Florida woman accused of attacking Burger King manager for not giving free fries
MIAMI – Police have arrested one woman and are looking for a second after an alleged assault on a Miami Burger King manager over french fries in April.
Natasha Ethel Bagley, 42, faces charges of armed burglary with assault or battery, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief, court records show.
Bagley and her girlfriend, 27-year-old Genesis Peguero, went to the fast food at restaurant April 2 and asked for free fries at the drive thru, according to an arrest report obtained by WTVJ. When an employee refused, the two women allegedly parked and walked into the restaurant.
Peguero hopped over the counter and, with her hands in her pockets, claimed she had a pistol and demanded the manager give them all of the money in the register, according to police.
When the unidentified female manager tried to call police, Peguero punched the woman in the face, according to the report. Police say Bagley joined in, helping Peguero assault the manager.
The pair allegedly tore registers and monitors off the Burger King counter before driving away from the restaurant in an SUV.
Peguero is still on the run, but Bagley was booked Tuesday after the victims managed to identify her, according to police.
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New Gillette ad shows father teaching transgender son how to shave
(CNN) — A man’s first shave is a milestone no matter who you are. But for transgender man Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, it was memorable for several reasons.
Brown shared the experience with a man identified as his father in an advertisement for Gillette, the maker of razors and shaving supplies.
The video, which Gillette shared on its Facebook page, shows the Toronto-based artist standing in front of a bathroom mirror as his father coaches him.
“Now, don’t be scared,” his father says. “Shaving is about being confident.”
“Growing up, I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I wanted to become and I’m still trying to figure out what kind of man that I want to become,” Brown said in the video,
“I always knew I was different. I didn’t know that there was a term for the type of person that I was.”
CNN reached to Brown to find out if this was indeed his first shave, as the video implies. The video carries the caption, “‘Whenever, wherever, however it happens — your first shave is special.”
CNN also reached out to Gillette to confirm if this is the brand’s first ad to feature a transgender man.
Neither Brown nor Gillette responded immediately.
Regardless of the details, many celebrated the ad as a meaningful gesture of inclusiveness to kick off pride celebrations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in June.
“Oh wow, Gillette, we are having all the feels here,” LGBTQ family advocacy group PFLAG National said on Twitter.
“As the first and largest organization for parents of #LGBTQ people we thank you for seeing our #trans kids…and for honoring their affirming #dads!”
In a Facebook post, Brown thanked Gillette for the opportunity to share the important milestone with his father.
“I shot this ad for Gillette and wanted to include my father, who has been one of my greatest supporters throughout my transition, encouraging me to be confident and live authentically as my best self,” Brown said.
As the news cycle brings a steady stream of negative headlines about violence and discriminationagainst the transgender community, the ad casts a rare positive light on a transgender man experiencing family support.
“I’m keenly aware of how blessed I am to be able to exist in this world being supported by my family in ways that all too often many of my trans brothers, sisters, and siblings who exist outside the binary are not always as fortunate,” Brown said in his Facebook post.
Brown says in the video that he’s glad to be at a point where he’s able to shave, a nod to the fact that for many transgender men, financial and medical barriers can impede access to medically necessary hormone treatment to align their appearance with their gender.
In his Facebook post, Brown said he believes the ad will give other transgender people hope.
“I am confident that this ad will encourage many of my trans siblings and fill them with the knowledge that our existence in this world can be filled with the love and support we deserve.”
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Boy was restrained in bathtub with shackles, dog shock collar before death
MONROE COUNTY, Ind. – A 12-year-old boy was restrained in a motel bathtub with shackles and a dog collar before he died, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reports. Now the boy’s father and stepmother face charges in connection with his death.
Eduardo Posso was taken to Bloomington Hospital for treatment last week; he later died. Hospital officials saud he showed multiple signs of abuse and starvation.
Monroe County detectives arrested his father, 32-year-old Luis Posso, and his stepmother, 25-year-old Dayan Median Flores, in connection with his death. They face neglect charges and are being held in the Monroe County Correctional Center.
Their three other children, a 9-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, and a 2-year-old boy, were placed in the care of Child Protection Services. Officials said they appear to be healthy.
