Dog owner slashes woman in the face who tries to pet dog on MTA bus
MELROSE, the Bronx — A woman slashed a bus rider in the face after the rider attempted to pet her dog on an MTA bus, police said Monday.
Police responded to a call of a person assaulted near East 149th street and Morris Avenue around 2:30 p.m.
They arrived to find two women on an MTA bus with one of the women carrying a dog.
Police said the incident happened when the woman tried to pet the dog, the dog owner became upset and slashed the woman in the face.
The victim was taken to the hospital and treated for four slash wounds.
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Cardi B Becomes 1st Woman to Headline Rolling Loud Festival, Then Rolling Loud Becomes 1st Festival to Allow Its Headliner to Be Harassed on Stage
Was security on break?
Last night was a lot.
As the first woman to headline last
night’s Rolling Loud Festival, we should be celebrating this pivotal
moment in Cardi B’s career. But instead of showering Cardi with praise
for her achievement, the Internet is abuzz with this:
During her set, Migos rapper Offset crashed the stage to apologize in front of the world for cheating on his wife. Which in theory sounds like a well intended public display of contrition until you remember:
1. He stole Cardi’s moment.
2. Had he kept that same energy from the jump instead of embarrassing the mother of his child in front of the entire world, he would’ve never needed to apologize in the first place.
3. His overtures were ill-timed, unwanted, selfish, manipulative and the textbook definition of harassment.
4. He stole Cardi’s moment.
But despite Offset’s selfish actions, it’s important to remember that this fiasco involves real people with real feelings going through a very real divorce.
Which put Cardi in the uncomfortable position of having to be the bigger person and defend him—as if he didn’t just steal her moment.
“Right, wrong, or indifferent, I don’t want people to keep doing fuck shit,” she said in a clip posted on Instagram. “Violating my baby father is not going to make me feel any better.”
However, in a subsequent clip she posted about an hour afterward, she clarified that she wasn’t condoning Offset’s behavior. Instead, she was merely trying to protect her estranged husband from relentless harassment and abuse online.
“I see a lot of people bashing me because they see my baby father and think that I’m gonna get back together with him,” she said in the clip. “I just don’t like that bashing online thing. You just saw how Pete Davidson was talking about how he don’t even wanna be on this Earth because mad people be coming at him every single day.”
None of us have any idea how this ordeal will play out, but I do know that if Offset really loved his wife as much as he claims he does, he wouldn’t have tried to clean up a mess he made on her time.
But also of note, Rolling Loud should be ashamed of their role in this debacle. Because they made a conscious decision to sacrifice Cardi’s moment—as well their reputation—in exchange for some retweets and Google search results.
Article via TheRoot
Gun deaths at highest level in 40 years, CDC says
New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’sWONDER database shows gun-related deaths have reached the highest level in almost 40 years.
Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died from a gunshot wound in 2017. According to the data, 14,542 were murders and 23,854 were ruled a suicide.
The CEO of Lutheran Services Florida Health Systems, Christine Cauffield, calls the high suicide rate a “silent disease.
“Those individuals that do complete suicides — when autopsies are performed, (they) definitely have one or more substances in their bodies at the time of the suicide death,” Cauffield said.
She said those who take their own lives tend to fit the same demographic.
“We are seeing a real rise in suicides, particularly males age 60 and higher,” Cauffield said.
According to Cauffield, Florida ranks 50th in the nation when it comes to funding for behavioral health resources.
She said more money would go a long way.
“It can certainly reduce (the) waiting list, it can improve access to care to services that individuals desperately need; we need more residential beds,” Cauffield said.
Cauffield said there’s hope in the form of medication and therapy but it starts with an important step.
“It’s so important to reach out and let people know how you are feeling,” Cauffield said.
LSF Health Systems is a 24/7 access to a care line where clinicians are on standby to take your call if you need someone to talk to. That number is 877-229-9098.
Article via AJC
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Report: Johnson & Johnson Knew Their Baby Powder Contained Asbestos for Decades
In a bombshell report, it’s been revealed that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that their baby powder had occasionally tested positive for small amounts of asbestos.
That sound you hear is our collective jaws hitting the floor.
Reuters conducted an in-depth investigation, in which they examined decades worth of court documents and internal company memos, and discovered that Johnson & Johnson knew the talc in their products sometimes contained carcinogen from 1971 to the early 2000’s. This information was not disclosed to the public or anywhere outside of the company.
In a statement, Johnson & Johnson vehemently denied these claims and dismissed them as an “absurd conspiracy theory” that’s “one-sided, false and inflammatory.”
“Studies of more than 100,000 men and women show that talc does not cause cancer or asbestos-related disease. Thousands of independent tests by regulators and the world’s leading labs prove our baby powder has never contained asbestos,” the statement read.
As a result of these findings, Johnson & Johnson lost $39.8 billion in market value on Friday—its worst trading day in over 15 years.
But for those justifiably outraged, an outright boycott could prove difficult. As Johnson & Johnson has ownership stakes in brands such as Tylenol, Aveeno, and Band-Aid, in addition to assets in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
This revelation serves as the latest blow to the embattled company, which has faced its fair share of turmoil as of late.
In 2017, a California woman was awarded $417 million from Johnson & Johnson after she filed a lawsuit claiming the company’s baby powder gave her ovarian cancer. However, the ruling was eventually reversed after a judge ruled that Johnson & Johnson had no obligation to warn her that their products could cause the disease.
Additionally, earlier this year a jury in St. Louis awarded nearly $4.7 billion to 22 women who sued the company for the same reason. Joining over 9,000 other women who haven taken Johnson & Johnson to court over similar claims.
Article via TheRoot
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse Review
It’s always a great feeling when you walk out of a movie and not only enjoy every minute, but wouldn’t mind going back to see it twice!
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse is arguably the best if not one of the best Spider-Man films to date. Not only that it gives the spotlight to one of Spider-Man’s other incarnations, Miles Morales.
Everything was great from the studios 3D animation, to the voice acting, the humor, and the fight scenes. This movie definitely made me love the character Miles Morales even more. One of the things that I enjoyed with this film is that they make him earn the mastery of his powers and it pays off in the final act in a spectacular way.
There are even a few moments in this movie where you will definitely tear up at. Not to mention you get to see all of the Spider-Man characters from different universes all interact with one another! My second favorite to Miles Morales in this movie will probably be the the original Spider-Man Peter Parker himself.
Even if you’re a not really in the super hero train this movie is still worth seeing over the holiday break. I guarantee you’ll walk out feeling happy that you saw it as this is definitely a feel good movie.
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse definitely opens up the door for a lot Spider-Man movies to be brought to the big screen and it proves that the super hero fatigue is nonexistent. I give this movie a definite 10/10. I will be going back to see it a second and probably a third time. If you have time to see it over this holiday break, GO SEE IT!!