14-Year-Old Boy Driving SUV Full of Egg-Throwing Teens Faces Murder Charge After Fatal Crash in Texas
What started as an egg-throwing prank in suburban Houston, Texas, ended with a 14-year-old facing a murder charge after the SUV he was driving plowed into a truck and killed a woman, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The teen driver and his passengers were reportedly throwing eggs at other cars before the crash, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said via Twitter.
The fatal crash occurred Tuesday afternoon when the 14-year-old, with two other juveniles as passengers, drove a GMC Acadia at a high speed through a red light and struck a Ford pickup truck, the sheriff’s office said.
The Ford’s driver, identified as 45-year-old Silvia Zavala, was dead at the scene when paramedics arrived, according to the sheriff’s office.
The driver of a late-model Lincoln, also targeted in the egg throwing, allegedly brandished a semi-automatic handgun and chased after the GMC Acadia at high speeds, according to Gonzalez.
CNN affiliate KHOU reported that the driver of the Lincoln is cooperating with investigators, who are trying to determine why the underage teen had access to the SUV.
The unidentified 14-year-old driver, who broke an ankle in the crash, was charged with murder and booked into the county juvenile detention center, Gonzalez said.
The sheriff’s vehicular crimes division is investigating the incident.
“We don’t wish harm on anyone. No one. But the parents… let’s take care of our kids. Where were those parents of those teens?” Zavala’s sister, Fabiola, told KHOU. “If you know your son is a bad kid, you need to be on top of them. What are they up to? Who are they hanging out with? What are they doing?”
Florida McDonald’s Employee Fights Back After Customer Attacks Her Over Straw
A man is under arrest after authorities say he grabbed the shirt of a Florida McDonald’s employee and tried to pull her over a counter.
The employee responded by punching the customer several times in the face at the St. Petersburg restaurant on Monday.
A witness who posted video on Facebook says the fight started when the customer asked for a straw.
St. Petersburg police say the video shows Daniel Taylor grabbing Yasmine James’ shirt. James responded by hitting him several times.
Police say Taylor is charged with two counts of simple battery for grabbing James and for kicking another worker in the stomach as he was being escorted out.
Taylor is white and James is black.
Taylor is being represented by the public defender’s office, which didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Toni Braxton and Birdman look like they are over
It may be just another sad love song for Toni Braxton and Birdman.There’s speculation the singer and the hip hop impresario have split following their engagement in February.On Tuesday Birdman posted, and then deleted, an Instastory which said simply “It’s over.”
He then scrubbed his Instagram account of all the pictures.Likewise, Braxton also deleted all of her Instagram photos and posted a single one of her in a red dress.
Starting a new chapter isn’t always an easy choice…but ALWAYS choose to be chosen,” the caption read. “Cheers to a new year.” The pair are also not following each other on Instagram.Braxton and the Cash Money Records co-founder have reportedly been friends for years, but first went public with their romantic relationship in 2016 with an appearance at the BET Awards.They kept things pretty much under wraps, but the singer shared the engagement news in February, in a tweeted teaser for the sixth season of her family’s WE realty series, “Braxton Family Values.”Toni Braxton: ‘I’m engaged’Birdman made appearances on the show and Braxton could be seen wearing her reportedly $5 million engagement ring.In November it was reported that Braxton lost the ring after she left her luggage on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. Braxton was married to musician Keri Lewis from 2001 to 2013, and the pair are parents of two boys. CNN has reached out to reps for Braxton and Birdman for comment.
via: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/entertainment/toni-braxton-birdman-split/index.html
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Expecting Fourth Child Via Surrogate
There’s a new little one heading West!
Kanye and Kim Kardashian West are expecting their fourth child via surrogate, PEOPLE has confirmed.
The baby on the way will join big siblings Chicago, 11 months, Saint, 3, and North, 5.
Although Kardashian West has made it clear that she loves being a mother, in August, a Keeping Up with the Kardashians source told PEOPLE that the 38-year-old reality star and rapper West, 41, weren’t “in a huge rush” to give their three children another sibling.
“They have absolutely talked about trying for another baby with the help of a surrogate, but nothing seems decided for sure,” said the insider, adding of the couple’s then-7-month-old daughter, who was the only one of their children to be born via gestational surrogate, “Chicago is still little, and they have time.”
“They don’t seem to be in a huge rush,” the source further revealed. “They would use the same surrogate if she agrees to help them again. Kim can’t say enough kind words about the surrogate.”