Monroe County detectives said the family was staying in a motel in the area temporarily for their employment. Their job was to distribute advertising for a circus which tours around the United States.
When detectives searched their motel room, they found a box containing restraints and a K-9 shock collar.
Police examined the couples’ phones and found video of Eduardo restrained in a bathtub. The video shows other children and Flores coming and going in the bathroom and paying no attention to the boy.
Posso even took a selfie in the bathroom with his son restrained in the background.
The investigation will likely include multiple jurisdictions over a long period of time, police said.
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Witnesses rescue half-naked 13-year-old girl from sex assault, police say
PHOENIX – Witnesses in a West Phoenix neighborhood busted down a door and rescued a young teen from a sexual assault, according to KNXV.
Phoenix police report that on Sunday afternoon three residents broke down the bedroom door of a 19-year-old and found the suspect and a 13-year-old girl naked from the waist down.
Witnesses reportedly told police that the girl was passed out on the floor, after drinking with Herman Gutierrez Fuentes, 19.
One witness found Fuentes in the corner of the room wearing just a shirt. Fuentes allegedly told the witness, “I messed up,” before he threw Fuentes against a wall, holding him for the police.
The girl was transported from the home, near 59th Avenue and McDowell Road, to a local hospital.
Police say the B.A.C. level of the girl was .189.
Fuentes reportedly admitted to police that he provided alcohol for the teen and drank with her until she was “very intoxicated.”
He pulled her pants down and was about to rape the girl, when the witnesses burst into his room.
He is being held on a $100,000 bond for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and attempted sexual assault.
via: https://pix11.com/2019/05/28/witnesses-rescue-half-naked-13-year-old-from-sex-assault-police-say/
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Woman reportedly decapitated while trying to free headphones from elevator
A factory worker was decapitated by an elevator in India after she “absentmindedly” tried to free her headphones that got tangled in a gate, according to reports.
The severed head of Sushila Vishwakarma was discovered on the ground floor of the plastics factory in Vadodara, while her body was in the elevator that traveled to the third floor.
Police believe the 48-year-old was trying to free her headphones from the elevator’s collapsible grill as she arrived at work at 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Indian Express.
The headphones were still in the ears of her detached head — and a playlist was running on the phone in her hand, police said.
“We are speculating that she was using her phone and absentmindedly she tried to stick her head outside the lift, which started going up, and the accident happened,” investigating officer MN Saporiya told the paper. “So her body was dragged ’til the last floor and her head got severed.”
Bapod police Inspector TR Bamaniya told the Express that they hope an autopsy will reveal more.
“We are investigating the possibilities of how her head got stuck and whether it was because of the headphones,” he said.
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Georgia man killed in accidental shooting at gun range
A Georgia man was killed at an indoor gun range — when a member of his party inadvertently fired at him over Memorial Day weekend, officials said.
John Salvati, 59, was accidentally struck Monday at Quickshot Savannah and rushed to Memorial Medical Center, according to the Savannah Police Department.
He later died from his injuries, authorities said.
Photos on the married father’s Facebook page show him visiting the beach and celebrating birthdays with friends and family.
Relatives mourned Salvati’s death Tuesday by paying tribute on social media.
“To say I am devastated and as is the rest of my family is not even close,” Salvati’s nephew, Frankie DeFeo, wrote on Facebook.
Police said they’re investigating the shooting, but charges will likely not be filed, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/05/28/georgia-man-killed-in-accidental-shooting-at-gun-range/
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Burnout is an official medical diagnosis, World Health Organization says
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It’s a feeling of extreme work stress that’s long been embedded in the cultural lexicon, and now it might be codified in your medical records as well.Burnout is now a legitimate medical diagnosis, according to the International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the World Health Organization’s handbook that guides medical providers in diagnosing diseases.Burnout now appears in the ICD-11’s section on problems related to employment or unemployment. According to the handbook, doctors can diagnose someone with burnout if they meet the following symptoms:
1. feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion
2. increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job
3. reduced professional efficacy
Before making the call, the document says doctors should first rule out adjustment disorder as well as anxiety and mood disorders. And the diagnosis is limited to work environments, and shouldn’t be applied to other life situations.
