SUSPECT IN CUSTODY!!!
What in the world is going on? More gun violence erupts, this time it has occurred in an office building in Orlando, Florida. The police is reportedly trying to find Jason Rodriguez, the suspect in the shooting at Gateway Center, that has left one person dead and several injured. Local high schools are also on lockdown as the police search for the suspect. He is a former employee in the building.
The shootings took place on multiple floors of the office building. The G... Read Full Story
A controversial history lesson at Rea View Elementary school in Union County, North Carolina, has left parents and teachers upset. The teachers plan to write letters to leaders at the historic Latta Plantation about their disapproval of a hands-on history lesson during a class trip Wednesday. What irked the students and teachers? Tour guide Ian Campbell made black students pretend to be slaves in front of their white classmates. He picked out the black kids to play slaves picking cotton. Whe... Read Full Story
The issue of blackface in America continues to rear its ugly head. The latest comes from two white Northwestern University students who wore blackface for Halloween, which sparked campus-wide outrage after the pictures surfaced on Facebook. What's equally insensitive is the fact that one of the students covered himself in blackface and wore a T-shirt with the word "Jamaica" on it. The other dressed as a female tennis player in blackface, a stuffed bra and toting a tennis racket. The fact that... Read Full Story
URGENT: At least seven people have been shot to death and 12 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas. Additional details are not forthcoming at this time. NBC News said it is unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. One gunman was reportedly in custody and another was on the loose, NBC News said. A third shooter may be involved, according to NBC News affiliate KCEN, which said the person had opened fire on the SWAT team at the base.
KCEN in Waco reported that the second suspect may be holed up... Read Full Story
Today, in my search for news to bring to my readers, I came across a very insulting story coming out of New Zealand. Michael Laws, billed as an outspoken Kiwi regional mayor, has proposed a new solution to the country's child abuse problem - pay the "appalling underclass" not to breed. This is coming from the same person who called the late Tongan King a "bloated brown slug." It isn't so much that he expressed concern over the problems confronting his country, but why did he have to call the ... Read Full Story
Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Whitney Isleib has stepped in a hornet's nest with her blackface costume for Halloween. I read about this on several celebrity websites last weekend, but deliberately chose to wait and see how the drama would unfold. She reportedly dressed up as the soon-to-be incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne in blackface. I find this offensive, but not racist.
What are your thoughts on this latest blackface portrayal? Was this offensive or was it just plain fun? The Dallas Cowboys ... Read Full Story
Another tragedy has occurred at another university. This time, three softball players from Dickinson State University in North Dakota, have been found dead in a Jeep Grand Cherokee submerged in a stock pond northwest of Dickinson. The bodies of Krysten Gemar, 22, Ashley Neufeld, 21, and Afton Williamson, 20, were recovered from the vehicle.
Police said the three women were reported missing late Sunday night after calling a friend for help at 11:17 and 11:18 p.m. During the scratchy cal... Read Full Story
Andrew Williamson-Noble, a New York University junior committed suicide this morning by leaping from the 10th floor of the main library. The student reportedly used an NYU-issued card to swipe himself into the Bobst Library, where he committed suicide around 4:30 a.m. One student reported hearing a "loud thud" when the student's body hit the marble floor in the atrium of the library. Police found him unconcious and unresponsive in the lobby of Bobst Library. He was then removed and taken to ... Read Full Story
Police said Billy Maxwell, Jr., a prominent Fayetteville, N.C., businessman, shot and killed his wife, Kathryn, and two teenage children, Connor and Cameron, Monday night before killing himself. One of the victim's in-laws discovered the bodies and called 911. Friends of the family described Billy Maxwell as a good family man who was highly involved in Snyder Baptist Church and his community. Kathy was a member of the Junior League of Fayetteville.
I don't want to throw cold water on... Read Full Story
Swine flu fears caused brawl in New York City D subway train Monday. According to The Business Insider's Lawrence Delevingne, two women got into an argument on the train yesterday morning over one woman's refusal to cover her mouth while coughing. The altercation ended with her spitting on the other woman and the second woman dragging her by the hair to the floor of the train car. I have long maintained my disgust with people who cough and not cover their mouths or use the rest room and not w... Read Full Story
