CupcakKe Takes Aim at “Ayesha” Curry in Latest Single
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Chicago rapper CupcakKe, real name Elizabeth Eden Harris, has released a new track that seeks to call-out Ayesha Curry, celebrity chef and wife of Stephen Curry. The new track, entitled “Ayesha,” directly mentions Curry after she created a controversy surrounding her attention in comparison to her NBA-player husband.
On the track, CupcakKe raps about “all these b*tches cloning me, got me feeling like Lupita in Us,” continuing with “I rock Versace robe with the low cuts / I really wonder why they gas you hoes up? / Yeah you rocking all that Fashion Nova / But in reality, you look like a fashion no bruh!” The chorus continues with her Ayesha Curry-aimed callout by saying “Ayesha, Ayesha, Ayesha Curry / These hoes just want my attention, stay worried.”
You can listen to CupcakKe’s “Ayesha” below.
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Man accidentally gives nurses ‘thank you’ cake laced with cannabis
WARRINGTON, England – A red velvet cake caused quite the stir at a British hospital earlier this year when nurses ate it, not realizing it was laced with cannabis.
According to the Manchester Evening News, the nurses were left “off their faces” and quite relaxed after eating it.
A man brought the cake to Warrington Hospital May 27 to thank the staff for the care they provided to a family member. However, he didn’t realize the cake was intended for his grandson’s 18th birthday party and had a little extra kick.
Although hospital officials initially denied staff had eaten the cake, a staffer told the newspaper “three or four” nurses ate the cake and felt the effects.
The staffer said the incident didn’t have any impact on patients, but hospital officials called the police as a precaution.
Tests later showed the cake contained cannabis. Police confirmed it was meant to be enjoyed at a teen’s birthday party, but his grandfather took it to the hospital as a gesture of gratitude and didn’t realize it contained cannabis.
Police said it appeared to be an honest mistake and decided not to pursue the case any further. The hospital conducted an internal investigation into the matter.
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Armed Utah teachers practice responding to school shootings
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Nancy Miramontes had 30 seconds to find the gunman.
The Utah school psychologist weaved through a maze of dusty halls before spotting him in the corner of a classroom, holding a gun to a student’s head. She took a deep breath and fired three shots, the first time she’s ever used a gun. One bullet pierced the shooter’s forehead.
“Nice work,” a police officer told her as they exchanged high-fives in front of cardboard props representing the gunman and student.
Miramontes recently joined 30 other Utah teachers at a series of trainings where police instructed them on how to respond to an active shooter. Teachers went through the shooting drill inside a warehouse set up to look like a school, then moved outside to a shooting range.
Active shooter training for educators is becoming more common nationwide, and Utah is one of several states that generally allow permit holders to carry guns in public schools. Other states, including Florida and Texas, have programs that allow certain teachers to be armed if they are approved under a set of stipulations.
Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith said the popularity of concealed carry permits in Utah makes such trainings even more important. About half the teachers brought their own handguns to the shooting range.
“If teachers are going to be bringing firearms into schools, let’s make sure they know how to handle them safely,” Smith said.
At least 39 states require lockdown, active-shooter or similar safety drills, according to the Education Commission of the States. Other states have less explicit requirements or leave it to districts. Utah requires its elementary schools to conduct at least one safety drill each month, and its secondary schools to have detailed emergency response plans. The firearm training is voluntary, but the Utah County Sheriff’s Teachers Academy already has a waiting list for its next four-week program.
Despite increasing prevalence, some school safety experts aren’t in favor of firearms training and worry that such lessons could cause undue stress or harm.
“Are police tasking teachers to perform a law enforcement responsibility by arming them to protect others? We have to be cautious of what we ask people to do in these traumatic, stressful situations,” said Ken Trump, a school safety expert with the National School Safety and Security Services consulting firm.
Miramontes said her teacher friends in Utah and other states debated about it on Facebook. But after the training, she said she felt empowered.
“I know how to protect myself and my students now; I know what to expect if the worst happens,” she said.
At the recent session, officers showed teachers how to disarm a gunman, where to shoot on the body, how to properly aim and unload a firearm. They also went over de-escalation techniques, self-defense and medical responses such as how to pack a wound and tie a tourniquet on a child.
Officers spent months designing the course and local businesses donated money and equipment. Attendees paid $20 to participate.
Between bites of pastries, teachers relayed their fears:
“Will the gunman leave after I shoot them?”
“How do I protect the children when they come?”
The sun stretched over the mountains as teachers put down their coffee and strapped into bulletproof vests, goggles and protective head gear. Above the ringing of gunshots, some teachers discussed summer vacation plans and classroom supply lists.
