Author: Ayesha
Renowned and loved dancer and DJ, Stephen Boss also known as ‘tWitch’ committed suicide at age 40 on 14 December. Stephen Laurel Boss was born in 1982 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was passionate about dancing from his teenage years and participated in many local theater productions. He also studied dance at Southern Union State Community College and Chapman University. After receiving his education and also teaching dance at a school in his hometown Alabama, Boss moved to Los Angeles to make a career for himself. During his early years, he did movies like Blades of Glory and Hairspray. Afterward, he…
A new world record has been set as a mother in Morocco gives birth in a single pregnancy to nine babies- nonuplets. Halima Cissé, the mother who gave birth to nine babies, did not know she would set a world record when she first got pregnant. But eventually, as her pregnancy progressed she found out that this was not a normal pregnancy. From her hometown, Mali Cissé was flown to Morocco by the Malian government for special care. After 30 weeks of pregnancy, she gave birth to five girls and four boys through Cesarean. Due to premature birth and the…
Recent rulings by the Supreme Court have made the right to birth control and abortion ambiguous for people. All 50 states offer their citizens the right to birth control through Plan B, birth control pills, and intrauterine devices (IUDs). But the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade by Dobbs v. Jackson by the Supreme Court has led to some concern over how long this right will remain protected. Until 1965, there was not much emphasis on the right to birth control and it was even banned in many states like Connecticut. But Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 led to a…
Comedian Mark Curry shared on Instagram that he was a target of racist comments by a hotel staffer at Colorado Springs. The people who are not of color can never understand when any of their comments can come off as ‘racist’. People like Mark Curry, a comedian, and star of the hit 90s sitcom “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper” can only sense the racist undertones, because of the history of their community. On December 9, the 61-year-old posted a 26-minute video on Instagram, where he showed his 221,000 Instagram followers his conversation with the hotel staffer. The comedian was sitting in…
After warnings from FBI directors and cybersecurity experts, congress has introduced legislation to ban TikTok in the US. Privacy concerns regarding TikTok are frequently being discussed by US lawmakers. Recently, seven states including Maryland, South Dakota, and Utah called for a ban on the app on all state-owned devices. The US military, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland security have already banned the app for everyone working in their department. The major concern about TikTok is due to the Chinese ownership of its parent company- Byte Dance. Even though TikTok has given many statements clarifying that a US-based…