage of the incident made waves on Tuesday as it found its way onto social media. In the clip, a flight attendant can be seen taping a passenger to their seat, even placing the tape across their mouth, while others on the plane cheer.  Frontier Airlines released a statement about …

“The situation is very serious. The flames have come to the edge of the thermal power plant,” Muhammet Tokat, mayor of Milas – located east of the major resort of Bodrum – said on Twitter on Tuesday. Tokat shared a video showing a massive blaze raging through the hills near …

“The Executive Order causes irreparable injury to the United States and to individuals the United States is charged with protecting, jeopardizing the health and safety of non-citizens in federal custody, risking the safety of federal law enforcement personnel and their families, and exacerbating the spread of [Covid]-19,” Judge Kathleen Cardone …

The Republican governor announced the move on Tuesday alongside 10 other pardons, noting the decision was made in late July. Mark McCloskey previously pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was slapped with a $750 fine, while his wife Patricia was fined $2,000 on a second-degree harassment charge.  The legal trouble …

China currently has eight more gold medals than the US, but both The New York Times and The Washington Post list the US at the top of the Tokyo Olympics leaderboard. The US outlets are using total medals won as their methodology, despite the fact that traditionally, the country with …

A car bomb went off in the Shirpoor neighborhood of Kabul on Tuesday evening, around 8pm local time, reportedly targeting the residence of General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi. As crowds of Afghans took to the streets to chant “Allahu akbar,” more explosions could be heard, followed by gunfire and rockets.  Afghan …

Johnson recently made his claims while outside of a Wisconsin hotel after a political event, according to video obtained by the Washington Post.  “I don’t say this publicly, but are you watching what’s happening in Michigan?” the senator asked attendees. “So you think the FBI had fully infiltrated the militias …

That’s according to the latest data from Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, which shows that 24 of the world’s 500 wealthiest people are Russians. Behind Severstal owner Mordashov, gas entrepreneur Leonid Mikhelson and metal producer Vladimir Lisin have also seen their coffers increase by more than $5 billion this year. Russia’s richest …

Cuomo engaged in “unwelcome and nonconsensual touching” as well as making comments of a “suggestive” sexual nature, creating a “hostile work environment for women,” state Attorney General Letitia James declared on Tuesday as she released the findings of a months-long investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the three-term Democratic …