A Colorado day care hid children behind a ‘false wall,’ police say
A Colorado day care used a “false wall” to hide 26 children under the age of 3 in a basement, police said, concealing the fact it had too many children in its care.Officers went to Play Mountain Place in Colorado Springs Wednesday after complaints about overcrowding there when they found the children along with two adults behind the false wall. The day care had a licensed capacity of six children, according to May 2019 data on the Colorado Department of Human Services website.
The department immediately suspended the day care’s license while it investigates, the agency said in a statement.
Police didn’t immediately find any children when they first arrived at the day care, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement. They contacted owner Carla Faith, who lives on the property, and she “refused to cooperate” with the officers, police said. But police could hear children in her home, and while investigating, they found a false wall leading to the basement.
“Officers immediately began working with DHS to release the children back to their parents,” the police department said.The state Department of Human Services received the complaint Wednesday and enlisted police help in carrying out the welfare check, the department said in a statement.
Three day care workers were initially arrested for “misdemeanor child abuse relating to neglect,” police said, but detectives canceled the charges “pending further investigation.”
“I’m really hoping nothing more nefarious has been going on and that in fact, it is an overcrowding issue which is bad enough as it is,” a parent told CNN affiliate KKTV. “Miss Carla seems like such a nice person and she’s always been so accommodating and perhaps she has a hard time saying no. I don’t know, I’m just going to have to chalk it up to that.”
Faith was not arrested at the scene, police said, “as detectives pursue appropriate charges.”CNN is reaching out to Faith for comment.
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Tupac Shakur had secret affair with Whitney Houston and dumped Madonna over her skin color
Rap icon Tupac Shakur had a string of A-list lovers during his time in the spotlight, but kept his famous girlfriends secret
Late rap legend Tupac Shakur had a string of high-profile girlfriends over the years but managed to keep his A-list lovers secret.
Many of his famous girlfriends never spoke about their relationships with the rapper, while others waited until many years after his death to confirm the romace.
The music superstar, who died in a shooting in 1996 aged 25, is now believed to have had a steamy affair with Whitney Houston and broke Madonna’s heart.
He also found the time to get married and divorced, and date music industry royalty.
Madonna
Prison letter reveals that Tupac dumped Madonna because she’s white!
Tupac dated Madonna for more than a year after being set up by pal Rosie Perez at the Soul Train Awards in 1993.
However, they managed to keep the romance totally under the radar and it wasn’t confirmed until 2015.
Madonna let slip about her relationship with Tupac during an interview with US shock jock Howard Stern, telling him the pair dated and the rapper got her “all riled up about life in general”.
However, little else was known about the romance until a bombshell dropped in 2017 when a letter from Tupac to Madonna revealed he broke up with her because of her race.
The note, believed to have been written while he was in prison in 1995, told the singer that their romance had to end as it wouldn’t look good for his career.
Dated January 15 1995, the letter published by TMZ explained: “Can u understand that?
“For you to be seen with a black man wouldn’t in any way jeopardize your career.
“But for me at least in my previous perception I felt due to my ‘image’ I would be letting down half of the people who made me what I thought I was.
“I never meant to hurt you.”
Whitney Houston
The stunning revelation that Tupac bedded music legend Whitney Houston didn’t emerge until after her death aged 48 in 2012.
Her ex-husband Bobby Brown made the confession about his wife’s affair in his 2016 memoir Every Little Step, claiming she cheated on him with Tupac during their marriage.
In the book, Brown claimed Whitney and Tupac hooked up after they worked together but gave no further detail.
The New Edition star claimed his ex-wife did her “share of cheating” with “quite a few of the producers and artists”, but only named TUpac.
Jada Pinkett Smith
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Although they were never lovers, Jada had a strong relationship with Tupac that nearly became romantic.
However, Jada insisted there was no “physical chemistry” between them – even when theyy tested it out by kissing.
Speaking to DJ Howard Stern in 2015, Jada explained: “When you have two young people that have very strong feelings, but there was no physical chemistry between us at all, and it wasn’t even just for me.
“It was him too.”
Kidada Jones
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Tupac was dating music industry royalty Kidada Jones, daughter of legendary producer Quincy Jones, at the time of his death in 1996.
They got together following the collapse of his brief marriage to Keisha Morris in 1995, and it initially got off to a bumpy start after Kidada ignored his advances because he’d previously dissed her dad.
However, after the rapper apologized, they exchanged numbers and embarked on a whirlwind romance.
He’s said to have told his mum: “I love her. She’s going to be my wife, she’s having my children.”
They got a house in together in Calabasas, but the romance was cut short by tragedy as Tupac was murdered just four months after they started living together.
In Quincy Jones’ 2001 book, Kidada wrote of Tupac’s death: “He and I lived together for four months and then he was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996. It was the most horrible thing that ever happened to me.”
