Black man wrongly imprisoned for 16 years shot dead by Georgia deputy

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  488 words  |  Patria Henriques

A Black man who spent 16 years in prison for a wrongful conviction was fatally shot by a Georgia sheriff's deputy Monday during a traffic stop. Leonard Allan Cure — identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting — had been driving northbound on Interstate 95 at around 7:30 a.m. when a Camden County deputy pulled him over for driving more than 90 mph.  The 53-year-old Black man got out of the car upon the deputy's request, but he stopped cooperating upon learning he would be arrested for reckless driving, authorities said. [Read More]

Choices Narrow in Russian Bookstores Amid Anti-LGBT Law, Wartime Restrictions

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1086 words  |  Valentine Belue

Ordinary Russians are unable to access an increasingly broad range of literature as bookshops and libraries pull titles from their shelves amid a wartime crackdown on political dissent and a November law banning LGBT “propaganda.”  In particular, failing to comply with the controversial — and vague — anti-LGBT law puts shops at risk of large fines or, at worst, closure. “We are actually afraid,” said Lyubov Belyatskaya, the co-owner of Vse Svobodny, an independent, liberal-leaning bookstore in Russia’s second city St. [Read More]

Critter Fixers: Country Vets - General Discussion - Critter Fixers: Country Vets

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  131 words  |  Valentine Belue

I'm so happy this show is back.  Of the vet shows I've watched, this and the place on The Vet Life are the only clinics to which I'd actually take my pet. I grinned the entire way through the Vet For a Day segment; what a great thing to do, and it was wonderful to see most of the kids who signed up are Black. That was a lot of thick pus in that poor gecko's head; what a relief he must have felt to get rid of that pressure. [Read More]

Faena Receives Five AHEAD Americas Awards

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  243 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Miami, Stay Faena is proud to receive five prestigious AHEAD Americas Awards for excellence in hospitality design and experience for its Faena Miami Beach development. aena is proud to receive five prestigious AHEAD Americas Awards for excellence in hospitality design and experience for its Faena Miami Beach development at the AHEAD Americas ceremony held at the Perez Art Museum Miami in June 2017. Alan Faena, founder and creative visionary of Faena group, was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution Award. [Read More]

How Much Money Does Bing Crosby Make? Latest Income Salary

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  241 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (/ˈkrÉ'ːzbi/; May 3, 1903 â€" October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark warm bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist of all time, having sold over one billion analog records and tapes, as well as digital compact discs and downloads around the world. The first multimedia star, from 1931 to 1954 Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. [Read More]

Kep1er Announces Dates And Venues For First Japanese Arena Tour

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  203 words  |  Valentine Belue

Kep1er has announced the dates and venues for their first arena tour in Japan! On February 14, Kep1er’s agency WAKEONE and Swing Entertainment announced the schedule for “Kep1er JAPAN CONCERT TOUR 2023 .” Kep1er will first perform in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium on May 20 and 21, then head to Aichi to hold their concert at Aichi Sky Expo on June 2 and 3. Finally, Kep1er will stop in Hyogo Prefecture for a two-night concert at Kobe World Memorial Hall on June 10 and 11. [Read More]

Meet Casey Nezhoda Daughter Tatiana

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1061 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Many are curious about Casey Nezhoda Daughter Tatiana. Is she also involved in the show-bize like her mom? Casey is a famous Austrian reality television star and entrepreneur. She is known for her appearance in the fourth season of A&E’s Storage Wars with her husband, Rene Nezhoda. Casey has done every bit to be in the limelight and looks pretty good in front of the camera. Moreover, the couple is also known for their appearance in Season 4 of The Bargain Hunters. [Read More]

Some advice from filmmaker Cheryl Dunye: 'Keep putting yourself out where you belong'

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1111 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Growing up in Philadelphia, Cheryl Dunye says she was fascinated by the stories reflected in her mother's scrapbook photos. She studied filmmaking in college and graduate school but didn't see people who looked like her on screen. Dunye changed that with her 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman. It is the first feature-length film written and directed by a Black lesbian. In it, Dunye plays a fictionalized version of her 25-year-old self, a video store clerk aspiring to become a filmmaker. [Read More]

Spending holdup risks US ties to key Pacific Island states

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1448 words  |  Fernande Dalal

With the U.S. fiscal year approaching an end and no new funding plan in place, multiple tiny island nations in the Indo-Pacific risk being cut off from Washington’s economic support just as China is trying to woo them away from their military alliance with the U.S. Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, known collectively as the Freely Associated States, risk falling between several U.S. policy cracks in coming weeks and months despite bipartisan support in Congress to renew the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) that govern their relations with the U. [Read More]

Top 15 American Universities with International Campuses

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1738 words  |  Valentine Belue

After getting a taste of international travel on a volunteer trip, high school program, or an awesome backpacking summer adventure, you aren’t just thinking about study abroad for just a semester, you’re jumping all the way into full degree abroad programs abroad. With the many benefits of obtaining your degree abroad, who can blame you? There's just one caveat though—you want to attend American universities with campuses abroad. Many American students (or any students, really) interested in full degree abroad programs might be nervous about whether or not it will “count” in the U. [Read More]