Boy killed on MO interstate, left note saying he was running away to see his dad
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — The Parkway School District is mourning the loss of a 6th grader hit and killed on Interstate 270 near Olive Boulevard Tuesday morning.
Family members identified the 11-year-old as Zaelynn Wiseman, a 6th grader at Northeast Middle School in Creve Coeur. News 4 spoke with Wiseman’s biological mother, Garmeisha Terry who lives in Cape Girardeau. She said she lost custody of her son when he was 7-years-old and he lived with her aunt in Maryland Heights.
“I was going through personal things in my life where I was not stable and I wanted what was best for Zaelynn and I knew my cousin Rhonda would be the perfect step in mother for him,” Terry said. Terry described Zaelynn as funny, bright, bubbly and a joy to everyone in their family.
Terry said Zaelynn left a note Tuesday morning before running away, saying he was going to Cape Girardeau to see his dad.
“I will never be able to tell him how I sorry I am that I wasn’t able to be that mother that he deserved, for not taking them time to think about somebody besides myself,” Terry said.
His guardian, Rhonda Cox, said the two were very close and she loved him very much. Jamie Moore, a social emotional behavior specialist in the Parkway School District said she worked alongside Zaelynn as a counselor through his 3-5th grade years.
“We were very close, Zaelynn came to us with that bright smile and he is one to not know a stranger,” Moore said. “He will fill you with warmth and give you the biggest hug you need and turn anybody’s day around.”
Moore said the 11-year-old made an impact on everyone he met. She said he’ll be remembered for his infectious smile, big hugs and zest for life.
The driver who struck Zaelynn reportedly attempted to stop and stayed on the scene.
The school district said social workers, school counselors and care coordinators would be on hand to talk with students and staff.
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Ice Cube Clarifies Role in Helping Trump Admin Develop ‘Platinum Plan’
Ice Cube has clarified his role in helping to develop the Trump administration’s proposed “Platinum Plan” for the black community after a White House advisor thanked the rapper for “his willingness to step up and work with” President Trump.
“Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading!,” Trump senior advisor Katrina Pierson tweeted at Ice Cube Tuesday; in the hours following Pierson’s tweet, Ice Cube had been criticized on social media for going from N.W.A to MAGA.
According to the rapper’s rep, Ice Cube offered to meet with both the Trump and Biden campaigns in recent weeks to discuss an “agenda for black Americans” and support for his Contract With Black America (CWBA), which “strikes at the heart of racism and presents a blueprint to achieve racial economic justice.”
“The problems facing America are too deep and wide to simply reform one area or another,” the contract said. “Long-lasting solutions demand a comprehensive thorough ‘rethink’ of America so that each new approach in each area supports the success of the others. This Contract with Black America will provide conceptual approaches in several areas.” The contract goes on to detail 13 different areas of improvement, including bank lending, prison reform, police reform and the elimination of all confederate monuments.
Ice Cube similarly posted a video on Twitter on August 22nd where he asked of both parties, “What’s in it for us?” “What’s in it for the black community besides the same old thing we’ve been getting from these parties,” Ice Cube asked. “I didn’t hear anybody mention a Contract With Black America, and I don’t know why because it’s one of the most comprehensive reform documents that have come out in a long time that can really address the problem.”
After being contacted by both parties, the Democrats said they’d touch base on the CWBA after Election Day, while the president’s administration reached Ice Cube and absorbed some of the CWBA into the White House’s “Platinum Plan,” with Pierson then thanking the rapper for his assistance.
Trump’s “Platinum Plan” promises to “increase access to capital in black communities by almost $500 billion” by creating 500,000 black-owned businesses and 3 million new jobs for the black community, as well as “access to better education and job training.” The Platinum Plan also pledges to strengthen Trump’s immigration and policing policies in order to protect jobs and communities.
Ice Cube explained further in a follow-up tweet following the uproar, “Facts: I put out the CWBA. Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
The rapper added in response to a fan who expressed his displeasure with Ice Cube “working with the Darkside”:
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8-month-old baby recovering from burns to her hands after being left in Connecticut dumpster, babysitter in custody
NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) – An 8-month-old baby is recovering from being left in a dumpster in New Haven by a woman who police say was the child’s babysitter.
