Day: February 22, 2024

Wisconsin school superintendent resigns after making controversial race comments on Atlanta radio show

2:52 pm February 22, 2024

The Green Bay school district on Wednesday released the recording of its first Black superintendent’s appearance on an Atlanta radio show in which he made blunt comments about race relations, criticized the community and derided one of the district’s principals. Claude Tiller Jr. resigned on Saturday after a closed-door meeting with school board members. On […]

Civil rights leader slams Biden’s proposed menthol ban, exclusion from talks: ‘I feel slighted’

2:45 pm February 22, 2024

FIRST ON FOX: A prominent civil rights leader blasted the Biden administration’s proposed menthol cigarette ban and said the White House has excluded his group from the table on issues involving Black people. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Charles Steele Jr., the president and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which Martin […]

Jews in Denmark face highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, official says

2:39 pm February 22, 2024

The number of antisemitic incidents registered in Denmark since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II, the head of the Scandinavian country’s small Jewish community said Thursday. “We have seen the the biggest antisemitic wave in Denmark since 1943,” when Denmark […]

Bradley Cooper caught ‘Judge Judy’ playing on Jay-Z’s TV when he visited Beyoncé: ‘I was freaking out’

2:38 pm February 22, 2024

Bradley Cooper admitted this week he was surprised to find hip hop mogul Jay-Z watching an episode of “Judge Judy” several years ago when he went to his house to meet Beyoncé about a potential acting job. Cooper said that he had pitched the idea for “A Star is Born” to a Warner Brothers executive […]

Barge strikes China bridge, killing 5 and sending vehicles plunging into water

2:00 pm February 22, 2024

Five people were killed in China on Thursday after a barge struck a bridge near the southern city of Guangzhou, causing the roadway to collapse and sending vehicles plunging into the water. Three small trucks, a minibus and a scooter fell off the Lixinsha Bridge around 5:30 a.m. after one side of the ship hit […]