Researchers have been studying burnout for decades
Burnout has long been a blurry cultural concept that has defied attempts to create a specific consensus definition scientists can all agree on.Psychologist Herbert Freudenberger is credited with inaugurating the formal study of the state of burnout with a scientific article published in 1974, according to a 2017 review of literature published in the journal SAGE Open.The authors of that review, Linda and Torsten Heinemann, say that over the next four decades, hundreds of studies appeared on the subject. During that time, they noted burnout was not considered an actual mental disorder even though it is “one of the most widely discussed mental health problems in today’s society.”
One reason for that, the Heinemanns argue, is that much of the research on burnout focused on “causes and associated factors,” rather than on attempts to develop specific diagnostic criteria.
That led to “vagueness and ambiguity” around the concept of burnout.In their review, they note that the question of whether researchers could differentiate depression and burnout was also a major obstacle in elevating burnout to a disease.
Man dies on flight after reportedly ingesting 246 bags of cocaine
A Japanese man on a flight from Mexico City to Japan died Friday after he reportedly ingested 246 bags of cocaine and began having seizures shortly after the flight departed.
The flight made an emergency landing in Mexico’s Sonora state and the unidentified 42-year-old man died from a cerebral edema, the BBC reported. He reportedly started his journey in Colombia. He was declared dead at the General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia International Airport in Hermosillo.
The small bags were found in his stomach and intestines during an autopsy. The plastic bags were approximately 2.5 centimeters long and 1 cm wide (1 inch by ½ inch).
via: https://nypost.com/2019/05/28/man-dies-on-flight-after-reportedly-ingesting-246-bags-of-cocaine/
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Ellen DeGeneres Opens Up About Being Sexually Assaulted as a Teenager
Article via CheatSheet
Ellen DeGeneres has been on our television screens for almost two decades. She’s always been very open with her viewers about the things that she has gone through. So much so, that you may have thought that you knew everything there was to know about DeGeneres.
But on season two of Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, DeGeneres opened up about a very intimate topic. Her sexual assault.
What happened to DeGeneres?
On the show, DeGeneres talked about a man that her mother, Betty, married. Soon after the wedding, Betty was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to have one of her breasts removed.
“He told me when she was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because he didn’t want to upset her, but he needed to feel mine,” DeGeneres said. “Again, ’cause I didn’t know about bodies, I don’t know that breasts are all different and… Anyway, he convinced me that he needs to feel my breasts and then he tries to do it again another time, and then another time.”
The situation escalated until DeGeneres felt that she needed to get out.
“He tries to break my door down, and I kicked the window out and ran ’cause I knew it was going to go more to something… and I didn’t want to tell my mother ’cause I was protecting her and I knew that would ruin her happiness.”
Though the incident was hard for DeGeneres to recount, she felt that it was important for her to do so.
“I’m angry at myself because, you know, I didn’t — I was too weak to stand up to — I was 15 or 16,” she told Letterman. “It’s a really horrible, horrible story and the only reason I’m actually going to go into detail about it is because I want other girls to not ever let someone do that.”
Does DeGeneres still talk to her mom?
DeGeneres did eventually tell her mother what happened. But by that time, Betty didn’t believe her.
“I should never have protected her,” DeGeneres said. “I should have protected myself and I didn’t tell her for a few years and then I told her. And then she didn’t believe me and then she stayed with him for 18 more years. And finally left him because he’d changed the story so many times.”
DeGeneres and her mother have a better relationship now, but she still wishes that her mom had done more for her when she was growing up.
“I always have taken care of her my whole life,” the comedian said of her mom. “So I just kept taking care of her. I didn’t really let it get to me. Until recently, I kind of went, ‘I wish I would have been better taken care of. I wish she would have believed me.’ And she’s apologetic, but, you know…”
Why is DeGeneres opening up now?
DeGeneres is sharing her story now in order to encourage girls who go through similar things to speak up.
“We [women] just don’t feel like we’re worthy, or we’re scared to have a voice, and we’re scared to say no,” she said. “That’s the only reason I think it’s important to talk about it because there’s so many young girls and it doesn’t matter how old you are. When I see people speaking out, especially now, it angers me when victims aren’t believed, because we just don’t make stuff up. And I like men, but there are so many men that get away with so much.”