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Brutal reactions to Meghan Trainor’s NFL kickoff performance
It seems many social media users were not amused that Meghan Trainor was featured in the 2019 NFL kickoff ceremony. Prior to the league’s first regular season game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers on Thursday, the singer took the stage to the disapproval of many. In fact,...
Tampa apartment complex was built atop segregation-era graveyard
Residents of Tampa’s Robles Park Village were brought to tears when they learned that their homes were built on the site of an all-black cemetery that from the segregation era. The Tampa Bay Times reported that ground-penetrating radar has detected at least 120 coffins of the long-lost Zion Cemetery below...
Florida man buys, sends 100 generators to Bahamas
If society has you thinking otherwise, just remember: “There are still good people left in the world!” Jacksonville, Fla., resident Alec Sprague wrote that in a Facebook post about witnessing an extremely generous and much needed act of kindness while visiting his local Costco store. Sprague said that while he...
Video showing armed police officer fleeing naked homicide suspect sparks outrage
A news crew’s video shows an armed police officer being chased by a naked triple-homicide suspect in Virginia and then watching while the perpetrator chokes an innocent bystander. The incident happened Tuesday in Pittsylvania County when the pair emerged while employees for a local news station were staging in the...
Popeyes sold out of chicken sandwiches in 2 weeks
“Love that chicken from Popeyes.” No kidding. The new chicken sandwiches at Popeyes didn’t last long. Fifteen days, to be exact. The fried chicken chain announced Tuesday it is sold out of the sandwiches nationwide. Fret not. Popeyes said via Twitter that the sandwich would make a return, and this...
WPXI’s Damany Lewis moving on to Charlotte
After almost five years in Pittsburgh, WPXI reporter Damany Lewis is headed south. The veteran news man posted the announcement on Facebook on Saturday morning stating that he will become a Monday through Friday anchor for WSOC, an ABC affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. It wasn’t immediately clear when his last...
Huge cat — 26 pounds — on adoption list in Philly goes viral
An animal shelter in Philadelphia tweeted Thursday about “big boi Mr. B” being up for adoption and boy, they weren’t joking. BeeJay — a 26-pound cat — is on the adoption list at the Morris Animal Refuge. Apparently the folks at Morris want to shed light on the fact that...
Web debate: Is this a raven or a rabbit?
Here we go again. Is the dress blue or white? Is the voice saying “yanny” or “laurel”? Another question is plaguing mankind. Scientist Dan Quintana shared an optical illusion video on Twitter last week that went viral while simultaneously sending many users ranting “raven” and down the rabbit hole trying...
Reports: Recent exploration shows Titanic is deteriorating ‘rapidly’Video
The first dive down to the Titanic in nearly 15 years has witnesses saying the sunken ship is deteriorating quickly. According to the BBC, an international team of deep-sea explorers made five submersible (submarine) dives to survey the wreckage. The outlet reported that parts of the wreck were in “surprisingly...
Troy Polamalu argues ‘offense vs. defense’ with Patrick Mahomes in new Head & Shoulders ad
Retired Steelers safety Troy Polamalu didn’t just make a statement with bone-crushing hits on opponents during his career. His long, flowing hair also was hard to miss. Now, there is a new NFL phenom who is turning heads with his style of play, and a mohawk that speaks for itself....
Security screener at NY airport fired after slipping ‘you ugly’ note to passengerVideo
A two-word note has gotten a New York airport security worker canned after it was given to a passenger. Neal Strassner, who says he regularly travels through the Greater Rochester International Airport, told NBC News that a security guard handed him a torn piece of paper with “You ugly!!!” scribbled...
Raiders’ Antonio Brown gives away gear, hugs during pregame warm-ups
Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown made the day of several young fans Thursday afternoon at University of Phoenix Stadium. Immediately after pregame warmups, the former Steeler trotted to youngsters standing near the front row at one of the end zones. He proceeded to sign autographs, give away his gloves and...
