Mom forced healthy 5-year-old to use feeding tube, wheelchair
A healthy 5-year-old boy was allegedly forced to use a wheelchair and feeding tube as his mom collected his disability checks, according to officials.
Teresa Lynne Roth, of Georgia, is accused of faking her son’s illnesses over the course of two years and putting him on 28 unnecessary medications, news station WSBTV reported.
Deputies arrested the mom at her Gainesville home Thursday following a four-month investigation.
“Between January 2016 and October 2018, Mrs. Roth did cause her son unnecessary physical and mental pain by subjecting him to undergo unnecessary medical treatments and medications, jeopardizing his well-being,” Hall County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Scott Ware told WSBTV.
The child was allegedly strapped to an oxygen tank, used a feeding tube and confined to a wheelchair, officials said.
“It’s messed up, you know? It’s not normal,” Ware told the news station.
Roth faces first-degree charges for child cruelty. She remains in custody on $16,700 bond, according to court records.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/02/25/mom-forced-healthy-5-year-old-to-use-feeding-tube-wheelchair-cops/
Trump Calls Spike Lee’s Oscar Speech a ‘Racist Hit on Your President’
Article via NYTimes
On Sunday night, Spike Lee won his first competitive Oscar, then made an acceptance speech that gained a standing ovation. But the events did not please at least one person apparently watching: President Trump. On Monday, he called Lee’s speech a “racist hit on your President.”
Lee opened his speech, after winning best adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” by discussing slavery and his family’s experiences of it. “I give praise to our ancestors, who have built this country into what it is today along with the genocide of the native people,” he said.
“The 2020 presidential election is around the corner,” Lee said. “Let’s all mobilize. Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love versus hate.”
[Read our analysis of the ceremony.]
Lee did not mention the president in his speech, but that call to action seems to have angered him. “Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President,” Trump said in a tweet in the early hours of Monday morning.
The president’s policies had “done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts, etc.) than almost any other Pres!” the president added.
Trump did not dwell on the issue for long. Shortly afterward he tweeted about “oil prices getting too high,” and a forthcoming meeting with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea (“With complete Denuclearization, North Korea will rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse,” he wrote).
[Read Lee’s speech here.]
Theo Dumont, Lee’s publicist, said the director would not be commenting on Trump’s tweet.
“BlacKkKlansman” is based on the story of Ron Stallworth, a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. In interviews around its release, Lee said he wanted to draw a link between the Klan and events today. “We had to connect David Duke to Agent Orange,” he told The New York Times, using his own term for the president.
At the end of “BlacKkKlansman,” Lee included footage of the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that descended into violence when protesters clashed with counterprotesters. He then showed footage of Trump saying there was blame on “both sides” for those events.
When “Green Book” won best picture at the ceremony on Sunday, Lee made a disgusted gesture and started walking out of the theater as “Green Book” producers gave their speeches. Backstage, when asked by reporters about the coronation of “Green Book,” which detractors complain has a retrograde view of race, Lee replied, “No comment.”
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‘He’s a Terrible Human Being:’ Charlamagne Blasts Wendy Williams’ Husband Kevin Hunter, Implies He’s Abusive
Article via AtlantaBlackStar
There’s been a lot said and written about Wendy Williams‘ husband Kevin Hunter over the years, especially in the last few months. He’s been accused of being abusive towards Williams, cheating on her and fathering a child with another woman, which the couple has denied.
As reported, Williams hasn’t filmed an episode of “The Wendy Williams” show since Dec. 20, 2018, after she slurred her words and seemed out of it during an awkward interview with rap group The Lox.
She apologized for the episode afterwards and chalked her behavior up to being affected by pain pills that she’s been taking for an injured shoulder. Williams’ absence has also been attributed to her having Grave’s Disease.
Since the 54-year-old has been out, some of her staff on “The Wendy Williams Show” said if she does come back, they want her to return without Hunter, who that insider spoke very badly of.
Charlamagne Tha God also expressed his dislike for Williams’ husband in an interview with the New York Post earlier this month. Charlamagne was Wendy’s co-host on her radio show “The Wendy Williams Experience” for years until he was let go in 2008.
“I don’t f–k with Kevin. I think he’s a terrible human being,” he said. “I will just tell you that I hope Wendy Williams wakes up before one day she doesn’t wake up.”
To this day, there’s still a grey area surrounding the reasons Charlamagne and Williams parted ways. Some reports indicate it was due to a lay-off, but reportedly Williams said it was a matter of downsizing.
But in Charlamagne‘s 2017 book “Black Privilege,” the “Breakfast Club Host” said he was fired over a business deal between he and Hunter that went awry.
And even though Hunter hasn’t spoken ill of Charlamagne publicly, Williams confirmed that she had beef with her former colleague by once claiming not to know him, which in 2017 Charlamagne said he was confused about.
“I don’t have an issue. I can’t say that for [Williams and Hunter],” he told People. “I know why me and her husband fell out, but I don’t know what he said to her. I don’t know what her perception is of why her husband says ‘We don’t mess with him no more.’”
