Celtics, Heat Kneel in Protest over Jacob Blake Decision, Capitol Riots

An outfit with meaning. Kamala Harris has been sworn in as the first Black, first South Asian American and first female vice president of the United States of America. For the historical inauguration, she wore two young Black designers.

The House of Representatives Wednesday made history by voting to impeach President Trump for a second time for "incitement of insurrection" after a mob of his supporters besieged the Capitol on Jan. 6 in a failed attempt to stop the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college win.  The House voted 232-197 to impeach the president.

Chris Rock wasn’t surprised that the Capitol rioters were treated differently to the Black Lives Matter protesters.

After the recent riots at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Airbnb revealed that it canceled reservations by users who were discovered to be part of hate groups. The move is in line with the company's stated community standards, Airbnb said.

Machine Head‘s Robb Flynn has shared a number of abusive comments he’s received since the release of his recent poem, ‘Vomitous Creatures And Cretins’.The poem, which was written to address last week’s Capitol riots, called those who took part in the siege “charlatans with no morals“, adding that “the Maga’s have come, to the tune of Trump’s pied piper beckoning⁠/ And with nary a scratch, a few cans of teargas, to the terrorist attempting a coup⁠.”The frontman has now shared a few hateful and

Arnold Schwarzenegger took to Twitter with a video statement about the riots that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

In the wake of Wednesday’s violent protests at the U.S. Capitol, religious leaders encourage people to practice peace, even in times of political dissent.

The riot at the Capitol on Wednesday and President-elect Joe Biden's "deeply divisive" response capped off a week that "has been so disappointing and horrifying in every way," Ben Shapiro told his listeners Friday.  "The Ben Shapiro Show" was responding to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's suggestion that authorities handled the demonstration at the Capitol differently than the Black Lives Matter-related unrest over the summer because the Capitol crowd was overwhelmingly White. 

The Senate's sergeant-at-arms, Michael Stengler, has resigned at the request of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and amid widespread concern that the Capitol lacked sufficient security to defend against the type of riots that occurred on Wednesday. "Today I requested and received the resignation of Michael Stenger, the Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, effective immediately," read a statement from McConnell.

Prosecutors could bring serious charges against those who stormed the Capitol Wednesday while lawmakers worked to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 Electoral College victory, an acting U.S. attorney announced Thursday.

Michelle Obama, Regina King and more are speaking out about law enforcement's response to the riots at the U.S. Capitol, specifically, comparing it to the police response to the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer.On Wednesday, Donald Trump supporters stormed the historic building, claiming election fraud and protesting the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory in the 2020 election.

After the failed insurrection on Wednesday, in which thousands of extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol building amid the Electoral College vote count, several late-night hosts addressed the shocking turn of events at the start of their shows. Expressing outrage, disgust and sadness in equal measure, the comedians were largely sombre as they reflected on the unprecedented attack.

failed insurrection on Wednesday, in which thousands of extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol building amid the Electoral College vote count, several late night hosts addressed the shocking turn of events at the start of their shows.

pic.twitter.com/2QrAtszPaTIn addition, the teams put out a joint statement prior to the game, which explained why they were willing to play on Wednesday.«2021 is a new year, but some things have not changed,» the statement read. «We play tonight's game with a heavy heart after yesterday's decision in Kenosha, and knowing that protesters in our nation's capital are treated differently by political leaders depending on what side of certain issues they are on.

Players from both the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat took a knee during the national anthem ahead of Wednesday night’s game, marking a somber moment of a chaotic day.

The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat knelt for the national anthem Wednesday night, saying they were playing “with a heavy heart” after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump was able to storm the U.S. Capitol and the decision earlier in the week by a Wisconsin prosecutor not to charge a police officer who shot a Black man last year.

LeBron James is upset officers won’t be charged in the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Protesters took to the streets of Portland on Tuesday following news of a Wisconsin prosecutor's decision not to press charges against a White police officer accused of shooting Jacob Blake over the summer.