The Hill

Coast Guard scrambles on swastika, noose symbol policy reversal

The Coast Guard is scrambling to insist it is not changing its policy after it was set to downgrade the swastika and noose to “potentially divisive” symbols before quickly reversing course and ...
The National Interest

US Coast Guard Won’t Undo ‘Hate Symbols’ Classification, Commandant Says

Admiral Kevin Lunday denied recent claims by The Washington Post that the service was removing the ‘hateful’ designation from symbols such as the swastika and the Confederate battle flag. On Thursday ...
The Hill

Coast Guard denies report it won’t classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols is “categorically false.” “The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will ...
turnto10

Mayor Smiley releases Providence housing report while touting new affordable development

(WJAR) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley released a new housing report for the city on Monday. He made the 2025 City of Providence Housing Progress Report available at a morning press conference. The ...
Wired

The Long History of Frogs as Protest Symbols

Think of it like “Where’s Waldo?” for the anti-Trump movement: Last Saturday, as some 7 million people filled American cities for the latest “No Kings” protest, many of them showed up wearing ...
Wall Street Journal

Want to Foil an AI Deepfake? Tell It to Draw a Smiley Face

Faced with an onslaught of increasingly sophisticated deepfake scams, some companies are turning to low-tech tactics to foil artificial intelligence-powered audio and video impostors. The tactics, ...
The Grio

Brittany Renner and P.J. Washington’s heated co-parenting exchange goes viral as Rickey Smiley weighs in

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. A video posted by reality star Brittany Renner showing a tense, heated ...
Washington Examiner

Ukraine and Poland face rift over proposed ban on Ukrainian nationalist symbols

A proposed Polish ban on certain Ukrainian nationalist symbols is causing a rift between Ukraine and Poland, one of Kyiv’s closest relationships in its war against Russia. On Monday, Polish President ...
Morning Call PA

How are smiley-face fireworks made? Nurture Nature Center explains | PHOTOS

How are smiley-face fireworks made? Nurture Nature Center explains how. Nurture Nature Center’s docent Jeff Mucklin explains how a smiley face fireworks is made with different chemicals that burn ...
The Grio

Rickey Smiley says fraternity founders wouldn’t stand for hazing that allegedly led to death of Caleb Wilson

Rickey Smiley is not afraid to speak his mind. Recently, while on Jemele Hill’s “Spolitics” podcast, the comedian and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated expressed his deep disappointment ...
Forbes

When And Where To See A Spectacular ‘Smiley Face’ In The Sky Tonight

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It's an illusion created in the night sky when a crescent ...