Williams, nor Hunter have responded to Charlamagne’s recent interview with the New York Post, and the last public sighting of the talk show host was last month when she was seen in Florida.
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Editor Backs KKK, Gives His Job to a Black Woman
Last week, he wanted the Ku Klux Klan to “night ride again.” Friday, he gave up his job to a black woman. Welcome to the strange month of Goodloe Sutton, who will retain ownership of the Democrat-Reporter of Linden, Alabama, but apparently gave editorial control to employee Elecia Dexter, the AP reports. “This is everybody’s paper,” says Dexter, 46, of the hand-over. “I think it can be helpful.” The move follows a shocking editorial in which Sutton, 80, criticized Democrats for “plotting to raise taxes” and wrote, “Seems like the Klan would be welcome to raid the gated communities up there. … Truly, they are the ruling class.” The editorial triggered an intense backlash from lawmakers who called on him to resign and the Alabama Press Association, which censured him, per AL.com, but Sutton refused to apologize.
He doubled down in an interview published Monday by the Montgomery Advisor: “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out DC we’d all been better off,” he said. “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them.” Now he’s made Dexter (who says she was hired only this year) the newspaper’s publisher and editor: “Over the past 10 years, she has been a strategic leader with expertise in human resources, operations and change management,” the paper says in a press release. Sutton is aiming to sell the $1 weekly, which has been in his family for decades and has a circulation of 3,000. As for the editorial, still no regrets: “It got me about $10 million in free publicity,” he says. “I know I would do it all over again.”
via: http://www.newser.com/story/271701/editor-backs-kkk-gives-his-job-to-a-black-woman.html
Smollett’s ‘Empire’ dad Terrence Howard breaks silence, doubles down on support
Article via Fox
CHICAGO — At a time when other celebrities are pulling their support for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollet, the 36-year-old’s TV dad is doubling-down on his, lashing back angrily at social media users who have slammed Smollett for allegedly faking his own attack.
In an Instagram post, Howard shared a video of Smollett playing with Howard’s son, Hero, on a private plane. Hero breaks into giggles when Smollett tickles him.
“All your lil homies got you…We love the hell outta you,” Howard wrote along with a heart emoji at the end.
The posting had more than 105,000 likes by 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday.
Howard also fired back when a fan criticized him for supporting Smollett.
“Sorry you feel that way but that’s the only Jussie I know,” he posted. “The Jussie I know could never even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly. His innocence or judgment is not for any of us to decide. Stay in your lane and my lane is empathy and love and compassion for someone I’ve called my son for five years. It’s God’s job to judge and it’s ours to love and hope, especially for those that we claim to have loved.”
Chicago police charged Smollett this week with filing a false report for allegedly staging a Jan. 29 attack on himself and making it look like he was the victim of a hate crime. Smollett has denied the charge.
The actor, who is black and gay, claimed two men assaulted him last month. He said they threw bleach on him, put a noose around his neck and said “This is MAGA Country,” a reference to President Trump’s supporters, during the assault.
On Friday, producers of “Empire,” which airs on Fox, announced they would remove Smollett’s character, Jamal Lyon, from the last two episodes of the current season.
According to the most recent FBI data available, there were 41 hate crimes in Chicago in 2017. Of those, 8 victims were targeted because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and 16 were targeted because of their race or ethnicity.
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R. Kelly Sex Tape Screenshots Tweeted Out By Attorney Michael Avenatti
Article via HotNewHipHop
Michael Avenatti says the visual proof “leaves no question” in Kelly’s guilt.
R. Kelly is facing 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four alleged victims. The case built against the singer is strong, according to attorney Michael Avenatti, who is currently representing six clients including two alleged victims, two parents and two “whistleblowers.”
Avenatti recently tweeted screenshots from the sex tape that led to R. Kelly’s arrest on Friday, February 22. The will not be included on this page due to their sensitive nature. After receiving criticism for having published the content, Avanetti defended his decision. “These are all of R. Kelly. No minor is depicted or shown,” he stated, shortly after sharing the screenshots.
“The tape was shot in the late ‘90s, approximately 1999, it depicts two separate scenes shot on two separate days within Mr. Kelly’s residence at the time,” Avenatti explained. “The audio on the tape, you can clearly listen to it — it is clear — the video is far superior to the video that was used in connection to the 2008 trial. It is an entirely different video.” In this new video, R. Kelly is believed to repeatedly “refer to the victim’s age as 14” over 10 separate times.
“I expect R Kelly to also face federal charges in the coming weeks/months. These charges will be distinct from the crimes for which he was charged yesterday and will result in a separate criminal proceeding,” Avanetti wrote earlier today. “Ultimately, R Kelly will rightly spend his remaining days in prison.”
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With women in combat roles, a federal court rules the male-only draft unconstitutional
Article via USAToday
The ruling comes as an 11-member commission is studying the future of the draft, including whether women should be included or whether there should continue to be draft registration at all.