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‘Put him on a diet and Go Away!’: Texas mom finds rude note in 5-year-old’s lunchbox from daycare worker
(CNN) — A Texas mother is outraged after she put a sweet note in her five-year-old son’s lunchbox, only to get a nasty note from a daycare employee in return.
The incident has led to a firing.
The mother, identified only as Francesca, said her son has been going to Rocking Horse Day Care in Kingwood for three years and has never had any problems.
Francesca said she recently made healthy changes to her son’s lunch and wrote a note for extra support. The note in his lunchbox asked workers to “please tell my son that his mommy loves him so much and that I’m thinking about him.”
That same note came back in the lunchbox that evening and had something new written at the bottom: “No! Put him on a diet & go away.”
Francesca alerted the day care, who then investigated and told her the employee never intended for her to see what was written.Click to find out more about a new promotionDon’t miss this content from our sponsor
A director at the center said the employee admitted to writing the message and was fired.
In the meantime, Francesca said she is going to find another daycare for her son.
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9-Year-Old Boy Shoots 3 Classmates With BB Gun at Elementary School in Pasadena
Three children suffered minor injuries after their 9-year-old classmate shot them with a BB gun at an elementary school in Pasadena, officials said Friday.
The boy brought the air gun to Washington Elementary STEM Magnet and shot three classmates between ages 9 and 12 at the playground on Thursday morning, Pasadena police Lt. Kim Smith said.
The three were not seriously hurt, the lieutenant said.
Officers spoke with the 9-year-old boy, who was never arrested, Smith noted. She said the department will pass along the case to the District Attorney’s Office.
The child’s motive was unclear, Smith added.
The Pasadena Unified School District said it has launched an investigation into the incident and is cooperating with police, who have “increased visibility around the campus.”
Counselors are also available to students, and the school is “implementing an enhanced awareness of safety by both students and staff, and encourage everyone that if they see something to say something to an adult on campus immediately,” a statement from the School District said.
“The student will be subject to appropriate discipline,” the statement noted.
The incident happened the day when officials said a 16-year-old student brought a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol to a high school in Santa Clarita, killing two of his classmates and injuring three others.
KTLA’s Alexis Lewis contributed to this report.
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Doctor scarred girl’s face during laser treatment to remove birthmark
A 6-year-old girl’s face was permanently scarred by a University of Minnesota doctor during a laser procedure to remove a birthmark, a new lawsuit claims.
The girl’s mother, Kasey Bernu, told the Star Tribune that she wants “accountability” after Dr. Kristen Hook’s inexperience while using a laser in 2017 left her daughter with several circular open wounds that stretch along the left side of her face from around her nose to near her ear.
“We’re bringing this lawsuit in large part because we do not want to see another child or family suffer the way my daughter and family has,” Bernu said in a statement.
The family’s lawsuit — filed Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court — named Hook and University of Minnesota Physicians as defendants.
Attorney Jeff Storms, who is representing Bernu in the malpractice suit, said her daughter still has clearly visible injuries nearly two years after the procedure at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.
“She still has very serious pocking and deep scarring on her face,” Storms told The Post on Friday. “And they’re going to be permanent.”
To make matters worse, the girl must wait “several years” before she can even consider surgical treatments to reduce or remove the scarring altogether, Storms said.
The girl, who lives in Minnesota’s Crow Wing County, is now 7 or 8 years old, the attorney said. She was born with a “port-wine stain,” a reddish birthmark that her family began treating shortly after her birth, the lawsuit claims.
Hook failed to disclose her inexperience using an “extremely powerful” laser — one that was more robust than the previous device used to treat the girl. She also gave the girl’s family “improper wound care” over the phone after her injuries developed, the suit claims.
Hook, who specializes in pediatric dermatology, couldn’t be reached for comment, and the University of Minnesota Physicians declined to comment, citing pending litigation, the Star Tribune reports.
The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $50,000, Storms said.
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Taylor Swift Big Machine Says She’s Making Stuff Up
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Taylor Swift‘s claim Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta from Big Machine are blocking her from performing her own songs at the AMAs is a complete fabrication … according to the record label, which thinks she made a calculated move to harm its people.
Big Machine says it was shocked to see Taylor’s comments Thursday, and denies ever saying she could not perform at the awards show or blocking her Netflix special. It adds … “In fact, we do not have the right to keep her from performing live anywhere.”
To be fair, Swift never said BM was keeping her from performing … she specifically stated it was keeping her from performing her own songs, and using her own songs and performance footage in the Netflix documentary.
Big Machine also claims Taylor’s admitted to owing the company millions of dollars and it says it was optimistic the 2 sides were working toward resolving the issue … but then she bailed.
Instead, BM says “Taylor made a unilateral decision last night to enlist her fanbase in a calculated manner that greatly affects the safety of our employees and their families.
