Elijah McClain’s death is now being investigated following a social media protest after the fatal August incident while in police custody. Aurora officers Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt were reassigned on June 13 and officer Randy Roedema a week later, a police spokeswoman said. The reassignment means administrative duties like …
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Kelly Asbury dies: Oscar-nominated director directed Shrek 2 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Kelly Asbury dies at 60: twice Oscar-nominated director directed Shrek 2 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron The Texas native died Friday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications from abdominal cancer. Asbury’s work directing and voicing characters in Shrek 2 helped make the sequel a massive box office …
Read More »Biden, Trump clashes over DC bill
President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are 180 degrees apart when it comes to whether the District of Columbia should achieve state status. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is expected to vote historically on Friday by passing a bill that would make DC a state. The last vote …
Read More »The House votes to make Washington DC a state
House Democrats agreed to make Washington DC the 51st state in the nation, which would grant voting representation to the more than 700,000 residents of the capital. If approved, the DC of the District of Columbia would become Douglass Commonwealth, honoring abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and their state would create a …
Read More »Whole Foods workers protest Black Lives Matter mask policy
Reportedly, Whole Foods employees in Massachusetts left the supermarket in protest this week over the company’s policy that prohibits Black Lives Matter masks and equipment. The Cambridge store manager told employees they walked in wearing masks with Black Lives Matter written on them on Wednesday that they would have to …
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