Caribbean Fever's Blog – December 2019 Archive (126)

• Cop, 23, resigned after admitting her wrote 'f**king pig' on his own coffee cup  
• Police chief shared the snap on Facebook and said when the officer complained to staff he was only offered a 'free lunch' by management 
• Locals called…

• Three West Virginia corrections officials were first suspended, then fired after release of a photo taken of a trainee class giving a Nazi salute
• The image includes the words, 'Hail BYRD', a reference to the group's training instructor and all faces of those pictured are blurred   …

• John Lewis is the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists in a group once led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr
• He said that cancer was discovered this month during a routine medical visit 
• he said: 'I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights... I have never faced a fight quite…

10. Muhammad Ali

Net Worth: $50 million

Muhammad Ali will probably forever be the most famous boxer in the world’s history. His boxing career started when he was only 12 years old. By the time Ali turned 18, he had won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division during the 1960 Summer Olympics. By the time he turned 19, he was a professional boxer.…

Two people have been killed in a church shooting near Fort Worth in Texas

• Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, has been identified as the shooter in Sunday's attack
• He opened fire on West Freeway Church but his motive remains unclear …

• Grafton Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary at an arraignment in Ramapo Town Court late Sunday morning, where his bail was set at $5million 
• He allegedly stabbed five people at Rabbi Chaim Leibush Rottenberg's home in Monsey on Saturday…

• The 500 wealthiest people in the world gained $1.2trillion in 2019 
• Top of the list is Jeff Bezos, who still has a fortune of $116billion despite losing $9billion through his divorce
• His wife MacKenzie walked away with $36billion worth of his Amazon stock 
• Bernard Arnault gained the most money by adding a staggering $36.5b to his…

• Juan Fresnada, 61, and Bayron Caceres, 29, were attacked at 1am on Christmas Eve in the Bronx
• Their attackers demanded money from them as they walked out of a McDonald's
• When the attackers became violent, Fresnada shielded his…

• Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned the highest earner on Instagram this year
• Model Kendall Jenner was the highest paid woman on the list in fourth place
• David Beckham was the highest paid British star with 59.9million followers…

• WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT 
• A 'devastating' blast ripped through a security checkpoint close to a taxation office in Mogadishu today 
• Mogadishu Mayor said at least 90 civilians, including students and two Turkish nationals, had been…

• Don Imus, the controversial shock jock who was a staple of morning drive-time radio, has died at a Texas hospital at the age of 79
• Imus passed away Friday at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas…

Al-Qaeda - the most vicious and dangerous Muslim terrorist group in the world - now has a stronghold in the African nation of Nigeria.

A 62-year-old man’s tragic story has gone viral after it was revealed that he had spent most of his adult life in prison for stealing a paltry $9.

On Saturday, journalist Beth Shelburne shared the story of Willie Simmons Jr. on Twitter in a series of tweets after speaking with the Alabama man about his story. To date, her tweets have been retweeted more than 100,000…

• Pope Francis assured the faithful that God loves everyone - 'even the worst of us' - following a year of scandals 
• With a choir singing the classic Christmas hymn 'The First Noel,' Francis processed down the…