They identified the woman as 24-year-old Andiana Griciel Velez of Hamden.
Velez was charged with risk of injury to a child, second-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment.
According to police, Velez assaulted the child’s 21-year-old mother on Monday then abandoned the baby.
Police said they detained her after the infant was discovered on Monday afternoon.
Officers responded to the Presidential Village Apartments at 573 Dixwell Ave. around 2 p.m. The baby was found by maintenance workers outside of the apartment building.
Police said the 8-month-old baby girl was found alive and alert. Maintenance workers said she had some injuries on her hands.
“Basically coming out of shock, you can tell she was freezing, freezing in that trash can,” said Rick Chardon, an eyewitness.
Officers reported around 3:30 p.m. that they were in contact with the child’s mother.
The infant was brought to Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital where, at last check, she was in stable condition.
Police said the baby remains in the hospital with burns to her hands.
While detectives determined that Velez put the baby in the dumpster, investigators have not yet determined who is responsible for the child’s injuries.
No additional information has been released.
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Mom says sixth-grade teacher scolded her son for saying he admired Trump in an assignment
(KOMO/CNN/Meredith) — A parent says a public school teacher in Tacoma, Washington scolded her son in class because he openly supported President Donald Trump.
Since then, the teacher says he’s been getting death threats.
It all started as a simple sixth grade class assignment at Keithly Middle School – a writing prompt that asked, “Who is one person you admire and why?”
Elsy Kusander said her son responded with President Trump.
That’s when the teacher shut down the virtual chat box and started slamming Trump in front of the class, Kusander said.
Kusander captured the end of the teacher’s rant on her phone.
The teacher, Brendan Stanton, said he didn’t believe Trump is an appropriate example for a role model. A school district spokesperson said Stanton has since received death threats over the incident.
Stanton has not been back to the classroom since the incident.
A district spokesperson said out of respect for Stanton’s safety and well-being, they cannot give information about his current work assignment or say when he will return.
“We are in conversation with the family and involved staff members, and all parties are cooperating to reach a solution,” the district ssaid in a statement.
Kusander said she holds nothing against Stanton and hopes this becomes a teachable moment.
“He admitted he was wrong, he’s going to be a better educator. I don’t want [anybody] to get fired,” Kusander said.
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KKK leaves card at family’s home in response to Biden/Harris yard sign
SHELBYVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Election season can bring on tension between people with different political views.
Some families in Shelbyville are now fearful after receiving threatening cards from the KKK over political signs in their yards.
News4s spoke with a woman who’s friend was targeted.
“We noticed that there was litter in the yard. I started to pick up the litter and noticed these business cards,” said Breana Green.
The “litter” Green is referring was 20 business cards from KKK in her friend’s front yard.
”It’s scary knowing that just supporting a presidential candidate can incite this kind of vandalism.“
Green said it was response to the Biden Harris yard sign. She said the election season has raised tensions with hate groups.
“There was also tire marks in the yard which indicated the sign had been ran over,” said Green.
The vandalism was done in the early morning hours on Sunday.
News4 spoke with another woman who said her friend also experienced something similar when their Biden Harris sign was stolen and the same business card was left.
“There is some anxiety that people could be targeted in my family. Just people in the community could be targeted as well. I just don’t think this should be something that we’re dealing with in 2020,” said Green.
News4 reached to police who sent us this statement:
“The Shelbyville Police Department has been made aware of a limited number of incidents involving theft and/or damage to campaign signs. This is true for both Trump and Biden yard signs. We have also been made aware of local residents receiving literature from individuals purporting to be from the knights of Ku Klux Klan. Similar literature has been found in driveways and yards for a number of years.”
The police department said they have not had anyone file a report about these incidents yet.
They do encourage anyone who has been the victim of theft, vandalism, or intimidation to reach out to them.