Sandy Grow, a special needs educator at a Lehi middle school, said the massacres at Parkland and Sandy Hook left her feeling unsafe at work. A gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last year. In 2012, 20 children and six educators were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
“The idea of being trapped in a classroom with my students and not being able to protect them bothered me,” she said. “I want to defend them and keep them safe, not be a sitting duck.”
Mike Ericksen thinks a lot about how to keep students safe at Mountain View High School, where he’s the principal and his son is a student. In 2016, before he began working there, five students were stabbed in the boy’s locker room.
Reloading his handgun for target practice, Ericksen said the training has left him better prepared to fight back if someone threatens his school.
“I’m more confident in my skills and what to do if something happens,” he said. “I’m not as nervous now. I can help.”
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Arizona officers say they were asked to leave Starbucks because customer felt unsafe
EMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)— A group of police officers were asked to leave a Starbucks shop by a barista because another customer “did not feel safe,” according to the Tempe Officers Association.
Much to their dismay, the Tempe Officers Association tweeted about the Independence Day experience.
Friday afternoon, TOA gave a full breakdown of what six officers said happened at the Starbucks near Scottsdale and McKellips roads. You can read about it here:
Yesterday, on Independence Day, six Tempe police officers stopped by the Starbucks at Scottsdale Road and McKellips for coffee. The officers paid for their drinks and stood together having a cup of coffee before their long Fourth of July shift. They were approached by a barista, who knew one of the officers by name, because he is a regular at that location. The barista said that a customer “did not feel safe” because of the police presence. The barista asked the officers to move out of the customer’s line of sight or to leave. Disappointed, the officers did in fact leave. This treatment of public safety workers could not be more disheartening. While the barista was polite, making such a request at all was offensive. Unfortunately, such treatment has become all too common in 2019. We know this is not a national policy at Starbucks Corporate and we look forward to working collaboratively with them on this important dialogue
A spokesman with Starbucks, Reggie Borges, gave the following statement about the incident over the phone
We have reached out to the Tempe police department to try to better understand what took place and apologize for any misunderstandings or inappropriate behavior that may have taken place.
We work with them a lot on events, like Coffee with a Cop, in our stores and we have a great relationship with them, so we are surprised that something like this may have taken place.
I just want them to understand how much we value them and what they bring to the community.
It is too early to say what type of ramifications employees will face, if any. But we want it to be known that everyone who walks into our store should feel welcomed and embraced and to have the best Starbucks experience– and when that doesn’t happen, that is not indicative of the kind of welcoming environment that we want to provide.
The Tempe Police Department released its own statement on Friday evening, saying it reached out to Starbucks’ corporate office that told the department the incident was “not in line with Starbucks values and will continue to work in strengthening their relationship with law enforcement.
The full statement can be read below.
The Tempe Police Department values relationships with our community and will always attempt to positively engage with our residents, businesses, and visitors who come to Tempe.
It is our hope that the incident which occurred at Starbucks was an isolated incident between one community member and a single employee rather than an entire organization.
Since this incident came to light, the Tempe Police Department has reached out to the Starbucks Corporate Office. Starbucks stated they are aware of this incident and advised this interaction is not in line with Starbucks values and will continue to work in strengthening their relationship with law enforcement.
Police officers make great sacrifices to keep their communities safe during holidays such as the Fourth of July, so others can enjoy the day with their family and friends. The Tempe Police Department will continue at all times to reduce harm within our community
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Decapitation defendant planned to eat victim’s brain, court documents reveal
Billings, MT (Billings Gazette) — The second man charged with decapitating a winning casino patron in October is facing new charges and allegations, including that he talked about eating the victim’s brain after killing him, two people told police.
Donald Ray Cherry, 32, is charged with killing Myron Wesley Knight, 41, after Knight won $120 at the Montana Lil’s Casino on King Avenue West on Oct. 26, 2017.
He faces a new charge of intimidation for allegedly telling his girlfriend she would be guilty if he went to prison because she remembered the night’s events incorrectly.
Cherry told his girlfriend in a video visit from the jail in January that, “I know you don’t remember right,” before winking, according to charges.
Cherry was showing his girlfriend the affidavit and pointed out a paragraph recounting her statement to police. The woman said both Cherry and Haverty had participated in the killing.
“The only thing that makes a witness is there’s two people saying the same thing,” he said, according to charges. “So as long as we say the same thing, then that’s all that matters, OK?”
Prosecutors have also filed a new charge, that of evidence tampering, for allegedly hiding the victim’s severed head, body and belongings after killing him. Cherry’s new charges are punishable by up to 10 years each in prison. He faces a possibility of life in prison on the homicide charge.
