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USPS Employee Shot In Face, Amazon Delivery Driver Arrested

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton October 6, 2025 The disturbance took place at an apartment complex in Everett A USPS employee in Washington was allegedly shot by an Amazon delivery worker in Everett at an apartment complex after a dispute between the two. The Everett Police Department posted about the incident on its Facebook page, […]

Stefon Diggs Defeats The Buffalo Bills Then Shows Love To Former Teammate Josh Allen

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton October 6, 2025 New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs spent four years with the Buffalo Bills New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs spent four years with the Buffalo Bills, forming a tandem with quarterback Josh Allen. And although they are now opponents, they embraced each other after the […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site Closes Amid Government Shutdown

by Mary Spiller October 6, 2025 The government shutdown has shuttered Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. The partial shutdown of the federal government has led to the closure of one of Atlanta’s most significant civil rights landmarks — the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park — leaving visitors disheartened after traveling […]

Lionel Richie Reveals His Parents Did Not Allow Him To March With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton October 6, 2025 ‘I was longing to be part of it. And my parents kept telling me it was dangerous,’ said Richie. Former Commodores singer Lionel Richie recently revealed that, while growing up in Alabama, he had an opportunity to participate in a civil rights march featuring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but his parents didn’t […]

Deion Sanders ‘hurting like crazy’ and believes he has more blood clots

Deion Sanders said he was “hurting like crazy” after Colorado’s loss Saturday night at TCU and believes he has more blood clots in his leg. “Cat’s out of the bag, all right. I think I’ve got more blood clots,” Sanders said. “It don’t make sense. I’m hurting like crazy. … I’m not getting blood to […]

Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse

Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown — with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened to […]

At America’s national parks in the Trump era, the arc of history bends toward revisionism

By the roiling rapids of converging rivers, President Donald Trump’s campaign to have the government tell a happier story of American history confronts its toughest challenge. There is no positive spin to be put on slavery. At frozen-in-time Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, people in the National Park Service are navigating shoals that federal storytellers across the nation must […]