November 2016 Blog Posts (152)

A Baltimore tutor is being investigated by police after a 7-year-old boy in his care suffered a fractured jaw and two missing teeth after the tutor allegedly threw the boy against a wall for misbehaving.…

Acclaimed Nigerian born novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (author of "Americanah," "Purple Hibiscus," recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, author of the popular Ted Talk "We Should All Be Feminists"), recently posted on FaceBook her views on feminism, raising a daughter, etc. …

• Squirrels normally eat nuts, plants and seeds but eat meat if hungry 
• One got so peckish that it sank its teeth into a snake sparking fight 
• Vicious battle ensued which involved biting, hissing and…

LIVE LINK to Barbados’ 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations as Rihanna meets Prince Harry

• Prince Harry and Rihanna have taken the HIV tests for World Aids Day as part of his tour of the island
• The tests, taken in Bridgetown, Barbados, took just minutes to come back as negative for the two…

• The lead pages, bound like a ring binder, were first discovered in 2008  
• The tablets suggest that Christ was not starting his own religion, but restoring a thousand-year-old tradition from the time of King David 
• They also…

An HIV-positive Jamaican man has lost a legal battle to prevent his extradition to Canada to face numerous sex crimes.

George Flowers failed in his bid when the Court of Appeal struck out his notice of appeal recently.

Flowers, who is wanted by the Canadian government, is being extradited to face 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault.…

Health officials in California are working to determine if a Thanksgiving meal served by a church has caused three deaths and sickened five other people.

The American Legion Hall in Antioch served the meal, which was hosted by Golden Hills Community Church and was meant to give a Thanksgiving meal to seniors and homeless people and others who would be alone during the holidays, according to Contra Costa Public…

Rapper TI 'Jumps' Floyd Mayweather's DJ Over Tiny 'Disrespect'

• Keith Crowell, of Milwaukee, developed keloids on his skin 12 years ago after being nicked during a shave at the barber shop
• Keloids are when excess skin form over scars or wounds …

• Donald Trump tweeted that 'Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!'
• His spokesman Jason Miller defended that position without offering specifics: 'It's terrible and it's despicable'…

On Monday, the African American Film Critics Association released a statement saying that 2016 had been the best year for the black community on the film screen both in terms of casting and storylines.

“The studios and major film distributors really gave it to us this year,” AAFCA co-founder and president Gil Robertson said. “By any measurement, it’s been an exceptional year for Blacks in film. From comedies…

• Plane carrying 81 including top flight Brazil football team Chapecoense has crashed in Colombia mountains
• The aircraft crashed after…

This Little Girl Grew Up With This Gorilla… But Watch When They’re Reunited 12 Years Later.

• Mama, 59, had been matriarch at Royal Burgers Zoo, Arnhem in the Netherlands
• But in April 2016, she was terminally ill and refusing food and water while dying
• Then her old friend, Professor…

Rihanna's Bathtub Pic - Is it sweet or inappropriate?

An awkward photo of Rihanna and Sarah Paulson is going viral and quickly becoming a meme.

The photo shows Paulson touching one of Rihanna’s fake locs, and the look on Rihanna’s face alone makes the picture. But the captions being added to the image are just golden.

“I just think that all lives matter and it’s not a race…

9 People Injured, Suspect Dead Following Machete & Car Attack At Ohio State University (Video)

• Abdul Razak Ali Artan has been identified as the assailant behind a stabbing attack at OSU's Columbus campus Monday morning
• He has been described as a Somali refugee and a logistics management student at the school
• Fire alarm was pulled at…

• A rampaging bull gored a four-wheel drive and managed to lift it in the air 
• The fiery beast caused a liquid to come out of the engine in the incident 
• Passengers were in the car during the attack and can be seen taking cover
• It then charged…