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WOODLAND HILLS—A gaming tournament at a downtown Jacksonville game bar ended in gunfire on Sunday, August 26, at around 1:34 p.m. Two people were fatally shot and the gunman, Baltimore resident David Katz, 24, turned the trigger on himself. In addition to the three fatalities, nine people present at the tournament were injured and two others were injured when they...

UNITED STATES—On Thursday, August 13, AMC Theatres announces they are planning on opening over 100 locations in the U.S. on Thursday, August 20. Another 300 locations will open during the following weeks. Some of the AMC locations might be able to reopen after authorized to do so by state and city officials. AMC Entertainment is the world's largest movie theater...

UNITED STATES—French Sundance award wining film, "Cuties" has sparked national controversy since it's debut in America on Sept. 9. The film which follows the coming of age of an 11 year old girl who joins a twerking dance team has led to a petition not only to remove the film but cancel Netflix all together. #Cancelnetflix has been circulating all...

SAN FRANCISCO—Los Angeles ranks as the second most congested city in the US, closely followed by San Francisco in third, according to The Urban Mobility Scorecard Annual Report. It was released by the traffic data company INRIX and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Angelinos spent a total of 80 hours in 2014 sitting in traffic, more than San Francisco’s 78...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Wednesday, December 21 at 1:30 a.m., Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats revealed details of an omnibus bill, with a message that it has to be passed in order for them to see their families for the holidays. We are in the midst of Hanukkah and have only 4 days to Christmas, which leaves very little time...

UNITED STATES—On June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court gave consent to hear Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, the largest abortion case in decades. Case number 19-1392 is between Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al., Petitioners and Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al which was first filed in December 2020, and postponed until...

ATLANTA—An ex-police officer, Garrett Rolfe, sued Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and interim police chief, Rodney Bryant, Tuesday, August 4, 2020.  In the lawsuit, Rolfe claims that he was fired “without an investigation, without proper notice, without a disciplinary hearing, and in direct violation of the municipal code of the City of Atlanta,” according to the lawsuit first revealed by the...

SAN FRANCISCO—An elementary school in San Francisco has become the first school in the city to implement gender-neutral bathrooms. Miraloma Elementary School removed the typical triangle and circle labels on the bathroom doors and substituted in signs reading "Inclusive Bathroom," accompanied with a male/female/transgender logo. Kindergarten and first-grade students at the school will now be able to use bathrooms without having to identify themselves simply as...

UNITED STATES−President Donald Trump announced the implementation of the Defense Production Act on Wednesday, March 18. The bill will give the federal government the authority to request manufacturers to ramp up the production of  needed medical supplies like surgical masks, ventilators, respirators, and allow  the expansion of hospital capacity in an effort to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) which originated...

SAN FRANCISCO—Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claims that a whole incident regarding her visit to a San Francisco indoor hair salon, was "a setup" during a press conference on Wednesday, September 2, where she demanded an apology from the salon. Pelosi was seen walking through e-Salon located on Union Street in San Francisco for a wash and blow on...