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The United States Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions in a 6-3 decision on Thursday, blocking higher educational institutions from considering race in admissions decisions.The centrality of race to the case prompted a war of words between the Court's two Black justices in their respective opinions, with each offering starkly different views of the role that race should play in decision-making by policymakers writ large.In his own 57 page long concurring opinion, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas — a staunch conservative appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush — argued that "all forms of discrimination based on race...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Members of California’s Black reparations task force presented their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday, challenging critics to read the hefty tome and reconsider redress for the descendants of slavery.

The owner of a beloved San Francisco restaurant that opened more than 60 years ago has decided to close shop for good, blaming the city for not supporting business owners amid a homelessness crisis and the aftermath of the pandemic. HRD Coffee Shop opened its doors in 1953 as a modest establishment serving workers in the city's downtown area - and eventually became a staple caterer to the city's tech giants like software company Salesforce. The restaurant even appeared on The Food Network several times, with Guy Fieri trying one its famous kimchi burritos. But Sydney Saidyan, its current owner,...

Longtime host and political commentator Geraldo Rivera announced his official departure from Fox News Thursday afternoon via a Twitter video, which he filmed while on a boat. 'Bumpy day on the North Atlantic. Anyway, I got fired from @TheFive so I quit Fox. After 23 years tomorrow Fox and Friends could be my last appearance on the network. Thanks for the memories,' he captioned the video. The 79-year-old said he had been fired from The Five - Fox's daily roundtable political commentary show - and so he subsequently quit the network after more than two decades. He added he would...

The late Great Walter Williams makes it quite clear that he believed the South had a right to secede.

The daughter of a top Russian general thought to have been detained after he was implicated in mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted insurrection over the weekend is denying reports he’s in trouble with the Kremlin.“Nothing happened to him, no one arrested him, and he’s in his office,” Veronika Surovikina was quoted as telling the Baza Telegram channel, known for its contacts in the Russian security services.The Financial Times cited several sources earlier Thursday who said General Sergei Surovikin had been detained, though it wasn’t clear if he was facing any charges or just being questioned. The independent Russian outlet iStories,...

As early as 1941 the Muffi of Jerusalem Haj Amin Al-Husseini -- who (per Edward Said in his 1983 book p. 7, about his status [still] in 1946) represented the consensus of Palestine Arabs and had major backing of parties there -- requested the Axis powers to acknowledge the Arab right "to settle the question of Jewish elements in Palestine and other Arab countries in accordance with the national and racial interests of the Arabs and along lines similar to those used to solve the Jewish question in Germany and Italy." [Fritz Grobba, Manner und Machte im Orient (Zurich, Berlin,...

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a triple homicide after three relatives were found dead inside a home in Newton, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning, including a couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, officials said. Newton resident Christopher Ferguson, 41, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He was being held without bail.

Matthew 16:13-19 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares that the gates of hell (“the netherworld”) shall not prevail against his Church. And Jesus insists that this society, grounded in Peter’s confession, would constitute an army so powerful that not even the fortified capital of the dark kingdom itself could withstand it.It is fascinating to me how often we construe this saying of Jesus in precisely the opposite direction, as though the Church is guaranteed safety against the onslaughts of hell. In point of fact, Jesus is suggesting a much more aggressive image: his Church will lay successful siege upon the...

A young basketball player who said he developed myocarditis after getting two doses of the Pfizer COVID shot tragically died of a heart attack last week. The CDC has acknowledged a “causal association” between myocarditis and mRNA COVID shots. Dominican basketball player Óscar Cabrera Adames passed away last week after reportedly undergoing a stress test at a Santo Domingo health center, according to a Fox News report citing a social media post by Dominican sports commentator Héctor Gómez. He was 28 years old. Cabrera Adames previously said on social media that he had developed myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle)...

In the latest in the series, the celebrated singer-songwriter recalls a strange incident in the US Midwest in the late 1980s.Most of the previous guest stars in uDiscoverMusic’s animated video series “Beyond The Bus” have regaled audiences with stories of strange events that have befallen them when they’ve gotten off their respective tour buses. However, in this brand new “Beyond The Bus” – which you can watch below- Melissa Etheridge recalls a particularly strange incident involving one obsessive fan that took place when she’d returned to her tour bus one night. The late 80s were a hectic time for the...