Antonio Brown’s condolences for Darryl Drake met with criticism
A day late and a dollar short. That appears to be the gripe many Pittsburgh Steelers faithful are “Boomin’ ” about after Antonio Brown — finally — publicly acknowledged the death of his former receivers coach, Darryl Drake, on Instagram on Wednesday night. “Coach I love you sad times I...
Some Patriots fans think they’ve figured out whose face is the team’s logo
John Kerry’s connection with New England just might be deeper than previously was known. The former Massachusetts senator and previous Democratic presidential nominee was briefly a trending topic on Twitter on Wednesday night. Depending on your perspective, the face on the logo for the New England Patriots may (or may...
Georgia Southern quarterback cleared after S.C. cops mistake bird poop for cocaine
Charges of cocaine possession were dropped against Georgia Southern University’s starting quarterback Shai Werts this week after lab results show what police thought was drugs more than likely was bird poop, according to the Savannah Morning News. Officers in Clinton, S.C. mistook bird poop on the hood of Werts’ 2016...
Report: Antonio Brown’s absence more about new helmets than foot issues
NFL sources have told ESPN that Antonio Brown’s recent absence from Oakland Raiders training camp is more about the receiver’s issues with the league issuing new helmets than it is his recovery from blisters on his feet. ESPN`s Adam Schefter reported Friday that Brown has told his team that he...
S.C. teen ousted from school, charged after racist gun videos emerge
A South Carolina teenager has been expelled and charged after videos surfaced of him making threats against black people while shooting at inanimate objects. According to The State, the 16-year-old boy, who referred to himself as “Parker” in two videos, sent the clips to several of his classmates at Cardinal...
Image of white Texas cops on horseback leading black suspect away via rope sparks outrage
Images from the arrest of a black man who was led away from the scene by mounted police who used a rope in Galveston, Texas sparked outrage during the weekend and prompted an apology from the department’s chief. The Galveston Police Department arrested 43-year-old Donald Neely, 43, who they said...
Trump declares he will rid U.S. of AIDS and cure pediatric cancer ‘very shortly’
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he will put an end to two deadly diseases for Americans. “The things we’re doing in our country today, there’s never been anything like it. We will be ending the AIDS epidemic shortly in America and curing childhood cancer very shortly,” he said...
Biden’s ‘Go easy on me, kid’ to Kamala Harris prior to debate sparks outrage
Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to try to diffuse tension between he and fellow Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Wednesday’s debate, but some don’t like his tactic. CNN’s microphones appeared to pick up Biden telling Harris D-Calif., “Go easy on me kid,” to which the senator appeared to...
Oklahoma woman, 65, leads police on a chase, gets Tased over $80 ticket
A confrontation between 65-year-old woman who believed she was being unfairly ticketed and an Oklahoma police officer led to a police chase that resulted in the cop pulling the woman out of the car and Tasing her — and it was all caught on camera earlier this month. Debra Hamil...
Record $48.6 million shipment of elephant ivory and pangolin scales intercepted in Singapore
Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said that it seized around 10 tons of elephant ivory and 12 tons of pangolin scales. According to The Associated Press, the scales came from about 2,000 of the giant pangolins, which resemble an anteater covered in plated armor made of keratin....
Ex-WPXI anchor Darieth Chisolm victorious in revenge porn case
After two years of waging an international court case against revenge porn, former WPXI news anchor Darieth Chisolm can claim victory. Chisolm’s ex-boyfriend, Donovan Powell, 53, of Jamaica pleaded guilty in Jamaican court to three charges related to distributing nude pictures of the journalist, according to The (Jamaica) Gleaner. The...
Teen rapper Tay-K found guilty of murder, faces up to 99 years
A teen rapper who three years ago notoriously made a music video while on the run from police was found guilty of murder Friday. Taymor “Tay-K” McIntyre, 19, faces five to 99 years behind bars after a jury convicted him of murder, but not the more serious crime of capital...
Trump says he will help rapper A$AP Rocky get out of Swedish jail
President Trump on Friday tweeted that he, after conversing with Kanye West, will work toward bringing rapper A$AP Rocky back to the U.S. after he was jailed in Sweden. A$AP has reportedly been jailed without charges following a street fight in June. “Just spoke to @KanyeWest about his friend A$AP...