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Driver shoots at kids playing basketball in the street
(WEWS/CNN/Meredith) — Police in Akron, Ohio are investigating after a driver got out of his car and fired a gun at two kids playing basketball Monday afternoon.
The incident was caught on video. You can see a man in a hooded sweatshirt fire three shots at the kids.
The kids were identified as being friends who are ages 11 and 15, but their names were not released.
The boys say it all started with a car speeding toward them in the street where they were playing basketball, with the older boy pushing the younger one out of harm’s way.
The driver then got out of the car and used foul language toward the boys. The 15-year-old then yelled at the driver to slow down.
Then, the driver walked back to his car, retrieved a gun, and fired at the boys. The boys ran to a home for cover and the driver took off.
Thankfully, no one was hurt.
Police say they are following some promising leads but have not made any arrests.
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11-year-old steals school bus, leads police on chase before crash, Louisiana cops say
An 11-year-old faces several charges after leading Louisiana police on a chase across town in a stolen school bus.
The boy allegedly stole the bus from a local Head Start center before crashing into a tree outside a home early Sunday, according to Baton Rouge police. That’s when officers took him into custody.
“It was just unbelievable to see something like that,” homeowner Libby Smith told WGMB, recalling the moment officers arrested the boy in her front yard.
Authorities were alerted to the incident around 10:45 a.m., a spokesperson for Baton Rouge police told McClatchy News. The child fled police, taking the bus on a nearly 45-minute joy ride across the city, crashing into other vehicles before his final stop.
Resident Joy Gradney captured part of the chase on her phone, according to WAFB 9.
“As he got closer and closer and closer, I saw it’s a little boy in there and he was laughing,“ Gradney told the news station. “He was like giggling on the way across Florida Boulevard as he goes right past me. I’m like I can’t believe it’s a little boy.”
It’s unclear how he got a hold of the keys, but police officials said they believe the bus is a push-to-start, WAFB 9 reported.
The child is now charged with theft of a motor vehicle, aggravated flight, aggravated damage to property and aggravated assault, according to police.
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Indian man who fasted for four days ‘to pray for Trump’s coronavirus recovery’ dies of cardiac arrest
According to his family, Bussa Krishna Raju worshipped the US president like a god, and was shocked and disturbed to find out about his coronavirus diagnosis.
Mr Raju refused food and started praying for Mr Trump’s recovery when he found out about his infection last week. Mr Trump tested positive on Thursday 1 October, and was treated at the Walter Reed Medical Center for several days.
Mr Raju’s family told the Times of India that he collapsed on Sunday while having tea at his relative’s residence in the village of Toopran in Medak district. He was taken to hospital where doctors declared him dead.
A close family member told the Times of India: “He was upset when he learnt about Trump testing positive for coronavirus. He spent sleepless nights, starved and prayed for the US president’s recovery for the past three-four days. He died of cardiac arrest today around noon.”
Bussa Krishna, who installed a 6-feet statue of US President Donald Trump last year & worships him: I’m feeling proud as my God has come to India. I worship Trump as God and believe that I shall meet him soon. He has played a major role in fight against terrorism. #Telangana pic.twitter.com/XaOLDw808m— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2020
Mr Raju has previously been in the news earlier this year when he installed a 6-foot statue of the US president at his home and started performing rituals, calling his residence the “Trump Temple”.
Mr Raju said at the time that he had been praying for Mr Trump’s re-election, as well as his wellbeing and that of the First Lady Melania Trump. He claimed that even before installing the statue, he was worshipping Trump for over four years.
And in an earlier interview with the Times of India, Mr Raju said that the reason he started worshipping Mr Trump in the first place was that he appeared in his dreams.
Mr Raju had expressed a wish to meet Mr Trump when the president visited India for a rally alongside Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad in February this year. His wish remained unfulfilled, however.
Mr Raju is not the only Indian to show his affection for Mr Trump. In the past the Hindu Sena, a right-wing fringe group, has prepared songs for Mr Trump’s welcome, celebrated his birthday and carried out photo exhibitions where they gave up offerings of cake to a poster of the president.
