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MEMPHIS SHOOTINGS<br>RAMPAGING GUNMAN NOW IN CUSTODY

8Sep

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International news

MEMPHIS SHOOTINGS
RAMPAGING GUNMAN NOW IN CUSTODY

Memphis is under siege by a gunman going on a shooting spree across town with at least 5 people hit at the time of this post ... cops are reporting multiple shootings and large parts of the city are going on lockdown. Police in Memphis says the suspected shooter is 19-year-old Eziekel Kelly and he's considered armed and dangerous. Cops say he's been changing cars and moving around the city, in a scene that sounds straight out of a video game. The alleged gunman went live on Facebook, where he claimed to have shot numerous people ... with video showing him going into an auto parts store and aiming a gun at someone and pulling the trigger. Cops say Kelly is the man in the video and he's wanted for multiple shootings in Memphis earlier Wednesday. There was previously a shooti...

Sh200 million set aside for Ruto’s swearing-in

6Sep

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Politics

Sh200 million set aside for Ruto’s swearing-in

It will cost the treasury Sh200 million for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect William Ruto. This is according to the Treasury’s Pre-Election economic update report. “Sh200 million has been provided in the FY 2022-2023 budget to undertake Assumption of Office activities to ensure smooth transition to the next administration after the general election,” reads the report. The funds are allocated to the Assumption of Office Committee that is currently preparing for the transition of power from outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta to William Ruto. The event, which is set to take place next week, September 13 (Tuesday), will see Ruto and his deputy president-elect Rigathi Gachagua being sworn to the presidency. According to Chapter 141 of the Kenyan Constitution, the e...

CARDI B AND OFFSET<br>CHECK OUT WAVE’S 1ST BIRTHDAY BASH<br>

6Sep

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Entertainment

CARDI B AND OFFSET
CHECK OUT WAVE’S 1ST BIRTHDAY BASH

Cardi b and offset went all out celebrating their son first birthday with an extravagant sportscar-themed party ... and the videos and pics from the bash are crazy. Cardi is showing off all the images on her social media accounts, and Wave Set is going to make a lot of kids jealous ... because the bar for his birthday parties has been set super high. The parents put Wave Set in a custom remote-controlled car and Offset drove him into the party, which featured blue, green and red Lamborghinis parked out front. Inside, there were tons of balloons, a DJ spinning tunes and areas for all the kids to play, including a couple slides and some model car racing. The parents had fun too, there was a full bar and a seafood bar ... and they could even get customized denim jackets. ...

Instagram’s Dream Is To Fill Your Feed With ‘Amazing’ Posts Of People You Don’t Follow – CEO

31Aug

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Technology

Instagram’s Dream Is To Fill Your Feed With ‘Amazing’ Posts Of People You Don’t Follow – CEO

The Meta-owned platform has been on the receiving end of criticism in recent days for its focus on video more than photos on its Feed. Just last month, Instagram was forced to sideline some of its updates after massive uproar from users worldwide who criticised it for trying to imitate its younger video-sharing competitor TikTok. But users have not been taking issue with video alone. The platform has lately been prioritising algorithmically generated suggested content over ‘friends’ content, which has also drawn its fair share of backlash. In a video message shared Tuesday, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri however clarified that suggested content is here to stay and that it is, actually, the “future of the Feed.” According to the Instagram boss, the platform hopes to make ...

Meghan Markle Said She Wasn’t Perceived As A Black Woman Until She Started Dating Prince Harry

31Aug

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Entertainment

Meghan Markle Said She Wasn’t Perceived As A Black Woman Until She Started Dating Prince Harry

In a conversation with Mariah Carey on her Spotify podcast, Archetypes, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said that she had always been perceived as a biracial woman (as opposed to a Black woman) until she began dating her now-husband, Prince Harry. If there’s any time in my life that it’s been more focused on my race, it’s only once I dated my husband,” Meghan said. “Then I started to understand [what it’s like] to be treated like a Black woman because up until then, I had been treated like a mixed woman, and things really shifted.” Carey and the duchess, who each have one white parent and one Black parent, talked about their mixed-race identities. “I was reading this article about Halle Berry, and they were asking her how she felt being treated as a mixed-race woman in th...

