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The University of Minnesota is the latest organization to distance itself from the Minneapolis police department after the shocking video surfaced earlier this week showing a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as he struggles to breathe. The disturbing footage continues to send shockwaves across the …

Donald Trump is taking action just days after Twitter applied a fact-check to two of his tweets, for including “misleading information.” This includes one tweet that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. Trump threatened to take federal action against the site, and now he is making …

Donald Trump retweeted a series of tweets on Saturday, making sexist remarks about prominent female Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Stacy Abrams. As a conservative Twitter user, John Stahl said of Hillary Clinton, “When I see 1 of those polls that has Malarkey the Racist up 6-8 points …

Many schools have opted to do virtual graduations to prevent students and staff members from getting or spreading COVID-19. Several seniors of an Atlanta high school tested positive for the Coronavirus just days after the school held a drive-by graduation. Six days after the event, The Lovett School’s Head of …

Donald Trump is threatening to pull the 2020 Republican National Convention from being held in Charlotte, North Carolina because he’s at odds with the state’s governor. In a series of tweets on Monday, Memorial Day, Trump made the threat to pull the convention out of Charlotte because Governor Roy Cooper …

Most of us are itching to get back outside after spending months inside due to stay-at-home orders. But it may not be what we envision, in the post-COVID-19 world could be a real rat race, reports the New York Post. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new …

Lisa Urso’s love of animals was profound, reports CNN. She was an advocate that encouraged her family and friends to donate to the ASPCA and other animal rescue groups on her birthday. That’s why it’s so difficult for everyone to grasp how she lost her life. On May 9, officers …

The US Navy has successfully tested a new high powered laser weapon with the capability to take down an entire aircraft during mid-flight, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet revealed in a statement Friday. The Navy released images and videos which show the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland demonstrating “the first …

It’s Memorial Day Weekend! And we’re all still quarantined inside our homes (hopefully). The recent COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on various industries and personal lives.  Baller Alert is here to save your day, compiling a list of VIRTUAL things we can do to relax and enjoy ourselves. …

In a glimmer of hope in the fight against COVID-19, a new study by Singaporean infectious disease experts has revealed that coronavirus patients are no longer infectious 11 days after contracting the virus even if they still test positive on day 12. In fact, patients may test positive for up …

Saturn, the alligator that is rumored to have once belonged to Adolf Hitler, died of old age Friday. “Moscow Zoo has the honor of keeping Saturn 74 years,” the zoo said in a statement. “For us Saturn was an entire era, and that’s without the slightest exaggeration… He saw many …

To celebrate the Lakers’ 1999-2000 championship, Kobe Bryant gifted his mom with a 14-karat gold ring.  Twenty years later, the ring is sold for $206,000! The item — listed initially at $15K, was put up for auction by a private collector and was sold by Goldin Auctions. Apparently, the ring …

A South Carolina man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and two of her daughters before killing himself was in a jealous rage over a recent beach trip she took with another man, police said, reports The New York Daily. A police report obtained by the Times and Democrat states the …

Four civil suits have been filed against a former Livingston Parish Sheriff’s deputy and his wife, a former Livingston Parish teacher,  for serving her student’s cupcakes that were tainted with the husband’s semen on two separate occasions. Dennis Perkins, 44, and Cynthia Perkins, 35, were originally arrested back in October on …

On Friday, the Springfield-Greene Health Department in Missouri confirmed that a hairstylist at a Great Clips salon had exposed 84 clients and seven coworkers as they continued to do hair while sick with the virus. Just one day later, they announced that a second hairstylist also tested positive for coronavirus, …