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Protesters renew calls to change Kansas City Chiefs name and mascot ahead of Super Bowl LVII

Protesters renew calls to change Kansas City Chiefs name and mascot ahead of Super Bowl LVII

Just days before the Kansas City Chiefs compete in Super Bowl LVII, a protest group is renewing a call to change the team's name, mascot and fan-driven "chop tomahawk."They are "hurting" Native Americans and even more so now that the team is once again playing the big game, according to Rhonda LeValdo, founder of the Kansas City-based Native American activist group Not In Our Honor."People are trying to be really positive about Kansas City and what it does and how, 'Yeah, sports unites us all,'" LeValdo said at a news conference Thursday. "It's not bringing our people together in this…
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Should you watch ‘Your Place or Mine’?  Review of the new Netflix romantic comedy

Should you watch ‘Your Place or Mine’? Review of the new Netflix romantic comedy

Ashton Kutcher in Your Place or Mine – Picture: Netflix The new romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, your place or minenow it's streaming, but should i give it a watch? May 11, 2018. The day Netflix brought back the romantic comedy. Like it or not, the 2018 release of The Kissing Booth sparked a rather impressive run of successful rom-coms for young and old in a genre that had been relatively dormant in theaters for some time. The kissing booth. Set it up. To all the boys I've loved before. The princess switch. They were all released…
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Manhunt underway for suspect after 2 officers shot dead in Maryland

Manhunt underway for suspect after 2 officers shot dead in Maryland

Maryland police say they are closing in on a 24-year-old man suspected of shooting a Baltimore County officer before critically wounding a second officer during a daylong pursuit to apprehend him.David Emory Linthicum has been on the run since Wednesday after initially shooting a Baltimore County officer in an incident that sparked a widespread search, forcing local residents to shelter-in-place, county officials and police said. The manhunt began after officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to reports of a person in crisis in Cockeysville, about 20 miles north of Baltimore, around 2:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, the police said.…
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Colombia: Two contractors who repaired the Ecopetrol pipeline are killed

Colombia: Two contractors who repaired the Ecopetrol pipeline are killed

15 September 2014Two contractors from the Colombian company Ecopetrol were shot dead this Sunday while they were inspecting the Caño Limón Coveña oil pipeline, located in the Norte Santander department.The two people were identified as Germán Ariza and Jairo Aguilar, employees of the Termotécnica Coindustrial company, which provides services to Ecopetrol in the area."The Police anticipate an offer of up to 100 million pesos (about US$50,220) for those who with their information allow the location and capture of those responsible who may be members of an armed group," said the director of the Police, General Rodolfo Palomino. , Snail Radio.In…
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