‘Babysitting while black’: Woman calls police on male babysitter with white children
A black babysitter says a woman called the police on him while two white children were in his care.
On Sunday, while babysitting for the 10-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son of his friends Dana Mango and David Parker, Corey Lewis of Marietta, Ga., treated the kids to lunch at a Subway inside Walmart. Afterward, the 27-year-old, who runs the youth mentoring program Inspired by Lewis, was standing with the kids outside his car while the boy finished eating when he noticed a white woman sitting in her car, staring.
“She pulled up alongside us and asked, ‘Are the kids OK?’” Lewis tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I answered, ‘Why wouldn’t they be?’ She just smirked and drove off.”
The woman circled the parking lot and returned to Lewis’s car, saying, “Can I ask the little girl if she knows who you are?” and Lewis answered, “No, you cannot.” The woman then said, “OK, I will take down your license plate,” and left.
“I asked a few white witnesses if it looked suspicious that I was caring for two white children, and they said ‘Kind of,’” says Lewis. “But the kids were goofing around and eating, and there was no sign of danger.”
Lewis headed to a service station, and while he was pumping gas, he noticed the woman’s car again. Concerned about the children’s safety, he drove to his house, and when he arrived, so did the woman — and a police car.
“I didn’t do anything — the police is here now!” Lewis said in a Facebook Live video with more than 230K views. “I’m being followed and harassed.”
In the video, the officer, whom Lewis says was courteous, spoke to the children, who confirmed Lewis’s identity. “Two white kids being with one black male is suspicious,” Lewis scoffed in the video. “I work with kids every day.”
The officer called the children’s mom, who was aghast at the presumption of the 911 caller. “I thought it was a joke,” Mango tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I said, ‘Is it because there’s an African-American male driving my kids around?’ and the officer, who was embarrassed and apologetic, said, ‘It appears so.’”
A representative from the Cobb County Police Department did not return Yahoo Lifestyle’s request for comment. The term babysitting while black is being used on Twitter to describe the incident.
Mango said the experience frightened her children. “My son said, ‘The woman followed us because we have peachy skin and Mr. Lewis has brown skin, and she thought he was kidnapping us.’ They were both fearful that Corey wouldn’t be able to babysit them anymore.”
Lewis, who works with a diverse set of children each day, tells Yahoo Lifestyle, “A black man with white children just didn’t look right in this woman’s eyes.”
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‘Emotional support’ squirrel gets passenger removed from Frontier flight
A woman was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight Tuesday night after the airline refused to let her fly with her emotional support squirrel.
The airline said the woman noted in her reservation for Flight 1612 from Orlando, Fla., to Cleveland that she would be boarding with an emotional support animal, FOX8 Cleveland reported.
But she never indicated the animal was a squirrel, the airline said, adding that rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed on its flights. Beginning Nov. 1, Frontier will allow only dogs and cats on its flights as emotional support animals.
The passenger was told of the airline policy and refused to leave the plane when asked. Orlando police were called and everyone was forced to deplane.
The woman was escorted off the plane and the flight proceeded.
Some airlines have cracked down on what animals qualify as emotional support pets. In January, Delta Airlines said it would thoroughly vet passengers’ efforts to fly with various types of animals.
“Customers have attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums known as sugar gliders, snakes, spiders and more,” Delta said in a news release.
In comparison to cats and dogs, emotional support squirrels haven’t gotten the same level of acceptance.
In Florida, a man was evicted from his condominium because the squirrel didn’t qualify as an emotional support pet.
Article via FoxNews
Fallout 76: Here’s The New Main Theme
Fallout 76 has based its marketing around its unique setting in West Virginia, including a debut trailer with the famous folk song and state song “Take Me Home Country Roads” by John Denver. As the release draws closer, Bethesda has now released its main theme, from longtime composer Inon Zur.
The track isn’t “Country Roads,” but Bethesda does say the score is “inspired by the beauty of West Virginia.” Zur has previously composed for Fallout 4, Prince of Persia, Dragon Age 2, and many more games.