The label adds … “Taylor, the narrative you have created does not exist.”
Despite Big Machine’s denial, Swift’s friend, Selena Gomez, has her back 100 percent. Selena says she’s “sick and extremely angry” over the situation, and accuses the label of “greed, manipulation and power.”
Gomez says of BM … “You’ve robbed and crushed one of our best song writers of our time an opportunity to celebrate all of her music with fans and the world.” She goes on to praise Swift’s character, talent and strength … and says she knows Taylor will not stop fighting.
Halsey echoes many of the same thoughts, accusing BM of making an awful business move and being mean and vindictive. She says the label is banking on people not sticking up for Taylor … but says it’s “barking up the wrong tree.”
As we reported … Taylor’s set to be honored at the upcoming AMAs as Artist of the Decade, but as you can tell — it’s about much more than that now.
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Netflix Responds to Mo’Nique Pay Discrimination Lawsuit: ‘Our Opening Offer to Mo’Nique Was Fair’
Netflix has responded to actress and comedian Mo’Nique’s pay discrimination lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday.
“We care deeply about inclusion, equity, and diversity and take any accusations of discrimination very seriously. We believe our opening offer to Mo’Nique was fair — which is why we will be fighting this lawsuit,” a spokesperson for Netflix said in a statement to TheWrap.
Mo’Nique’s complaint accused Netflix of gender and race discrimination, saying that the company had given her a “low-ball” and “discriminatory” offer of $500,000 as a “talent fee” for a one-hour stand-up special, while other comedians were offered millions of dollars per special.
“When the talent was not a Black woman, Netflix offered to pay, and did pay, astronomically more than it pays to Black women like it offered to Mo’Nique,” the complaint reads. It also lists several other comedians and what they were paid by Netflix for comparison.
The filing goes on to say that “Netflix reportedly offered or paid [Chris] Rock, [Dave] Chapelle [sic], [Ellen] Degeneris [sic], and [Ricky] Gervais forty (40) times more per show than it offered Mo’Nique, and it offered [Amy] Schumer twenty-six (26) times more per show than Mo’Nique. In short, Netflix’s offer to Mo’Nique perpetuates the drastic wage gap forced upon Black women in the America’s workforce.”
Mo’Nique confirmed that she had filed a lawsuit in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“Hey My Loves — I can confirm that today I filed a pay discrimination lawsuit against Netflix,” she wrote in the post. “I had a choice to make: I could accept what I felt was pay discrimination or I could stand up for those who came before me and those who will come after me. I chose to stand up. I don’t have any further comment this time, but I appreciate all of your support and love.”
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Ms. Lauryn Hill Shares New Song “Guarding the Gates”: Listen
From the Queen & Slim original soundtrack
Motown has released Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack. That means, the label has also shared Ms. Lauryn Hill’s new track “Guarding the Gates.” Hear it below.
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack includes new songs from Vince Staples, Megan Thee Stallion, and Blood Orange, among others. Queen & Slim—directed by Melina Matsoukas, written and co-produced by Lena Waithe, and scored by Devonté Hynes—hits U.S. theaters on November 27. The film stars Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith as a young couple who must flee the law after Kaluuya’s character kills a police officer (played by Sturgill Simpson) in self-defense.
This year, Ms. Lauryn Hill featured on PUSHA-T’s Kanye West-produced track “Coming Home.” Her only solo album is 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
Gary’s been snailnapped! SpongeBob and Patrick embark on a hilarious adventure to #SaveGary! Watch the official trailer for the #SpongeBobMovie: Sponge on the Run. In theatres May 2020. This Memorial Day weekend, SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick Star and the rest of the gang from Bikini Bottom hit the big screen in the first-ever all CGI SpongeBob motion picture event. After SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home. As they navigate the delights and dangers on this perilous and hilarious rescue mission, SpongeBob and his pals prove there’s nothing stronger than the power of friendship.
Man pretended to be handicapped to trick home care workers into changing his diaper
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans man has been arrested for pretending to be handicapped in order to have home health care workers change his adult diaper.
Twenty-nine-year-old Rutledge Deas, who also goes by “Rory,” created multiple social media posts for home health care workers.
Deas would specify in the ads that the services would be for his 18-year-old mentally and physically handicapped brother, “Cory.”
Deas would then pose as “Cory” and pretend to be handicapped while the nurses changed his adult diaper, a process Deas used to “obtain sexual arousal,” according to the Louisiana State Police.
Home healthcare workers became suspicious of the scheme on at least 10 separate occasions.
Deas was arrested at his home without incident and charged with 10 counts of sexual battery and human trafficking (labor), and one count of possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance.
The investigation remains ongoing, and additional victims are anticipated.
Anyone suspected of being a victim of Deas is urged to contact LSP Detectives at (504) 310-7000.
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