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North Carolina Woman Flips Glamorous Mug Shot Into an Advertisement for Her Hair Business
Those of us who resolved to flip negative situations into positive ones in the new year might want to look at Charlotte, N.C.’s Shia Yearwood as an example. As the Charlotte Observer reports, Yearwood’s year got off to a rough start after being arrested for violating a domestic protective order on Jan. 3 related to…
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HuffPost Identifies the Neo-Nazi Twitter Account Tied to a Teen Charged With Murder. Here’s the Most Disturbing Part
It was Nicholas Giampa’s Twitter account that finally sent his girlfriend’s mother, Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, over the edge. According to multiple outlets, Kuhn-Fricker had found Nicholas’ tweets on her daughter’s phone: They were anti-Semitic and transphobic, hailed Adolf Hitler as a hero and advocated for white revolution. Kuhn-Fricker alerted the principal of the high school that…
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Amid Freezing Temperatures, Baltimore City Students Go to Class in Unheated Classrooms
Updated Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, 3:39 p.m. EST: Baltimore County Public Schools announced that all schools would be closed today, BuzzFeed reports. Schools around the country have shut down on account of the historic “bomb cyclone” storm battering much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions today. As BuzzFeed reports, BCPS didn’t make it clear whether…
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In Nod to Shirley Chisholm, Cincinnati Councilwoman Brings Her Own Seat to the Table at Swearing-In Ceremony
Shirley Chisholm, the trailblazing New York congresswoman who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first black candidate on a major party’s presidential ticket, once said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” The phrase served as a mantra and rallying…
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Colorado Gunman Who Killed Cop Livestreamed Shoot-Out, Had Record of Suspicious and Harassing Behavior
A Colorado man who shot and killed a deputy sheriff on New Year’s Eve spent hours leading up to the shoot-out taping himself and posting to social media. But it didn’t stop there—before police killed him, Matthew Riehl also livestreamed the deadly gun battle, CBS News reports. Riehl, a 37-year-old Iraq War veteran, also had…
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At Long Last, Hoda Kotb Helms the Today Show, Becomes Permanent Co-Host
The new year is off to a great start at the Today show, where it was formally announced Tuesday morning that Hoda Kotb would permanently co-host the popular morning program. The announcement was made on the air Tuesday by a jubilant Savannah Guthrie, Kotb’s co-host. “This has to be the most popular decision NBC News…
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Deadly Bronx, NY, Blaze Started by Toddler Playing With Stovetop
A deadly fire that quickly consumed a 100-year-old apartment building in New York City’s Bronx borough Thursday night was started by a toddler playing on a stovetop, officials say. The Washington Post reports that the blaze, which has the sad distinction of being New York’s deadliest fire in decades, claimed 12 lives, including those of…
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‘They’ve Chose a Real Good Color’: Owner of Defaced Confederate Eyesore Will Keep the Pink
To call it the ugliest Confederate statue in America seems a bit redundant, but the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest on Interstate 65 in Tennessee undoubtedly wins that distinction. The deranged interpretation of Forrest, a Confederate general, human trafficker and leader of the Ku Klux Klan, has been an eyesore in Tennessee for nearly 20…
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Houston Man Charged With Murder After ‘Nearly’ Decapitating Woman With Samurai Sword
Little is known about a 45-year-old Houston man who, according to authorities, killed his girlfriend Wednesday with a samurai sword. As the Houston Chronicle reports, officials say that Kenneth Wayne Lockings Jr. “nearly” decapitated Aracely Jernigan, who was found dead on Lockings’ living room floor. According to the Chronicle, Houston police responded to a call…