West Virginia is a lovely and idyllic setting in many of the trailers, but this being a Fallout game, it’s going to have its share of ugliness as well. It takes place earlier than most other Fallout games so the mutants and enemies will be unique to this game. And you can make it a lot less beautiful by detonating a nuclear weapon over it.
We recently had hands-on time with Fallout 76, finding it to be a very different kind of post-apocalypse. You can try it yourself when the beta period kicks off on October 23 for Xbox One and October 30 for PC and PlayStation 4.
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Little Caesars says it wasn’t serving DiGiorno pizza in viral video that confused millions
USA TODAY caught up with Vincent Romero, the customer whose viral video had some people wondering if Little Caesars was serving DiGiorno frozen pizzas at one Indiana location. USA TODAY
A viral video showing a shopping cart full of DiGiorno frozen pizzas at a Little Caesars location led many to believe that the chain was serving DiGiorno, but Little Caesars says that’s not the case.
When Little Caesars investigated, the company found the video was shot at an Indiana Kmart, spokeswoman Jill Proctor told USA TODAY in an emailed statement Tuesday. Kmart was in the process of disposing of expired DiGiorno pizzas when the video was shot, Proctor said.
A manager had directed an employee to temporarily store the pizzas in a cooler next to the Little Caesars location, Proctor wrote. The store had learned the pizzas were expired close to closing time and planned to dispose of them in the morning.
“Of course, Little Caesars only serves freshly baked pizzas made from fresh dough. After some investigating, it turns out that what appeared in this video was a funny coincidence,” Proctor said in a statement.
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Rihanna said it: ‘This Is the Loudest Way to Make Your Voice Heard.’
If Rihanna said it, you know what time it is!
Although Rihanna seems like she’s on the fast track to world domination with her wildly popular (and very inclusive) beauty and fashion lines, philanthropy work, her forthcoming music project (at least, what fans hope is forthcoming), and her general slayage of us all, it appears that the bad girl has still found time to prioritize encouraging political engagement.
Rihanna took to her Instagram on Tuesday morning to urge her American followers to register to vote because October 9th is the last day in 14 states — Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas — for citizens to register to vote. In the caption of her post, Ri encouraged her followers to take initiative to make the kind of change they wanted to see in the world by voting.
“I don’t care what responsibilities you have today, there’s no greater responsibility than being in control of your future and your future starts now!” she wrote. “We don’t have time, no procrastinating, don’t let the discouragement take you off course, that’s not how my people or my generation will go down…this is the loudest way to make your voice heard!”
This isn’t the first time that Rihanna has made a statement about American politics despite being unable to vote in the U.S. herself, being from Barbados; she had previously spoken out against President Donald Trump immigration travel ban and seemingly threw her support behind Hillary Clinton by wearing a meta t-shirt with Clinton’s face on it on Election Day in 2016.
See Rihanna’s full post below.
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Meghan Markle’s Half-Sister Continues to Be Messy—This Time, at the Gates of Kensington Palace
You know, there’s a word for folks who don’t take “no” for an answer, choosing instead to obsessively fixate on someone, even showing up uninvited at their residence.
Fun fact: That word is not “sister.”
According to the Daily Mail and the Mirror, Samantha Markle, the perpetually-messy, estranged half-sister of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, once again proved that the new royal was right to distance herself when she showed up at the gates of Kensington Palace over the weekend, reportedly planning to “confront” her famous sister about the treatment of their father, the equally questionable Thomas Markle.
Armed with a purportedly handwritten note (contents unknown), the 53-year-old Markle, who suffers from multiple sclerosis but nevertheless flew all the way to the United Kingdom to make a scene, was photographed attempting to leave said note with the palace guard, after arriving unannounced.
Access was denied, as reportedly was the attempted communication, but that didn’t stop the messiest Markle from achieving her desired photo ops. She and her unidentified companion (presumably boyfriend Mark Phillips) were then spotted buying royal-themed merchandise—including Meghan and Harry masks. We dare not even speculate on why.