South African Actor Charlbi Dean Has Died At 32

31Aug

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Entertainment

South African Actor Charlbi Dean Has Died At 32

South African actor Charlbi Dean has died at 32 from a reported brief illness. Dean is the star of the upcoming film Triangle of sadness which won the prestigious Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film, which also stars Woody Harrelson and Harris Dickinson, is set to be released in the US on Oct. 7. Previously, the Cape Town–born actor played the role of Syonide in Black Lightning, the CW series based on the DC Comics superhero. Her prior film credits also include Porthole, An Interview With God, Don't Sleep, and Spud. The nature of Dean's fatal illness has not yet been made public, and a spokesperson for the up-and-coming actor did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News. Triangle of Sadness was t...

An Idaho based Company Is Being Sued For Selling Location Data Used To Track People Seeking Abortions

31Aug

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Technology

An Idaho based Company Is Being Sued For Selling Location Data Used To Track People Seeking Abortions

The federal government sued an Idaho-based company that collects and sells geolocation information for hundreds of millions of mobile devices, saying that the data can be used to track people seeking or providing abortions. In a complaint filed Monday in US District Court, the Federal Trade Commission said Kochava Inc.'s data can show mobile device users' visits to abortion clinics, places of worship, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and other sensitive locations. According to the complaint, the agency was able to identify a mobile device that visited a reproductive health clinic and then trace that same device back to a single-family home in the data broker's free, publicly available data sample. The lawsuit alleges that the data sold by the company could then be used t...

Serena Williams’s Daughter Wore A Tribute During Her Final Tennis Tournament

31Aug

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Entertainment

Serena Williams’s Daughter Wore A Tribute During Her Final Tennis Tournament

Serena Williams's 4-year-old daughter wore an adorable tribute to her legendary mom as the tennis superstar took the court Monday night in what's likely the final singles tournament of her career. Sitting in the stands at the US Open with her dad, Alexis Ohanian, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. was pictured in a matching sparkly Nike dress with her hair in white beads, a nod to the iconic look her mom and aunt Venus Williams sported when they made their professional debuts in the 1990s. A packed, star-studded Arthur Ashe Stadium eagerly watched Serena Williams play her first-round match against Danka Kovinić of Montenegro, knowing that if Williams lost, it could be the last time the 23-time Grand Slam champion competes in a major singles tournament. Earlier this month, Williams annou...

County Governors To Take Integrity Oath Developed By EACC

25Aug

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Politics

County Governors To Take Integrity Oath Developed By EACC

Forty-five newly elected Governors are set to take the oath of office today (Thursday, August 24) setting the stage for them to form new county administrative units. Only two counties, Kakamega and Mombasa, out of the 47 counties will not hold the inauguration ceremonies, this after the Governor elections were postponed in the two counties. For the first time, the county bosses while taking an oath of office will also take an integrity oath. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has developed a code of integrity to be administered to all governors. This will see the anti-graft agency dispatch its officers across the country to witness the exercise. The integrity code is meant to bind the leaders to uphold high standards of integrity and refrain from ...

Five Arrested With Weapons At Homa Bay Tallying Centre

11Aug

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local news

Five Arrested With Weapons At Homa Bay Tallying Centre

Police in Homa Bay on Wednesday night arrested five suspects who were planning to disrupt the ongoing tallying process in Homa Bay town and Kabondo Kasipul constituencies. The police also recovered weapons and a teargas canister. In Homa Bay town, the security officers arrested four men who were armed with knives, clubs and a teargas canister near Tom Mboya University which is the county tallying centre. Homa Bay Sub-county Police Commander Sammy Koskey said the suspects were walking 500 metres from the gate of the county tallying centre when police intercepted and arrested them in possession of the weapons before they were taken to Homa Bay police station. In Kabondo Kasipul, police recovered a homemade gun from a suspect who tried to gain entry into the ...