A 2014 Equal Employment Opportunity report shows that Black woman make up zero percent of Twitter’s employees. Only 14 Black women are currently employed at Twitter out of its 3,000 employees. [Yahoo! News] A Louisiana cowboy was given a ticket for riding his horse home after having a few drinks. The man figured it was […]
A shooting in an Iowa Mall caused one woman to lose her life. Last night at 7 p.m. shoppers heard a gunman fire his weapon, hitting at least one female. We pray for the victims and their loved ones at this time. [ABC News] Rachel Dolezal, the Caucasian woman who pretended to be black, says […]
Former Saved By The Bell actor Dustin Diamond has been convicted of two misdemeanors dating back to a bar room fight last Christmas. He will be facing one year in jail. [Daily Mail] A U.S citizen held by Egyptian authorities has been released and is on his way back to the United States. He was held for […]
A 20-month-old boy passed away Saturday morning after being thrown off a bridge by his mother six days prior to his death. The 19-year-old mother also jumped, in what was an attempted suicide, but managed to survive. [The Morning Call] Five people were shot and killed during a shooting in Switzerland late Saturday night. The […]
Idris Elba made history by breaking a new record. The actor drove 180.36 mph in a Bentley, surpassing the 174.8 mph set by Sir Malcolm Campbell 88 years ago. The adventure was part of Discovery Channel’s new series Idris Elba: No Limits. [USA Today] A South African man claims three women forced him into a car at gunpoint, then drugged […]
A federal hate crime occurred at the University of Mississippi when a former student placed a noose on the school’s James Meredith statue last year. According to the Justice Department, the former student, Graeme Phillip Harris, has been indicted on all charges. [ABC News] A young man, believed to be a Florida State University student, […]
A mother suffered a stroke just days after she gave birth to her son and was subsequently unable to move the left side of her body. Read about her learning to walk all over again, as her son takes his first steps here. [Daily Mail] A 67-year-old woman was released from jail thanks to new […]
A teenager will be serving 20 years in prison after he beat an 88-year-old WW2 Veteran to death. The teenager and his accomplice killed the elderly man with a flashlight during a robbery outside of a bar. We pray for the victim’s family. [Daily Mail] An aspiring model has been charged with murder after her […]
An 85-year-old man was robbed and tied up to a coffee table after meeting teenage twins on a dating website. Paul Aronson was looking for companionship online and instead wounded up with trouble instead. The two 17-year-old girls stole nearly $500 in cash, took his credit cards, and shopped for makeup. They were busted […]
Sierra Leone has ordered everyone in the country to stay indoors for three days in attempt to stop Ebola from spreading. This meant suspending commerce and emptying the streets. Government officials, soldiers and nearly 30,000 volunteers will go house to house, hoping to educate the country about the extreme dangers of the disease and to […]
A federal judge has stood by Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage by deeming it constitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman ruled that gay couples’ fundamental rights weren’t fundamental at all, because gay marriage apparently never had a role in American traditions. He also included that gay marriage will serve as somewhat of a gateway to […]
The dangerous escalation of police brutality has spawned federal investigators to look into a review of recent police tactics that have claimed the lives of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others. The review will most likely be completed by next year. General Eric Holder says the review will be very influential in the prevention of […]