The National Commission on Military, National and Public Service released an interim report last month giving no hints on where it would come down on those issues. But commission chairman Joe Heck told USA TODAY, “I don’t think we will remain with the status quo.”
The government had argued that the court should delay its ruling until that commission makes its recommendations. But Miller said Congress has been debating the issue since 1980, and the commission’s final report won’t come until next year. And because the commission is advisory, there’s no guarantee that Congress will act, he said.
Miller said Congress has never fully examined the issue of whether men are physically better able to serve than women. In fact, he noted in a footnote, “the average woman could conceivably be better suited physically for some of today’s combat positions than the average man, depending on which skills the position required. Combat roles no longer uniformly require sheer size or muscle.”
Quoting the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning bans on same-sex marriage, Miller ruled that restrictions based on gender “must substantially serve an important governmental interest today.“
The judge denied the government’s request for a stay of the ruling, and Justice Department officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
But the ruling came in the form of a declaratory judgment and not an injunction, meaning that the court didn’t specifically order the government how to change Selective Service to make it constitutional.
“Yes, to some extent this is symbolic, but it does have some real-world impact,” said Marc Angelucci, the lawyer for the men challenging the draft. “Either they need to get rid of the draft registration, or they need to require women to do the same thing that men do.”
CRISPR genetically-modified girls ‘given ENHANCED brains’, warn scientists
CRISPR genetically-edited Chinese twins may have had their minds enhanced, scientists have warned.
Article via Express
Modern medicine has worked miracles in improving the quality and length of life. And science’s influence in medical matters could well accelerate soon, if CRISPR’s immense potential is harnessed. But news that twins in China had their genes modified before birth, in a premature case of human experimentation, shocked the world.
CRISPR holds extraordinary promise for treating and preventing a wide range of diseases, from cancer, heart disease and even mental illness.
But ethical concerns have been made about the use genome editing, in addition to fears CRISPR could be misused or even transformed into the next generation of biological weapon.
Such ethical concerns appeared validated after news broke in January about two genetically edited girls born in China.
And a leading scientist has now voiced fears the genetically modified babies may have had their brains changed.
Twins Lulu and Nana were thought to have had their genes modified before birth by a Chinese scientific team using the CRISPR editing tool.
The goal was to make the girls immune to infection by HIV, the AIDS causing virus.
And new research shows that the same alteration introduced into the girls’ DNA, deletion of a gene called CCR5, could be linked to greater success in school.
Alcino J. Silva, a neurobiologist at the University of California said: “The answer is likely yes, it did affect their brains.”
“The simplest interpretation is that those mutations will probably have an impact on cognitive function in the twins,” says Silva.
He says the exact effect on the girls’ cognition is impossible to predict, and “that is why it should not be done.”
The Chinese team, led by He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, claimed it had controversially used CRISPR to delete CCR5 from human embryos, some of which were later used to create pregnancies.
HIV requires the CCR5 gene to enter human blood cells.
The CRISPR experiment was widely condemned as irresponsible, and He is under investigation in China.
News of the first gene-edited babies also fuelled the debate whether CRISPR technology could one day be used to create super-intelligent humans, perhaps as part of a biotechnology race between the US and China.
There is no evidence that He actually set out to modify the twins’ intelligence.
It is understood the controversial Chinese scientist never reached out to researchers studying the effects of CCR5 on cognition, as he did to others from whom he hoped to get scientific advice or support.
“As far as I know, we never heard from him,” says Miou Zhou, a professor at the Western University of Health Sciences in California.
Although He never consulted the brain researchers, the Chinese scientist was certainly aware of the link between CCR5 and cognition.
It was first shown in 2016 by Zhou and Silva, who found that removing the gene from mice significantly improved their memory.
The team had looked at more than 140 different genetic alterations to find which made mice smarter.
Silva says because of his research, he sometimes interacts with figures in Silicon Valley and elsewhere who have, in his opinion, an unhealthy interest in designer babies with better brains.
This is why, when the birth of the twins began to make headlines, Silva says he immediately wondered if it had been an attempt at this kind of alteration.
“I suddenly realised holy s**t, they are really serious about this b******t,” says Silva.
“My reaction was visceral repulsion and sadness.”
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Teen girls, ages 14 and 15, charged after allegedly robbing a bank
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Meredith/AP) — Two teenage girls in Massachusetts have been charged after police say they allegedly robbed a bank.
Fall River police say a 14-year-old girl walked into a BayCoast Bank branch in the city on Wednesday afternoon and told a teller she would “blow everything up and kill everybody” if the teller did not hand over cash.
A bank employee handed the girl an “undetermined” amount of money and she left.
The girl was seen on surveillance video getting into a black Toyota Camry outside the bank allegedly driven by a 15-year-old girl.
Police got a look at the license plate and traced the car to a home in the city where they found the girls.
Both are charged with armed robbery. Their names were not released because of their ages.