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Texas’ iconic travel stop Buc-ee’s isn’t impressing everyone

Some Stafford County, Virginia, residents are protesting a possible Buc-ee’s. By Abigail Rosenthal,Culture EditorMay 24, 2024 Despite Buc-ee’s growing popularity across the country, not everyone is eager for the beaver to come to town.  Plans to build a Buc-ee’s in Stafford County, Virginia, inspired picketers to protest outside of a public safety center […]

Sports Tenn

Showboats Offense Not Match For Defenders

Defenders Chris Rowland taunts Showboats fans after 35-yard TD reception as Defenders draw first blood in 36-21 route of Saturday afternoon. photo by Don Mooney Memphis, TENN- The D.C. Defenders racked up a season-high 431 yards of offense en route to a 36-21 victory over the Memphis Showboats Sunday afternoon […]

Entertainment World

Tems Becomes First Nigerian Artist To Debut At #1 On Billboard Hot 100

She is featured alongside Drake on Future’s single, “Wait For U.” LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 26: TEMS PERFORMS IN LONDON AT LAFAYETTE ON NOVEMBER 18, 2021 IN LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY JOSEPH OKPAKO/WIREIMAGE) By Kyra Alessandrini · Updated May 1, 2024 Nigerian singer and producer Tems (birth name is Temilade Openiyi) became the first Nigerian […]

News Politics

Uber, Lyft Walk Back Threats to Leave Minneapolis as State Passes New Minimum Wage For Drivers

Minnesota legislators passed a bill guaranteeing increased pay for Uber and Lyft drivers on Sunday that the companies found agreeable. By Maxwell Zeff PublishedTuesday 1:20PM Minnesota legislators reached a compromise with Uber and Lyft to increase pay for drivers across the state through a newly passed bill on Sunday, according […]

Politics

Black voters won a big victory in Louisiana. Some White voters said it violated their ‘personal dignity’

By Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Updated 5:09 PM EDT, Mon May 6, 2024 The Louisiana Capitol is seen, April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. Stephen Smith/AP/FileCNN —  Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a […]