Cherry’s co-defendant, Jeffery Glen Haverty, 35, has admitted deliberate homicide and is awaiting sentencing. As part of a statement to police required by his plea agreement, Haverty admitted he and Cherry had planned to rob and kill Knight before they left the casino, according to the new charges filed against Cherry.
Knight had won $120 in cash that night and had given it to casino staff to hold, saying he feared Haverty and Cherry would rob him, according to staff statements to police laid out in charging documents. Knight had only $6 on him when he was killed, according to charges.
Haverty told police in the recent statement that Cherry had talked about eating Knight’s brain after they killed him – a claim also made by Cherry’s girlfriend in statements to police. Cherry’s girlfriend said Cherry “has a fascination/obsession with zombies,” according to the latest charges.
Haverty also told police in the recent statement that he had buried the knife used in the killing and thrown the hammer in the Yellowstone River. He also said he’d washed his clothes before police located and arrested him, so none of Knight’s DNA was found on him.
Police located a buried knife in the area Haverty told them he left it. The Montana State Crime Lab is currently testing blood on the knife.
Cherry told police that he, Haverty, and Knight had smoked meth after leaving the casino, charges state.
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Queens mom gave birth to someone else’s babies after IVF mix-up
A Queens couple that tried for years to get pregnant suffered the mother of all mix-ups once they finally succeeded — giving birth to someone else’s babies, thanks to a bungling Los Angeles fertility clinic, a stunning new lawsuit claims.
Married in 2012, the Asian husband and wife — identified in court papers only as Y.Z. and A.P. — turned to CHA Fertility Center, when their countless attempts, both natural and with artificial insemination, failed.
Run by Dr. Joshua Berger and co-owner Simon Hong, the clinic boasts that it’s a “mecca of reproductive medicine” that has “fulfilled the dreams of tens of thousands of aspiring parents from Southern California and beyond in over 22 countries.”
With hope in mind, the Flushing couple made the trip West in January 2018 to meet with Berger and Hong, and eventually underwent a months-long regimen of medicines, vitamins, tests and procedures that yielded eight embryos.
In all, they spent $100,000 on facility, specialist and doctors fees, medication, lab expenses and travel costs, the couple claimed.
In July 2018, A.P. attempted to have an embryo implanted at the Los Angeles facility, but it didn’t work, the couple said in its Brooklyn federal court lawsuit.
A month later, they were ready to try again, and CHA thawed two of the couple’s female embryos for another attempt.
By September, A.P. was pregnant.
The two “were ecstatic to learn that after years of trying to conceive, they had success and were pregnant with twins,” according to court papers.
But subsequent sonograms showed something wasn’t right.
Ultrasound technicians kept telling the couple that A.P. was carrying twin boys, prompting the “confused” pair to call CHA to find out why.
Berger and Hong dismissed the sonograms, pooh-poohing them as “not a definitive test,” according to the suit.
Berger even regaled the prospective parents with a tale of his own wife’s pregnancy, noting that they were originally told that his wife was carrying a boy, only to have her give birth to a girl.
The doctor and clinic owner “assured [A.P. and Y.Z.] that they were having girls and that nothing was wrong.”
On March 30, 2019, A.P. went to a New York hospital. The next day, she gave birth via a cesarean section.
Both babies were boys — and neither shared Y.Z. and A.P.’s Asian ethnicity, the couple charges.
CHA personnel, including Hong, flew to New York to conduct genetic tests that confirmed the newborns weren’t genetically related to Y.Z. and A.P.
“The testing also confirmed that the two male babies were not genetically related to each other,” the couple alleges.
Y.Z. and A.P. were then forced to give custody of each infant to their respective biological parents, who were also clients of CHA.
Heartbroken and embarrassed, Y.Z. and A.P. haven’t told most of their friends and relatives about the “unimaginable mishap.”
The couple “could not find the courage and the way to tell others about their devastating loss,” they claim.
Mistakes at fertility clinics are not unheard of. In April, a couple sued a Connecticut fertility clinic that allegedly implanted the wrong embryo, giving them a son of a different race than his parents.
The now-shuttered CT Fertility was supposed to use the husband’s sperm and donor eggs. The family used CT Fertility successfully for their first born in 2016. But when they returned to use their frozen embryos for a second child, they wound up with a child who didn’t look like his brother and had “much darker skin pigmentation than either the father, genetic mother or their first son,” according to reports.
In 2009, an Ohio couple that had struggled with miscarriages was thrilled to learn they had become pregnant via in-vitro fertilization.
