news
-
Southwest Flight Diverted After Passenger Tried to Join the Mile-High Weed Club
A Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles was diverted Wednesday afternoon after a passenger decided to join the mile-high club. No, they weren’t in the bathroom getting it on with another passenger—they were getting it on with some marijuana. According to CBS affiliate KCAL-TV, the plane made an emergency landing at Mineta…
-
Buffalo Wild Wings Gives Homeless Man Free Wings for a Year After Employee Writes Horrid Message on Receipt
Buffalo Wild Wings is standing up and taking swift action after at least one of its employees was rude to a homeless man, leaving a hurtful, derogatory message on a receipt. According to KPLC-TV, the unidentified man went to one of the chain’s locations in Lake Charles, La., and ordered some wings. When the man…
-
Black Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat and Shirt Charged With Hate Crime in Attack on Hispanic Man
A black man, who for some reason unknown to the great ancestors was wearing a Donald Trump-branded “Make America Great Again” hat and shirt, has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly getting into an argument with two men and then pushing one of them, a Hispanic immigrant, onto subway tracks in New York…
-
This Video of a Georgia Boy Helping an Elderly Woman Up the Stairs Is the Feel-Good News We All Deserve to See
It’s been a long, short week, and it’s high time we got some good news out of the chaos that is the regular news cycle. But never fear, this young Georgia boy’s random act of kindness, which was captured on video, is here to deliver. According to WSB-TV, viewer Riley Duncan captured the video of…
-
Louisiana Man Struck and Killed While Picking Up Debris From Roadway; Crass Social Media Posts Following Death Spark Outrage
A 31-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday, apparently while he was removing debris from the roadway of U.S. Highway 171. According to KPLC-TV, authorities with the Louisiana State Police determined that Sherell L. Lewis Jr. had stopped his vehicle around 3:15 p.m. on the side of the southbound lanes to clean…
-
Pennsylvania High School Students Under Fire for Playing N-Word Hangman
The young wypipo are at it again, and this time a school district in Pennsylvania has gotten a lesson in just how racist some of its students can be once a teacher leaves the classroom. A group of high school students in the Hollidaysburg Area School District thought it would be a great idea to…
-
Innocent Man Who Served 20 Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit Forced to Take Plea Deal in Exchange for His Freedom
The wheels of justice turn ever so slowly when you are a black man caught up in a system designed to hold you down. It’s even worse when those who work within that system intentionally do their best to keep you there. Such is the story of Corey Williams of Shreveport, La. Williams is impaired…
-
#NetNeutrality: California Senate Approves Strict Open-Internet Protections for the State
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with its plan to repeal the net neutrality protections put in place by the Obama administration in 2015. That has not stopped lawmakers in California from taking action to protect the open internet in their state. On Wednesday, the California State Senate approved a bill that would impose…
-
Trump Claims African Americans Have Chosen Democrats for 100 Years—Except His Math Is Way Off
During a campaign stop WWE match political rally in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump claimed that African-American voters have been choosing Democrats almost exclusively for over a century. “African Americans vote for Democrats, for the most part. Vast majority. They’ve been doing it for over a hundred years,” he told fans at…