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Ala. Honor Roll Student, 7, Faced Suspension Over Part in Haircut
A 7-year-old Birmingham, Ala., boy was facing suspension over a part in his hair. “He was, like, upset, and he said I had to come get him out of school because he was being suspended,” Keisha Rembert told WBRC about when she got the call from her son Rashaad Hunter. “He was pulled out of…
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GOP Donors Pushing for an Independent Candidate to Stop Trump, and You Won’t Believe Who It Is
With Donald Trump looking as if he’ll be the Republican nominee for president, a group of Republican donors asked a Florida-based GOP firm to look for a possible candidate who could make an independent push to unseat both Trump and the eventual Democratic nominee. Data Targeting, the firm hired to research a potential independent solution,…
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Trump Watch: Video Catches Donald Trump Supporter Sucker Punching Black Protester at NC Rally
During a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night in Fayetteville, N.C., several black protesters were being escorted out of the building to boos and racial slurs when one Trump supporter walked into the path of one of the men and punched him in the face. Plot twist: The victim—that’s right, the one who has been assaulted—was…
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Video: Brawl Breaks Out After 2 Women Reportedly Tried to Turn Spirit Airlines Flight Into Soul Plane
Two passengers who “appeared to be intoxicated” aboard a cross-country Spirit Airlines fight took out a boom box and began playing music loudly, according to a Spirit Airlines statement. When passengers asked the women to lower the music, an all-out brawl broke out. According to NBC News, the incident took place on the Baltimore-to-Los Angeles…
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Wis. Woman Sought in Shooting Death of Pregnant Woman and Unborn Child in Dispute Over Loud Music
Wisconsin police are looking for a 24-year-old woman who is alleged to have shot and killed a pregnant woman after an argument over loud music. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, early Sunday morning, Shanika S. Minor confronted Tamecca A. Perry, 23, who was 39-40 weeks pregnant, over music coming from her apartment. The two argued,…
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Photo of Baltimore Teen Praying Over Homeless Man Goes Viral
Eric Gaines, a police officer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was waiting for a bus when he spotted a teen standing near a sleeping homeless man. Many people had passed the homeless man, who, Gaines said, is familiar to the area. But the teenager “walked over to him and just knelt down and put…
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2 Baltimore Officers Charged After 1 Caught on Video Smacking Teen
Two Baltimore school police officers, one of whom was reportedly recorded slapping and kicking a teen, have been charged with second-degree child abuse by a custodian and misconduct in office, NBC News reports. Anthony Spence, 44, and Saverna Bias, 53, were both charged Tuesday and posted bail Wednesday morning. In the video, which was reportedly…
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President Obama Headed to South by Southwest; Will Skip Nancy Reagan’s Funeral
President Barack Obama will not be attending former first lady Nancy Reagan’s funeral on Friday because he was already scheduled to appear at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Texas. According to the New York Post, first lady Michelle Obama is expected to attend the funeral on behalf of the Obamas and will also…
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Pa. Mom Wanted by Police in Cyberbullying of Teen Son’s Ex-Girlfriend
Pennsylvania police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a Brownsville woman who is accused of cyberbullying her teen son’s ex-girlfriend, including sending to the girl’s family via Facebook a nude photo the girl had taken of herself a few years ago. Danita Michaux, 40, is wanted on charges that include felony sexual abuse of children, cyber harassment…
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Univision and the Washington Post Host Democratic Presidential Debate Tonight
On Wednesday, Univision News, along with the Washington Post, will host the next Democratic presidential debate in Miami, the second time in just four days that Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will face off. The debate, which takes place at Miami-Dade College, will air in Spanish on Univision and will be simulcast in English on…