But days after Carolyn Savage found out that she had conceived, she and her husband, Sean, learned that a paperwork error had mixed up their records with those of another couple, and that the baby she was carrying wasn’t theirs.
The Savages gave birth to a boy and handed over the baby to his biological parents. Both couples wrote books about their experiences.
For A.P. and Y.Z., the experience of delivering the babies and then losing them has left the couple with “permanent emotional injuries from which they will not recover,” they said in their legal claim.
They do not know what happened to the two female embryos that were supposed to have been implanted in A.P.’s uterus. They called them “irreplaceable.”
The couple “may never know what happened to their embryos, as well as whether the currently cryopreserved embryos are genetically matched to them,” they said in court papers seeking unspecified damages.
A lawyer for the couple declined comment. CHA did not return a request for comment.
Court papers don’t detail the reactions of the parents whose babies A.P. carried to term as an unwitting surrogate.
The two families should be spared any genetic concerns, said Dr. Amber Samuel, a specialist with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
But multiple factors, including whether the gestational carrier smokes or drinks or is of a certain age, can influence a pregnancy, she said.
“Most likely, the babies are going to be fine. The good thing about it is that she was a mom who super wanted children,” Samuel said, noting that such patients “tend to be more disciplined.”
If the pregnancy had been carried out by a typical surrogate, the biological parents would have overseen every step of the process and the surrogate would have been compensated, the doctor pointed out.
The case represents a shocking breakdown in protocol, Samuel said.
“There are all sorts of checks and balances for this not happening, so there’s a real breakdown there,” she said. “Someone was super asleep at the wheel.”
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Man allegedly stabs, kills 17-year-old for playing rap music at gas station says “that type of music makes him feel unsafe because he’s been attacked in the past by people who listen to rap music”
PEORIA, Ariz. — Police say a man stabbed and killed a 17-year-old at a Circle K convenience store on the 4th of July.
According to the department’s Facebook post, 27-year-old Michael Adams walked into the store and stabbed the victim in the neck. The victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Adams was arrested not far from the scene.
KSAZ reports that Adams told officers that the victim was listening to rap music and “that type of music makes him feel unsafe because he’s been attacked in the past by people who listen to rap music.”
He said he believed the teen was going to attack him and wanted to prevent it by striking first, police said. Adams admits the two never spoke.
Adams’ attorney told the TV outlet that he suffers from mental illness and had been previously released from jail without medication. He said his client should be admitted to the hospital for treatment.
The suspect is currently back in jail with a bond set at $1 million.
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FLORIDA WOMAN STABS BOYFRIEND IN THE CHEST WITH STEAK KNIFE AFTER HE TOLD HER ‘YOU DON’T HAVE THE BALLS TO DO IT’
Florida woman was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder last Friday after being accused of stabbing her boyfriend in the chest with a steak knife, police said.
Nicole Marion Pelletier, age 18, threatened her partner during an argument at their home in the 200 block of Northeast 10th Avenue at Pompano Beach. She believed he had been cheating on her and after grabbing the weapon said, “I will kill you and everybody in this house,” local media outlet WPLG reported.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the suspect knifed the 23-year-old boyfriend after he taunted her by saying: “You don’t have the balls to do it.” He was stabbed on the left side of his chest, police said.
After the knife was thrust into his body, the boyfriend—who has not been named—fled into a bathroom. The victim and Pelletier used a towel to apply pressure to the wound and called 911, WPLG reported. The couple’s six-month-old daughter was in the apartment at the time but was not harmed, police noted.
The arrest report said the boyfriend suffered injuries to his heart and lungs and was taken into surgery at the North Broward Medical Center, where he remained for approximately seven hours.
According to inmate records posted by the sheriff’s office, Pelletier was initially being held at the Paul Rein Detention Facility without bond. Filings confirmed she was in custody this week while pending trial.
But Pelletier’s charge was downgraded to aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and $3,000 bond in a Saturday court appearance, WPLG reported. She was also ordered to stay away from the victim.
Hussein & Webber, a criminal defense law firm in Jacksonville, says online Pelletier’s charge is defined as “the intentional touching of another person with the intent to inflict great bodily harm or to use a deadly weapon.” Penalties include mandatory prison with a maximum penalty of up to 15 years—or more.
Deputies recorded in the arrest report that Pelletier initially claimed the boyfriend had a seizure and fell on the knife, causing the injury, the Miami Herald reported. The man suffered damage to his pulmonary artery.
Last month, a Florida woman was arrested by deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office after trying to stab a man with a hooked hunting knife. The suspect was identified as Keriah Renea Giomi, 25.
he male victim told police he exited the bathroom in a Cantonment residence when Giomi approached him without clothing, yelled the word “Jehovah” and attempted to slash him in the stomach.