A second insider told PEOPLE, “Kim and Kanye were already talking about baby No. 4 when Chicago was just a couple of days old. And they absolutely would use the surrogate again. They love her.”
Kardashian West herself has expressed similar thoughts. As she said in an August interview with E! News after being asked if she and her husband were planning for a fourth child, “I don’t know. I read something that it was, you know — none of that was true.”
“But I’ve been really open about it and talked about it on our show, so I don’t know,” the KKW Beauty guru also told the outlet. “We start filming season 16 next week, so if I think about it more and it’s gonna happen, you’ll definitely see it on the show. But as of now, no.”
Though Kardashian West has been candid about her fears surrounding surrogacy and how she thinks it “is so much harder” than pregnancy, she opened up in May about how it ultimately was an overwhelmingly positive experience.
“I would have maybe one more [child],” she admitted. “I really, really enjoyed the surrogacy process. I will say, when it came to the breastfeeding time, I was like, ‘Okay, this is the best decision I ever made.’ “
“It’s a game changer, having to not go through [nursing] every few hours,” explained the soon-to-be mother of four. “I can spend so much more time with the older kids and getting them used to the baby.”
Fans walk out of Tiffany Haddish’s New Year’s Eve show
Like many people on New Year’s Eve, Tiffany Haddish had a night she’d probably like to forget.
While performing to a sold-out audience at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Haddish reportedly bombed so hard on Monday night, several fans got up and walked out of the comedy show.
“This is going to be on TMZ or whatever,” the “Girls Trip” actress-comedian told the unhappy patrons.
Haddish, who confirmed the report on Tuesday, saying “Yes this happened…I wish it was better Miami,” apparently forgot several of her jokes and the ones she did recall, like her mother being in a mental institution or her friends asking for money, reportedly fell flat.
Haddish had previously admitted to partying the night before until 7 in the morning.
“This is weird for me,” Haddish said during the New Year’s show before grabbing a bottle of Ciroc and drinking onstage as she invited audience members to tell jokes as the hecklers and boos grew louder.
F–k it,” she said. “I really wanted to talk about some stuff and can’t remember none of it.”
via: https://pagesix.com/2019/01/01/fans-walk-out-of-tiffany-haddishs-new-years-eve-show/
Kanye West wants everyone to know he’s still team Trump
Kanye West’s bromance with President Trump appears alive and well as 2019 dawns — with the wacky rapper giving his pal a shout-out on Twitter, praising his MAGA hat and dropping hints that he could run for the White House in 2024.
“Trump all day” West tweeted at about 3:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day, a comment that got a decidedly mixed reaction from his followers.
“I have to assume this is a reference to a kid named Trump on the youth football team I coach. It’s his first name. He’s okay, but cries when I scream profanities at him, so he’s got a ways to go,” wrote Three Year Letterman.
But the rapper — whose F-bomb filled, cringe-worthy October visit to the White House appeared to leave even the president at a loss for words — was undeterred.
“Just so in 2019 you know where I stand,” he tweeted before apparently accusing Democrats of controlling black people.
“They will not program me. Blacks are 90% Democrats That sounds like control to me,” wrote West, Kim Kardashian’s other half.
While many fans supported West’s cryptic posts, others weren’t so sure.
“He’s so annoying lately omg,” tweeted a woman named rafael.
“WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS KANYE,” added sadboi.
But West took it all in stride.
“Love everyone,” he said in another tweet, adding minutes later that God was on his side.
“We will change the world. God is on my side. I am a Christian. I am a tax payer. I am myself. God is with us,” he wrote, followed up by another post: “Free thought.”
He then dropped the hint about the White House, tweeting only: “2024,” firing up some of his fans.
“President Kanye West and First Lady Kim Kardashian West RUN THAT S–T!!!” tweeted someone calling themselves NaeomiCampbell.
But not everyone was buying it, with one poster saying West needs psychiatric help.
“He’ll be committed by then .. you know ..51/50 Ward B s–t..it’s all in motion ..manic episode after manic episode..no one helping him..everyone a yes person….hospitalization will be coming,” declared CaliRams909.
But the rapper continued — praising Trump and defending wearing his MAGA hat, which he wore to the White House.
“One of my favorite of many things that the trump hat represents to me is that people can’t tell me who I should do because I’m black. That’s real racism,” he said in a tweet that was later deleted and reposted without the last sentence.“From now on I’m performing with my mutherf–king hat on.”