Новости за 21.04.2021

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is running a covert program aimed at monitoring the social media activity of Americans, documents obtained by Yahoo News reveal.

Police body cam video from 2019 shows police dragging down and tasing a Marine veteran after unlawfully demanding his phone as evidence for an alleged investigation.

Ma’Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old Black girl that an Ohio officer shot and killed on Tuesday, made TikTok videos of herself styling hair and dancing, serving as a reminder for many that she was just an ordinary teenager.

From our friends at Nautilus.

A recent paper published in Oxford Academic publication Rheumatology is generating concern over the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine can cause herpes. The paper linked six female patients who developed “herpes zoster infections” after the vaccine, and according to Forbes, it inflamed concerns of a connection between the two. 

However, none of the approved COVID-19 vaccines are likely to give you herpes. The paper causing this new conspiracy... Читать дальше...

What started out as a call to help locate a missing Los Angeles Lakers podcaster case took a strange turn this week after the potential discovery of an elaborate, years-long catfishing effort.

A video of a botched robbery attempt in San Leandro, California, shows a pair of teenaged wannabe criminals approaching a grown man. They think they've come up on a payday, but they find out they've picked the wrong one.

A group of 20 senators and other members of Congress have introduced a bill that would force law enforcement and intelligence agencies to obtain a warrant before getting information from data brokers.

Yesterday's verdict in the Derek Chauvin case was perhaps the biggest news event since the 2020 election. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the unarmed Black man who died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine minutes in a video that sparked a summer of protests and outrage last year.

Netflix’s Shadow and Bone can, at times, feel like an internet fever dream come to life. It stars perennial Tumblr fancast favorite Ben Barnes in a role that readers of Leigh Bardugo’s books have positioned him in at least as far back as 2013, dripping with charisma with every conflicted look and swish of his oversized cloak. At the helm is Eric Heisserer (Arrival), who, more than four years ago, tweeted his love of a book he would one day help adapt at the woman who wrote it. It’s full of sizzling chemistry between multiple characters... Читать дальше...

Is there anything better than bread? Of course, I’m using that term extremely loosely. When I say bread, that includes everything from sourdough boules to jerk chicken pizza. Is there a machine that can spit out these treats? The answer may not be universal with every machine on the market. But, the Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme is a carb-filled dream.

James Charles has been demonetized by YouTube, following multiple accusations of misconduct and grooming from minors.

A woman was filmed harassing a group of soldiers at a Virginia IHOP and eventually trying to block one of them from leaving the restaurant. 

A woman is facing sexist backlash online after she posted a video accusing a Michigan bar of drugging more than a dozen girls with opioids. 

A Michigan father moved his 7-year-old biracial daughter to another school after a classmate and a teacher cut the child's hair in two different incidents.

This afternoon, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three charges for killing George Floyd.

While most of the country was breathing a sigh of relief in the wake of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin being convicted of the murder of George Floyd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was putting her foot in her mouth.

Lufuno Mavhunga, a 15-year-old in South Africa, died by suicide after a video of her getting allegedly bullied by classmates was posted to social media, according to multiple reports.