In May, a Florida woman was charged with aggravated assault after hitting a man with a coconut because he was filming her outside a strip club, police said.
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Florida Woman Attacked Estranged Husband With Griddle, Choked Him And Ripped Out Bits Of His Beard As Pair Met Over Divorce Papers
A Florida woman was arrested this week after attacking her estranged husband with a kitchen pan and almost choking him out twice during an argument about their divorce, police say.
Officers responded to 90 Coconut Street after receiving a call about “suicidal threats” and found two individuals covered in blood.
A man, identified as Shawn Workman, told police he was separated from his wife and they had agreed to meet up and sort through divorce papers at about 7:15 p.m. the prior evening. The situation escalated as a verbal altercation turned physical, according to an arrest affidavit obtained via the local courts.
When officers arrived, the woman had a black eye and a mark on her left arm. The man suffered injuries to his hands and fingers, alongside marks to his neck and back. Both had dried blood on their bodies.
Deputies were informed the wife would not let the husband leave and blocked a doorway in the property. She allegedly broke a chain that was attached on his wallet. According to Shawn Workman, his former partner “choked him with her hands to the point of him almost losing consciousness at least twice.”
The man claimed after he broke free he was attacked with a griddle pan and had to hold up his hands to protect himself. He claimed the woman tackled him into a door—causing it to break at the hinges. “There was blood droppings all around the house on the floor and on the griddle,” the police affidavit noted.
The record of events said Stephanie Workman pulled out a clump of the man’s beard hair and it was later found on the kitchen floor. The man said the woman had wiped some of his blood on her own face.
According to the affidavit, the wife also claimed to have been hit with the griddle but refused to provide further details. Police said the male victim’s injuries had been “consistent with his claims of self defense.”
Stephanie Workman told the officer she got a black eye after falling into a cabinet. Paramedics attended the scene and found no underlying cuts when they wiped blood from the woman’s forehead. Police said she had been “very emotional” after the arrest and repeatedly said she did not want to get the man in trouble, but later noted the incident was partially sparked after she became “very upset” because he had cheated on her.
Inmate records posted online by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the woman was charged with false imprisonment and felony battery/domestic by strangulation, initially held at Brevard County Jail Complex on $4,000 bond. She pleaded not guilty, according to local media outlet Florida Today.
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Transgender Woman Arrested After Man Calls Cops On Her For Using Denny’s Ladies Restroom
A transgender woman was arrested on disorderly conduct charges at a Denny’s in North Carolina this week, after a fellow customer told police she used the women’s restroom.
An unnamed man notified cops that the woman, 22, was in the bathroom at the restaurant in Shelby, about 45 miles from Charlotte, while his wife was using the facilities as well. The officers who responded explained that the trans woman hadn’t broken any laws. But the argument escalated and the transgender customer allegedly spit in the direction of the man and his family.
In a statement, Denny’s said customers at any of its locations nationwide should feel free to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. The statement added that the company “does not tolerate discrimination of any kind” and it expects customers to treat people equally.
Public bathrooms became a battleground issue in America in 2016, when several states starting drafting legislation barring trans people from using facilities that aligned with the gender identity.
North Carolina was one such state, passing HB2, a law that both banned trans people from using bathrooms matching their gender identity and prohibited cities from passing LGBT-rights ordinances. Protests and boycotts, including from the NCAA, cost the state an estimated $560 million in revenue and led to Republican Governor Pat McCrory losing his bid for reelection.
When HB2 was repealed in 2017, it left North Carolina in the same gray zone it was before the bill passed. And the repeal measure, HB 142, also put a moratorium on pro-trans bathroom ordinances until December 1, 2020.
In October 2018, a federal court declared that House Bill 142 doesn’t bar transgender people from using the appropriate facilities.
“I am relieved to finally have the court unequivocally say that there is no law in North Carolina that can be used to bar transgender people from using restrooms that match who we are,” said plaintiff Joaquin Carcaño, a transgender man. “For the past two and a half years, I have been unable to use restrooms in my home state without worrying that I will be subject to discrimination, harassment, or even arrest.”
In May 2018, Republican congressional candidate Jazmina Saavedra filmed herself barging in on a transgender woman using the women’s room at a Denny’s in Los Angeles.
In a Facebook live clip, Saavedra turned the camera to the stall door and said “there’s a man here saying that he’s a lady.”
“Why you use the ladies’ room?” Saavedra can be heard asking. The person replied, “I’m a woman, and I deserve to use the ladies room.”
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