culture
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CBS Suspends Sports Analyst Greg Anthony After Arrest
Updated Sunday, Jan. 18, 9:16 a.m. EST: CBS has suspended sports basketball analyst Greg Anthony indefinitely, a representative said Saturday, a day after he was arrested in Washington, D.C., on a charge of soliciting prostitution, according to Reuters. “Greg Anthony will not be working again for CBS this season,” the rep said in an email.…
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After the Charlie Hebdo Attack, Can a Divided France Achieve Egalité, Fraternité and Diversité?
Paris: French President François Hollande gave a stirring speech about diversity this week. The topic would hardly raise an eyebrow in the U.S., but it’s a rare occurrence in France, which has struggled to integrate immigrants from North and West Africa into its ideal of the colorblind republic. He spoke at the solemn funeral service for three…
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Living Under Mom’s Roof Gives Her the Right to Control Your Life, Even if You Are Grown
I’m 29 and live at home. I’m trying to move this year. I spend each weekend at my boyfriend’s apartment. Recently he asked me to stay an extra night because he was sick. I told my mother, and she said ‘Come home,’ adding that if he was sick, he could call 911 if needed. My…
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Minnesota 6-Year-Old’s Hanging Death Either Accident or Suicide, Cops Say
Minnesota police have ruled out the possibility of foul play in a 6-year-old’s hanging death, ultimately closing the case. They say that the little girl either committed suicide or died by accident, the Associated Press reports. Kendrea Johnson was found unconscious in one of the bedrooms at her foster home with a jump rope around…
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Missing NJ Man Found Dead in Trunk of His Car
Two days after Jordan Johnson’s girlfriend reported that he had been kidnapped, the body of the 24-year-old New Jersey man was discovered in the trunk of his car in New York City on Thursday, cops confirmed, according to the New York Post. Johnson’s parked 2013 BMW was found around 2 p.m. in the Bronx. Authorities…
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Charles Frederick Warner 1st Person Executed in Okla. Since Botched April Lethal Injection
On Tuesday Oklahoma executed its first inmate since the botched April execution of Clayton Lockett, CNN reports. Charles Frederick Warner, who had originally been scheduled to die April 29, the same day as Lockett, was pronounced dead at 7:28 p.m. CST at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, the news site reports. He was convicted in…
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Judge Tells Ga. Mom of 5 She Can’t See Her 2 Surviving Kids After Fire Kills 3
A Georgia woman charged with three counts of felony murder and five counts of cruelty to children has been ordered to stay away from her two surviving children while she awaits her fate. Prosecutor Mirna Andrews argued that on Dec. 12, Rockell Coleman, 28, left her kids alone while she went to dinner with friends.…
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Woman Shocked to See Brother’s Mug Shot Used as Police Target Practice
The North Miami Beach, Fla., Police Department is under fire after a woman discovered that not only were police using actual mug shots of African-American men as shooting targets at a firing range, but one of the men in the photos, bearing bullet holes from a police pistol, was the woman’s brother. On Saturday, Sgt.…
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US Touts $25,000,000 Grant to Groom HBCU Students for Cybersecurity Careers
Cybersecurity is a burgeoning industry, and the Department of Energy is seizing the opportunity to cultivate a diverse job-applicant pool that tech employers will be able to sift through in the years to come. On Thursday senior officials from the Obama administration announced that they are doling out a $25 million grant over the next…
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No Free Speech for Afro-French Comedian Dieudonné? That’s the Cruelest Joke of All
Following the heinous attacks on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and Paris kosher supermarket Hyper Casher last week that left 17 people dead, Afro-French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala—widely known in France by his first name—was arrested Wednesday after a controversial Facebook post led police to charge that he was an “apologist for terrorism.” Dieudonné, who was…