In the latest in the series, the celebrated singer-songwriter recalls a strange incident in the US Midwest in the late 1980s.Most of the previous guest stars in uDiscoverMusic’s animated video series “Beyond The Bus” have regaled audiences with stories of strange events that have befallen them when they’ve gotten off their respective tour buses. However, in this brand new “Beyond The Bus” – which you can watch below- Melissa Etheridge recalls a particularly strange incident involving one obsessive fan that took place when she’d returned to her tour bus one night. The late 80s were a hectic time for the...

Pope Francis meeting Cuban leader ‘disappointing’A Vatican meeting between Pope Francis and Cuban President and First Secretary Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20 drew a small protest at the Via della Conciliazione (Road of the Conciliation), the boulevard leading to St. Peter’s Square.Demonstrators called for political prisoners to be set free and for human rights abuses to cease across the island-nation.According to local media, the two leaders spoke about diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Cuba, the historic visit of Pope John Paul II in 1998, the situation in the country, the Cuban Church’s charitable activities and international issues.The meeting...

Harvard University hinted that it will turn to application essays to preserve its system of racial preferences in admissions, after the Supreme Court struck down the school’s race-based system as unconstitutional. While the Court rejected affirmative action, Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow noted that it also "ruled that colleges and universities may consider in admissions decisions ‘an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.’" "We will certainly comply with the Court’s decision," Bacow and other Harvard administrators wrote in a Thursday statement. Harvard president-elect Claudine Gay released a video statement...

After a dramatic weekend in which it seemed that a bloody civil war was about to erupt in Russia — and the future of Vladimir Putin seemed very much in doubt — world leaders, intelligence agencies and journalists around the world are baffled and asking critical questions. What does the future now hold for the Russian Federation? What does the future hold for Putin personally? Has Putin been fatally weakened — or dramatically strengthened — by this showdown with mutinous rebels? And what does the future now hold for the people of Ukraine? Are Ukrainians safer now that Yevgeny Prigozhin...

Many people are familiar with the account in the biblical Book of Genesis about the two sin-filled cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their cataclysmic destruction. Yet many in this modern, scientific age struggle — or outright refuse — to accept that the cities ever really existed, much less that God wiped them out with fire from heaven. After all, to believe Genesis would be to accept that God is real, the Bible is true, and that God really does bring judgment against individuals, cities, and even whole nations if they stubbornly reject God and flagrantly disobey His commands. In...

In a new TikTok titled “How Much I Spent in a Day as a Millionaire’s Wife,” the bragadocious beauty (23) shared her spending habits, horrifying viewers with the extravagance of her purchases. The average American spends about $164 per day according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but Andrade put those suckers to shame in her viral video, shelling out a staggering $16,000 across a single 24-hour period. While many start their day by forking out for gas or groceries, Andrade, who resides in Dubai with her millionaire husband Ricky, kicked off hers by buying her own essential item —...

Minnie Driver is coming to Nicholas Cage's defense! On Monday, June 26, the British actress praised the National Treasure lead on social media after a random person shared a shady story about the actor. In the first upload, a bride explained she was forced to give up her hotel suite for an unnamed celebrity, who wound up being the movie star. "On our wedding weekend, we saw Nicolas Cage walking around our hotel. Nic Cage tried to ruin my wedding and that's my story," the social media user said. Driver countered the allegation by recalling a sweet memory about the...

The woman who Mayor Eric Adams compared to a plantation owner during a fiery town hall exchange on Wednesday is a decades-long tenants advocate who’s lived in New York City since she and her parents left Europe fleeing from the Nazis. Jeanie Dubnau, 84, an assistant professor of biology at Rutgers University, told The Post that Adams’ comments about her were merely “deflection” to avoid accountability for his policies. “The main point is that the mayor has shown he’s an enemy of all the rent stabilized tenants in New York City,” she said. “You know, Mayor Adams is a landlord...

There is now a Chinese invasion of the U.S. homeland. Chinese migrants are entering the United States on foot at the southern border. Almost all are desperate, seeking a better life for themselves and their children. Some, however, are coming to commit acts of sabotage. Many [Chinese], however, are short-circuiting the long waits at the consulates. At the southern border, Chinese migrants are entering the United States in unprecedented numbers. Once here, the military fighters can link up with China's agents already in place or Chinese diplomats. How many of the PLA fighters have slipped into the United States this...