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Elementary School Students Hospitalized After Being Exposed to Marijuana Gummies; Ohio Mom Arrested
More than a dozen students at an elementary school in Cleveland were admitted to the hospital after being exposed to gummy candy that police say contained marijuana.
On Monday, a teacher’s aide at the school found the gummies in a room the children were in, and she noticed that the packaging said the candy contained drugs, according to a Cleveland Division of Police report. The school called police and emergency medical services.
Cleveland Police arrested Shari Gould, the mother of a student who they say brought the candy to Anton Grdina elementary school, on suspicion of endangering children, according to the report. Efforts to reach Gould for comment were not successful.
The police report says the student gave the candy to at least 12 others. Fifteen children, ages 5 to 9, were tested for drugs and released from Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center, said Katelyn McCarthy, a media relations strategist at the hospital.
She said that a couple of the children complained of stomachaches.
The police report noted that one of the children tested positive for a mind-altering chemical found in marijuana called tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC.
The case is just one example of how accidental exposure to marijuana or other substances in young children can lead to health concerns.
“The concerns with marijuana edibles are, they are attractive and palatable to children and can contain high amounts of THC,” said Dr. Sam Wang, a pediatrician and toxicologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, who is not involved in the case but has conducted research on unintentional exposures to marijuana in children.
“When young children consume them, they can result in severe symptoms, including dizziness, excessive sleepiness and, in rare circumstances, impair their breathing,” he said.
In a paper published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics last year, Wang and his colleagues found that visits to Children’s Hospital Colorado related to marijuana exposures more than doubled in 2017 compared with in 2016, and calls to regional poison centers climbed.
“Our hospital has continued to see an increase in young children presenting to the ED; however, the severity of symptoms appear to be less,” Wang said, adding that the rise might be related to how marijuana is more common in Colorado due to legalization of recreational marijuana.
Meanwhile, Colorado’s “THC dose limitations may have helped decrease some of the severity of illness,” he said.
To help keep marijuana products out of the hands of young children, he recommends proper storage, such as keeping products up and out of reach in locked containers; regulations, such as child-resistant packaging; and educating the public about potential health risks.
Several states with legal recreational marijuana, including Colorado, Oregon and Washington, have made child-resistant packaging a requirement for certain products.
It’s key to safely store marijuana products far from where children can see them, said Dr. Suzan Mazor, director of toxicology for Seattle Children’s Hospital and a toxicology consultant for the Washington Poison Center, who was not involved in the Cleveland case.
Also, “make sure to have the poison center phone number on hand for caretakers, grandparents: 1-800-222-1222,” said Mazor, who is also an associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
“Young children react differently to marijuana — different than adults or teens usually do,” she said. “They’re more likely to be sleepy, with difficulty walking and extreme confusion after an exposure to marijuana. Also, since kids are smaller, they get a bigger dose per pound of body weight from the same-size edible product, so they are more likely to have severe effects.”
Sheriff’s deputy in NJ charged with sexually abusing teen, posting video online
EASTON, Pa. — Authorities in Pennsylvania are accusing a New Jersey sheriff’s deputy of having sex with a 17-year-old Pennsylvania girl and posting the video online.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says 33-year-old Joshua Padilla was arrested Friday and faces extradition to Northampton County to face felony charges including unlawful contact with a minor, obscene materials and sexual abuse of children.
State police in the commonwealth say they received a tip that Padilla had sexual contact with the girl in 2018. Authorities say they arrested Padilla as part of a sting in which an agent posed as a 14-year-old girl.
Middlesex County, New Jersey Sheriff Mildred Scott says Padilla has been suspended without pay. Court documents don’t list an attorney for Padilla; a listed phone number for him couldn’t be found Tuesday.
Man fails to open register at Popeyes, steals chicken instead
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say a man entered a fast-food restaurant and tried to swipe some cash but couldn’t open the register so he made off with some fried chicken instead.
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the man entered the Popeyes in eastern New Orleans on Monday morning and tried to steal money from the register. But police say the register wouldn’t budge so he grabbed some fried chicken and fled.
Police arrested 27-year-old Phillip Lee a short time later in the area. He faces charges of simple robbery and simple battery.
Magistrate Judge Brigid Collins set his bond at $13,500. It was unknown if he’s represented by an attorney who could comment on his case.
Wendy Williams’ Staff Reportedly Fuming Over Nick Cannon Replacement
Article via HotNewHipHop
She is apparently being called a hypocrite.
Wendy Williams enlisted Nick Cannon to take over her talk show during her hiatus. Cannon revealed how they shared an intimate conversation and expressed excitement about the prospect of stepping in to help her. However, according to reports, the television host’s staff isn’t so happy about how things went down.
“Many of us have been here since the early days, and it’s a complete joke to be kept in the dark like this,” one staff member reportedly told the Daily Mail. “How could she be so selfish? We all rely on this paycheck.”
