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Six Atlanta officers will be charged after tasing and arresting two college students during the city’s curfew crackdown this weekend. Footage of cops Mark Gardner and Ivory Streeter dragging two college students from a car and tasing them circulated the internet, and led to the two police officers’ termination. AJC reports that Atlanta Fulton County […]
New York University will resume in-person classes in the upcoming fall semester, as other schools have opted to keep their campuses closed over coronavirus concerns. The university announced its decision Tuesday in an email sent by Provost Katherine Fleming, who stressed the move was subject to change as we get a clearer understanding of the global health situation. “When this […]
Dozens of celebrities have come together to honor the high school class of 2020. On Friday, Facebook and Instagram presented a star-studded virtual event for the millions of seniors whose graduation ceremonies were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed #Graduation2020, the multi-hour event was hosted by The Office co-stars Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak, […]
Princeton University has announced Nicholas Johnson, a student who majored in operations research and financial engineering, as the school’s first black valedictorian in its 274-year history. Johnson is also pursuing certificates in statistics and machine learning, applied and computational mathematics, and applications of computing. Johnson, a Montreal native, will spend the summer interning at the D.E. Shaw Group […]
One high school senior from Florida has a lot of options when it comes to his future, with all eight Ivy League schools accepting him. The New York Times reports that 18-year-old Craig McFarland of Jacksonville, Florida, received a total of 17 acceptance letters from different college and universities. He first received an acceptance to Yale University […]
Two high school students in Georgia were expelled after posting a racist TikTok using negative African American stereotypes. In the thread by Twitter user Camden, you can watch the aforementioned TikTok shared on Thursday with the two students. It shows the teenagers using racial slurs and making derogatory remarks about African Americans like “eat watermelon […]
Earlier this week, horrifying images of thousands of spring breakers crowding onto Florida’s Clearwater Beach in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic surfaced online, sparking widespread outrage. Now, five Florida college students have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The students—who attend the University of Tampa—were tested during spring break, CBS-affiliated WKBN reports. They vacationed together, along with other […]
Stunna 4 Vegas reminds us that not everything is as it seems. On Wednesday, the North Carolina rapper released the amusing video for “Do Dat,” helmed by directing trio Reel Goats. The five-minute visual begins in the “Basement Hideout” of Detective Johnson, who is trying to determine exactly how Stunna, Lil Baby, and DaBaby amassed so much wealth in such […]
Former special education teacher Kathryn Houghtaling has been sentenced to 4 to 15 years in prison for having sex with her students, Fox 2 Detroit reports. Houghtaling pleaded no contest to six counts of criminal sexual conduct. She has been charged with providing one of her students with drugs, and sleeping with two underage boys, one age 16 and […]
Loryn Barclay, 27, a former substitute teacher in Missouri, has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation on a reduced charge of harassment of a person under age 17, People reports. Barclay was originally charged with felony sexual contact with a student. The charge would’ve got her three years in prison, but she was given […]