Hindu Sena members say they support Mr Trump because of his perceived hardline stance on Muslims, and his close relationship with Mr Modi. Hindu Sena also carried out a religious ceremony to pray for Mr Trump’s re-election during his February visit.
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Church pastor turned stripper says she’s never been happier making porn on OnlyFans
Viewers of the British TV show This Morning were treated to an appearance by an out-and-proud, queer California pastor who left her religious avocation in favor of making porn on OnlyFans, The U.S. Sun reports.
The host of the show, Eamonn Holmes, went so far as to promise viewers a taste of “online porn” before he sat down for a chat with Nikole Mitchell, 36.
The former California Pastor and OnlyFans porn peddler is a mother of three.
Nikole dialed into the show via video link and lamented that she was compelled to put her California Pastor life in the past after her religious community was unaccepting of someone as sexually inclined as the OnlyFans porn purveyor is.
“I had these desires to express myself in ways I’d never been able to.”
Nikole says she’s been effectively ex-communicated from her church-lady life. Since the former California pastor started making porn on OnlyFans, all her old church friends have ceased contact with her.
That said, the former California pastor reports that some of those former friends have signed up for her porn-peddling OnlyFans account anonymously.
According to the Mirror, part of the reason Nikole felt unwelcome in the church was because of her sexuality, not just her interest in sex.
“I decided to finally step into the unknown and see where it would lead me, and it led me here and I am very grateful for it,” said the sexually liberated California pastor turned mistress of OnlyFans porn.
Nikole said that about six or seven years into her marriage to her husband, John, she realized that she was bisexual and that he was the first person she told.
“He said, ‘I think that’s normal, natural, and I am so happy for you’,” Nikole said, according to the Daily Mail.
The former California pastor turned OnlyFans porn peddler praised her ex as a “beautiful soul.”
“Of me not being able to bring the wholeness of myself to that space, and the more I trusted myself and walked down that path, the less it was acceptable at the church,” Nikole said.
The former California pastor says she has begun to have talks with her children, who are 5, 7 and 10, about her career in OnlyFans porn.
“I think as any parent we want the best for our kids and never want to hurt them,” she said. Of the kids’ awareness of the OnlyFans porn, the former California pastor said, “They know I do modelling and nude modelling and we’re having age appropriate conversations.”
According to the New York Post, Nikole said she grew up in a strict Baptist family, and now that she’s become so open about her sexuality, she’s never been happier.
“From a young age, I had fantasized about being a stripper,” Mitchell, who now works as an erotic dancer on OnlyFans, told The Post. “But I was indoctrinated to believe my desires and my body were innately sinful and bad.”
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Ex-pizza chain employee arrested for putting razor blades in dough
A former pizza company employee has been arrested after he was caught stuffing razor blades into dough sold at a supermarket in Maine, police said.
The food-tampering incident came to light after a customer purchased pizza dough at Hannaford Supermarket in Saco and discovered the sharp implements inside the package Oct. 6, according to the Saco Police Department.
Surveillance footage showed a man — later identified as Nicholas R. Mitchell — tampering with the packaging of Portland Pie Pizza products in the store.
Police said 38-year-old Mitchell was a former employee of the It’ll Be Pizza company, which manufactures the dough.
Authorities called on the public Sunday for help tracking down Mitchell, who they said left the store in a 2005 silver or gray Toyota Camry.
Within two hours, authorities tracked him to Dover, New Hampshire, around 50 miles away, police said.
“This evening the Dover, NH Police Department located Nicholas Mitchell and took him into custody on the outstanding warrant for his arrest in the Hannaford’s Portland Pie pizza dough razor blade case,” police said.
No charges have been announced in the case. It’s unclear what the motive was behind the alleged food tampering.
Hannaford Supermarkets has recalled Portland Pie pizza dough and cheese sold in the deli at any location between Aug. 1 and Oct. 11. Customers are urged to return the items for a full refund.
“After what is believed to be further malicious tampering incidents involving metal objects inserted into Portland Pie products, Hannaford has removed all Portland Pie products from all store shelves and has paused replenishment of the products indefinitely,” the grocery store said in a statement.
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