The source went on point out how her conversation with Nick Canon was hypocritical. “I mean, please. She has made a fortune from tearing people down. However, when it comes to her own life, it’s all a secret,” they said. “Imagine if this was another celebrity living their life like she does. She’d be sipping the tea and talking about it on Hot Topics every damn day. She’s such a hypocrite.”
Another insider revealed that the reason for her absence might still be private. “She’s managed to keep the real reason for her absence a secret, however, you can’t leak something that no one knows,” the staffer reportedly said. “She’ll allegedly pick up the phone for Nick Cannon, but she can’t tell us what is going on.”
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This Marie Kondo-inspired Twitter tool will help you declutter your timeline so it again ‘sparks joy’
Article via TechCrunch
Does your Twitter timeline spark joy? If you’re like most people, probably not. Over the years, you probably politely followed back a few too many Twitter accounts, and now have a timeline filled with all sorts of random tweets from people you can’t even remember following in the first place. A new Twitter tool, Tokimeki Unfollow, may help.
Designed by Julius Tarng, previously of Facebook and Branch, “tokimeki” roughly translates to “spark joy.” It’s a nod to Tarng’s source of inspiration for the new tool — Marie Kondo’s hugely popular Netflix show “Tidying Up.” The series, based on the decluttering expert’s own KonMari method of organization, has prompted many to start purging their homes of unwanted and unloved clothing, books, papers, toys and more in the weeks following the series’ debut.
So why not take the idea to Twitter?
After all, if anything is a source of clutter these days, it’s the build-up of timeline junk thanks to poor following choices in years past.
Tokimeki Unfollow is easy to use, though its newfound popularity may have it running a little slow at times, we found.
The tool works by using cookies and your browser’s local storage to save its progress. If you opt in, it can save your “keep” and “unfollow” progress secured on the Glitch servers.
The tool also uses your Twitter authentication to pull in your follows, their tweets and to unfollow accounts and help you manage your lists.
The tool will ask you which order you want to use to begin the decluttering, with “oldest first” as the recommended default. It suggests that you hide the account’s bio — in case you’re too swayed by who someone is, rather than what they tweet. But you can toggle this setting on or off as you prefer.
Once up-and-running, the tool asks you if the tweets still spark joy or feel important?
You then have to choose to keep following the account or unfollow it.
If you unfollow, the tool even reminds you to thank the account for all the tweets you enjoyed before.
You can also organize accounts into lists along the way, which is handy.
List-making is a good middle ground for those times when there are accounts you want to track — like perhaps those with memes or jokes, or those dedicated to favorites celebs, musicians, sports figures and teams, etc. — but don’t want in your main timeline.
Unfortunately, the tool missed pulling in a couple of my lists (perhaps I have too many…), but you can open the Twitter user’s account in a separate tab and add them to a list from there, if need be.
The process of decluttering Twitter this way will take time, but it will also give you the chance to truly consider whose content is worth following.
For those who have been on Twitter from day one, it may be impossible to ever get through the decluttering process this way — but it’s at least a productive time filler.
Now if only someone would build Tokimeki tools for Facebook, Instagram and my browser’s bookmarks…
We asked Tarng to give us more info about the idea behind building Tokimeki Unfollow and how it helps to clean up messy Twitter accounts.
TC: Were you a fan of Marie Kondo and the KonMari method before the Netflix series?
JT: I wouldn’t say “fan” but I had adopted her clothes folding techniques since her book made the rounds a few years ago. The new Netflix show was definitely a reminder, and it was interesting and (at times disappointing) to see American mixed reactions to it!
TC: Have you practiced the method yourself at home?
JT: I actually had always been pretty good about getting rid of stuff since I was young, so KonMari was actually more of a confirmation to me that I wasn’t the only one that thought that way. But I loved the idea of thanking the objects before throwing or donating them away — it’s a very thoughtful way to think about your possessions.
TC: Why did you decide to use this organizational method on your Twitter account?
JT: Well, I had just come back to the states after a year abroad and a year off of Twitter. I really missed the human connection, but my feed had become very anxiety-inducing. I saw some joke tweets about KonMari for Twitter, and that was the confirmation for me that I should spend some time building it! Firstly, it was for myself, so some of my personal opinions are in there — like hiding people’s bios so I wouldn’t be swayed by who they were, [and] focusing on the content itself.
TC: How long did it take to build?
JT: I started about three weeks ago. Finished this past weekend. The code is open source on Glitch and you can rewind the history to see the development unfold!
TC: Did anyone help?
JT: I had some guidance from my fiancée and some friends, but I did most of it myself.
TC: What should people know about using this tool?
JT: The tool is more about the process than the end result. Even if people use it for 15 minutes and stop, I hope those 15 minutes help them construct new rules for themselves for who and what type of account to follow in the future. I hope they reflect on how they’ve changed as a person through their follows over the years! I recommend using the “Oldest first” option to really get a look at your past.
