Maryam Khanum is a Digital Content Curator at Pleroma Media. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for student run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black, and Executive Editor for two editions of its in-house magazine, The Magnolia. She is based in North Carolina.
A top Supreme Court lawyer has been indicted on federal tax evasion charges after he paid off hefty amounts of debt accrued from high-stakes poker games using money from his law firm.
Another South Carolina teen has been arrested alongside his mother in connection to the murder of a 15-year-old in Richland County just days after another mother and son duo were arrested and charged in connection to the case.
TikTok users have taken to social media to express their surprise at the US Supreme Court unanimously upholding the law banning TikTok, voicing sorrow at the potential removal of the app.
A Tennessee man who has been connected to a neo-Nazi group was arrested after reportedly entering a Jewish Community Center disguised as an Orthodox Jewish man, then getting into a confrontation with security at the center.
An Arkansas man was arrested after he dumped puppies using a box he forgot to remove the shipping label from, providing police with his name and address.
Elon Musk took to X to share GIFs from the movie "Step Brothers," comparing himself and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos to the film's two main characters after Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, successfully launched its first rocket into orbit.
An Australian woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly poisoning her infant child, then pretending that the child had a severe illness in order to boost social media attention.
Elon Musk wrote a series of infuriated posts directed towards another gamer who accused him of cheating while playing a video game during a live stream.
President-elect Donald Trump's chief photographer released official portraits for the incoming 47th president and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, causing an influx of related memes to hit social media.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is receiving backlash for a social media post in which she thanks companies such as Netflix and Disney for donating to wildfire relief efforts in the greater Los Angeles area, but fails to mention the contributions of the firefighters containing the blazes on the ground.
While considering a First Amendment case about access to explicit websites online, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito appeared to be unfamiliar with websites such as PornHub, asking representing attorneys about the kinds of content available on such websites.
The UnitedHealth Group is overcharging patients for necessary life-saving drugs as a result of price gouging that increases the cost of such medication exponentially.
Officials within the U.S. State Department have given credit to President-elect Donald Trump and his team for their help in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Talk show host Megyn Kelly expressed her frustrations with the efforts of the Los Angeles Fire Department, stating that they are sending "obese" lesbians to save those affected by the wildfires raging in the greater Los Angeles area instead of "strong" men.
A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty in court after stabbing his mother and stepfather, severely injuring them, claiming that he did so out of self-defense.
Ohio State University is being sued by several parents of students who allege that an on-campus dorm building had incredibly poor living conditions which put the health of students living there at risk.
CBS News' "60 Minutes" aired footage of the Gaza Strip shot months ago, in which children can be seen playing with ammunition casings in a war-torn Gaza.
Managers at a Tennessee plastic factory allegedly told workers to remain at work during Hurricane Helene, resulting in the death of six workers after flooding from the hurricane hit the factory. The company then sent their families fast food gift cards as condolences.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea is set to receive an annual pay raise despite being actively suspended after placing the country under martial law.
A young Florida TikToker has received a reduced sentence after driving his BMW at 150 mph and crashing into an SUV transporting six people, killing all of them.
During a discussion between billionaire Elon Musk and chief of the German far-right AfD party, Alice Weidel, Weidel pushed back against comparisons between her party and the German Nazi party.
More than 15,000 doctors are urging the Senate to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Vice President Kamala Harris was caught in a seemingly awkward moment on camera while seated a row ahead of President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump at President Jimmy Carter's funeral.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has received backlash after a video of him addressing the resource shortage in California as a result of the ongoing wildfires began to circulate on social media, in which Newsom indicates that California residents will come up with their own solutions to the ongoing crisis.
