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Bill and Hillary Clinton Will Attend Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Bill and Hillary Clinton will be in attendance at Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, their aides confirmed Tuesday. Former presidents and their spouses are given prominent seats to witness the inauguration, but as the Los Angeles Times notes, never before has a former first lady lost the election, and Hillary Clinton’s attendance at the ceremony…
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Report: Ark. Woman Dies While Broadcasting on Facebook Live
An Arkansas woman died during a Facebook Live broadcast on Wednesday, police have confirmed. Keiana Herndon, 25, was reportedly broadcasting from a friend’s home when “something seemed to happen,” Sgt. Christopher Lutman of the El Dorado, Ark., Police Department told NBC News. Lutman told NBC that Herndon “started squinting like someone who had a headache.”…
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Disturbing Video Shows NC Police Officer Slamming High School Girl to the Ground
A police officer in Rolesville, N.C., is on administrative leave after video posted to Twitter on Tuesday showed him picking up a female high school student and slamming her violently to the ground. The eight-second video shows a group of students at Rolesville High School crowded together, and then the officer slams the girl to…
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Study: Levels of Child Lead Exposure in Oakland, Calif., More Dangerous Than in Flint, Mich.
According to a new report from Reuters, children in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, Calif., are being exposed to lead at levels more dangerous than in Flint, Mich. Flint made headlines in the last year for lead contamination in the city water supply, but according to the study, the lead contamination in Oakland is coming…
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Amazon Echo and the Data It Contains at Center of Ark. Murder Investigation
Amazon’s Echo personal-assistant device is in the news this week because police in Arkansas want to use its data in a murder investigation. Court documents show that in November 2015, James A. Bates of Bentonville, Ark., had two friends over his home to watch an Arizona Razorbacks game, and the next morning, one of the…
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Black Lives Matter Activist Faces Restraining Order From L.A. Police Commissioner
The president of the Los Angeles Police Commission filed a request for a temporary restraining order against a prominent member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. Matt M. Johnson, who has been president of the police commission since September 2015, said that he feared for his life and the safety of his family, and he…
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Obama Administration Close to Announcing Russia’s Punishment for Election Interference
According to U.S. officials, the Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, to punish Russia for interfering in the 2016 election. The details are being finalized, and officials told the Washington Post that they could include covert action that will likely involve cyber operations. The public…
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Debbie Reynolds, of Singin’ in the Rain, Dies Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher
Actress Debbie Reynolds, star of the classic Singin’ in the Rain, died Wednesday at the age of 84, just one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Her son, Todd Fisher, told Variety, “She wanted to be with Carrie.” Reynolds was rushed from Todd Fisher’s Beverly Hills, Calif., home to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday after…
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Mass. Legislature Votes to Delay Recreational-Marijuana Shops
Massachusetts legislators voted Wednesday to approve a bill that overturns significant portions of the marijuana-legalization law that 1.8 million voters approved just last month. There were no public hearings and no formal public notice, but the Boston Globe reports that it took lawmakers on Beacon Hill less than an hour to pass the measure that…
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Calif. Professor Calls Trump’s Election an ‘Act of Terrorism,’ Gets Death Threats
A California professor has become the victim of threats and ongoing harassment after a recording of her criticizing Donald Trump’s election was shared by a conservative student group on her campus. Olga Perez Stable Cox, 60, is a psychology professor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., who prides herself on speaking freely, but…