This, of course, follows nearly a year of seeming harassment and media appearances by Samantha Markle (including a rumored stint on Celebrity Big Brother UK) since her celebrity sister announced her engagement to Prince Harry in fall of 2017—including rallying their father into making a media spectacle of himself, as well. After threatening to crash the royal wedding in May, and then claiming to have allegedly been involved in a paparazzi-induced car crash that she compared to Princess Diana’s, though police have said there is no evidence of such a crash, it seems safe to say Samantha Markle’s idea of family is dysfunctional, to say the least.
With this latest stunt, it seems Markle has escalated from half-sister to full stalker. As usual, the Duchess of Sussex has issued neither comment nor acknowledgment of this latest spectacle.
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Christian Bale Gained 40 Pounds And Grew His Neck To Play Dick Cheney; Watch First Vice Trailer Here
The Batman actor is nearly unrecognisable in his latest role.
The first full-length trailer for the Dick Cheney movie Vice has landed, providing the first very good look at a transformed Christian Bale as George W. Bush’s controversial vice president.
Bale is almost unrecognisable, thanks to his latest shape-shifting effort. He told Yahoo that he gained 40 pounds, shaved his head, and bleached his eyebrows for the role, while co-star Steve Carrell said to Collider that Bale did exercises to make his neck thicker to look more like Cheney’s.
The result is stunning, as Bale certainly looks the part. He also successfully captures some of Cheney’s trademark mannerisms and his speaking style. Check out the trailer above.
This is just Bale’s latest physical transformation for a role. With a diet consisting of whiskey and cigarettes, he got down to just 120 pounds (54kg) for his role in 2004’s The Machinist before bulking up immediately to play Batman in Batman Begins the next year. Bale lost weight again for 2010’s The Fighter, in which he played accomplished-boxer-turned-crack-addict Dicky Eklund; he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for that role. Bale then put more than 40 pounds back on and grew his hair for the role of con artist Mel Weinberg in American Hustle.
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XXXTentacion Wins Best New Hip Hop Artist at BET Hip Hop Awards
XXXTentacion was celebrated with a posthumous honor at the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards.
The late rapper won Best New Hip Hop Artist during the show, which was taped on Saturday (Oct. 6) at The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Fla.
His mother, Cleopatra Bernard, along with X’s former manager, Solomon Sounds, and lawyer, Bob Celestin, accepted on his behalf to cheers from audience members including MadeinTYO. “I love you forever @xxxtentacion !!! Best New Hip Hop Gone 2 Soon. Love u,” tweeted TYO.
XXX beat out the competition in the Best New Hip Hop Artist category, which included Juice WRLD, Lil Baby, Rich the Kid, and BlocBoy JB.
Additionally, XXX is nominated for two awards at Tuesday’s American Music Awards, including New Artist of the Year and Favorite Soul/R&B Album for 2017’s 17.
The 20-year-old rapper was shot and killed in an apparent robbery in June. Four men have been arrested and charged in connection with his murder. Prior to his death, he had recorded “a significant amount of material” for a third album, due later this fall.
The 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards, which airs Oct. 16, featured performances from Cardi B, T.I., Yo Gotti, A$AP Rocky, YG, Gucci Mane, Lil Baby, Gunna, Lil Pump, and more. Lil Wayne was also honored with the “I Am Hip Hop” award.
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‘House of Cards’ season 6 trailer shows Claire under attack
Fans have been waiting awhile for the final season of House of Cards, and specifically to see what form it will take without former star Kevin Spacey. Now, Netflix has released the full trailer for the sixth season, and it reveals a lot more of where the story will be focused.
As Claire Underwood, played by Robin Wright, tries to consolidate power as the president of the United States, she’s met with resistance both from the media and within her own team. She’s in for the fight of her life, and you can bet her ruthlessness and viciousness is on display. The final season of House of Cards makes its debut on November 2nd.
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