TC: The tool has received a lot of attention in the past couple of days (see, for example, Wired, Fortune and Motherboard’s reports, among others). Do you plan to keep working on it or adding more features, as a result?
JT: It is open source so I’m hoping others remix it on Glitch and customize their experience. It is a personal tool that happened to become popular, so I won’t add features I wouldn’t use myself. I still have 600/1,000 to go myself, so however long it takes to go through the rest I’ll tweak it!
B. Smith’s husband speaks out about girlfriend controversy: ‘It spun out of control’
Article via TODAY
Dan Gasby opened up about the reason he thinks the backlash has been so intense after he revealed he has a girlfriend while his wife battles Alzheimer’s.
Dan Gasby says he believes race plays a role in the backlash he received after revealing that he is in a relationship with another woman while caring for his ailing wife, model and restaurateur B. Smith, who has Alzheimer’s disease.
Gasby, 64, who is African-American, revealed in December that he and Alex Lerner, 53, who is white, were in a romantic relationship, sparking an angry response from B. Smith fans. Gasby said he has even received death threats.
“The 800-pound gorilla in this situation is she’s white,” Gasby told Al Roker on TODAY Wednesday.
“In other words, if Alex were black, you don’t think that…” Al said.
“Nah,” Gasby said. “Not at all. I’m not supposed to be conscripted to somebody because of their race.”
Gasby also responded to criticism about why he made his relationship with Lerner public rather than just keeping it private as he cares for his 69-year-old wife, who was diagnosed in 2013 with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
“Because that’s what Barbara asked me to do, to talk about it,” he said. “It spun out of control to ‘I’m having an affair. This woman, because of who she is, is taking B’s money. We’re abusing B. B wouldn’t want this.’ These people have never even talked to B.”
Gasby and his wife – whose full name is Barbara Smith – spent the time after her diagnosis spreading awareness of the disease and speaking about the challenges of living with it. B. Smith is a former fashion model who had a nationally-syndicated television show, “B. Smith With Style,” owned multiple restaurants, and frequently appeared as a guest on TODAY.
Her initial diagnosis was a crushing blow for the couple, who are going on 27 years of marriage.
“It was like chewing glass,” Gasby said. “She said to me one day, ‘Dan, I feel broken, like there’s something not right.’ And then I started to notice things were becoming more repetitive. I had an inkling, but I wouldn’t believe that it could be something as devastating, as catastrophic, as Alzheimer’s.”
Gasby said he fought depression and loneliness in the years following his wife’s diagnosis until he met Lerner, who was caring for her dying father, who also had Alzheimer’s disease.
“Taking care of someone like B, even having someone who is taking care of her periodically…the weight of every minute of the day is a blanket on you,” he said. “And (Lerner) was funny. The most important thing, she was kind. And we became friends, and that friendship got closer and closer.”
Lerner admitted she was hesitant to enter in a relationship with Gasby given the circumstances.
“But after a while, I understood, or it seemed to me, as if I had met a man who has a child,” Lerner said on TODAY. “In a sense that B. is now very child-like. And his responsibilities are almost those of a single father. Like, really being there 24/7. Taking care of every and all of her needs.”
Ariana Grande sued over ‘God Is a Woman’ video
Article via FOXNews
A Las Vegas artist accused Grande, 25, of copying an image of a woman’s silhouette in front of a candle for the steamy clip.
Vladimir Kush and his company Kush Fine Arts Las Vegas alleged that the image in Grande’s music video was “nearly identical” to Kush’s paintings that he copyrighted in 1999 and 2000.
The “God Is a Woman” music video has racked up nearly 200 million views since its debut in July 2018.
Kush is seeking unspecified damages from Grande and requested the music video be removed from the Internet.
The lawsuit lists Grande under her legal name, Ariana Grande-Butera, along with defendants Universal Music Group and the video director, producer and production company.
Susan Gutierrez, an attorney who represented Grande in a 2016 copyright infringement lawsuit, declined to comment to the Associated Press about the Las Vegas case.
The 2016 case, filed in Los Angeles, involved a songwriter’s claim that Grande’s song “One Last Time” was similar to his work of two years earlier. It was settled in August 2017.
Kush’s attorney, Mark Tratos, also declined comment to AP about the current suit.
It’s the latest accusation Grande faces of allegedly copying others’ work.
Last month, rapper Princess Nokia accused Grande of stealing lyrics from her song “Mine” for Grande’s smash “7 Rings.”
Rappers Soulja Boy and 2 Chainz later accused Grande of biting their work for the song as well, though 2 Chainz would later join forces with the singer for a “7 Rings” remix.
Grande has not yet publicly commented on the allegations of stealing others’ work.
A rep for Grande did not return a request for comment on the lawsuit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.