Fate Vincent Winslow Got Life In Prison for $20 Worth of Weed

Daily BeastFate Vincent Winslow Got Life In Prison for $20 Worth of WeedDaily BeastThe lights of downtown Shreveport, Louisiana flickered in the distance as the plain-clothes man—unbeknownst to them, an undercover cop—arrived. “What do you ... Police arrested Winslow, drove him to prison, and locked him up. Six months ... Winslow's ...

Labor pursues government over 'request' for Gillian Triggs to resign ...

The GuardianLabor pursues government over 'request' for Gillian Triggs to resign ...The GuardianHuman Rights Commission president says she was offered new role on condition she resign, the prime minister continues to battle leaks and infighting, and new polling shows a small bounce for the Coalition. All the developments from Canberra, live.

News Roundup: Marriage (In)equality, Buehler, and the Mayor: Paxton vs. true ...

Austin ChronicleNews Roundup: Marriage (In)equality, Buehler, and the Mayor: Paxton vs. true ...Austin ChronicleIn this week's News Roundup, A.G. Ken Paxton continues his fight against the wedded bliss of two Austin women; a judge throws out activist Antonio Buehler's civil suit against the city and APD; Mayor Steve Adler abandons his plan to privately fund some ...

Chelsea Fans Block Man from Boarding Train in Racially Charged Incident in Paris

Bleacher ReportChelsea Fans Block Man from Boarding Train in Racially Charged Incident in ParisBleacher ReportChelsea has requested that witnesses of the incident come forward anonymously. This is far from the only incident involving Chelsea fans in Paris. Oliver Todd of the Daily Mail reported French police were forced to use teargas on upward of 200 ...

Is the sugar daddy/sugar baby phenomenon a kind of prostitution?

Toronto StarIs the sugar daddy/sugar baby phenomenon a kind of prostitution?Toronto StarPosted on the coyly named seekingarrangement.com, the profile belongs to a Toronto man who represents an emerging archetype in the online dating world: the self-styled sugar daddy in search of sugar babies. ... and “sex resort” called Sheri's Ranch ...

Movie Capsules: What's Showing

Memphis Commercial AppealMovie Capsules: What's ShowingMemphis Commercial AppealExplore the earliest galaxies, watch stars being born in vivid clouds of gas and dust, tour the surface of Mars, and witness images of distant celestial structures including views of the sun. ... Kyle is presented as a type of intuitive artist, like a ...

Trucker haunted by pedestrian suicide: 'I can't stop screaming about dead ...

NJ.comTrucker haunted by pedestrian suicide: 'I can't stop screaming about dead ...NJ.com16, 2014 involving a 37-year-old Denville man. • Route 3 in East ... Earlier this month, a 16-year-old girl was killed on Route 78 when she was struck by a tractor-trailer, less than a month after a young woman was killed in the same manner on that ...

mediatakeout, mto – Bill Cosby A Rapist Really?

ThyBlackManmediatakeout, mto – Bill Cosby A Rapist Really?ThyBlackManOver the last year as many as 30 women or more have reportedly come forward to claim Bill molested them, drugged them, propositioned them or made sexual advances towards them. People ... And equally important, is someone setting Cosby up or is he a ...

Bill Cosby: Icon Or Predator?

ThyBlackManBill Cosby: Icon Or Predator?ThyBlackManOver the last year as many as 30 women or more have reportedly come forward to claim Bill molested them, drugged them, propositioned them or made sexual advances towards them. People ... And equally important, is someone setting Cosby up or is he a ...

Airstrikes in Gaza killed hundreds of civilians last summer

Lexington Herald LeaderAirstrikes in Gaza killed hundreds of civilians last summerLexington Herald LeaderIn this Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, photo, Shayma Zoroub, 17, points at the family home badly damaged in an Israeli airstrike that killed 15 relatives in the southern Gaza town of Rafah. The house was one of scores targeted by Israel in its war last summer ...

Bill Cosby: Icon Or Predator?

ThyBlackManBill Cosby: Icon Or Predator?ThyBlackManOver the last year as many as 30 women or more have reportedly come forward to claim Bill molested them, drugged them, propositioned them or made sexual advances towards them. People ... And equally important, is someone setting Cosby up or is he a ...

Authorities chase answers to killings: ATF, FBI assisting Chapel Hill probe

Durham Herald SunAuthorities chase answers to killings: ATF, FBI assisting Chapel Hill probeDurham Herald SunPolice said an ongoing dispute over parking spaces led to the shooting. Family members ... That contact involving him calling to request a car be towed that was parked in a fire lane in the vicinity of the Finley Forest condominium community where the ...

The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor

New York TimesThe Stanford Undergraduate and the MentorNew York TimesMany women told me that because they are in the minority, they often find themselves in the role of supplicant when trying to get a job or funding and that men often see professional interactions as sexual opportunities. One Stanford student told me ...

ICYMI: Fire destroys third downtown building in 18 months; County starts admin ...

Winona Daily NewsICYMI: Fire destroys third downtown building in 18 months; County starts admin ...Winona Daily NewsViolations are deemed willful when they occur "with intentional, knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirement, or with plain indifference to employee safety and health," and as repeated when they involve previously cited offenses. According ...

Settler shoots Palestinian teenager in East Jerusalem

MondoweissSettler shoots Palestinian teenager in East JerusalemMondoweissWitnesses told Ma'an that clashes broke out in the camp when “hundreds” of Israeli soldiers and dozens of military vehicles raided the area at around 2:00 a.m. Sixteen-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Abu Nassar was injured in the thigh and taken to the ...

The Patriarchy's Perfect Weapon: 'But What If She's Lying?'

RH Reality CheckThe Patriarchy's Perfect Weapon: 'But What If She's Lying?'RH Reality CheckThat's the gist of yet another take on yet another high-profile rape case, this time in the Daily Beast, whose writer Cathy Young trotted it out as the least counterintuitive of all possible premises when it comes to sexual violence. ... But “she ...

Beast Fiction: Lea Carpenters Swan

Daily BeastBeast Fiction: Lea Carpenters SwanDaily BeastOnly what happens when an ordinary girl finds herself in an extraordinary place? At what point had she learned ... She looked at a man who was fighting hard for what he believed in, so you tell me (she would say to friends) what makes one belief system ...

The Pipeline Fight Pitting Native Americans Against Big Oil

Daily BeastThe Pipeline Fight Pitting Native Americans Against Big OilDaily BeastIt's a sticky legal situation—one that involves a 1980 federal case over hunting rights, and decades of back-and-forth between the tribe, Enbridge, the PUC and the state. But what's at .... Nor did it help that we were upper-middle class white women ...

?Madden ?15? Ad Correctly Predicts Super Bowl Score

Daily Beast?Madden ?15? Ad Correctly Predicts Super Bowl ScoreDaily BeastNor did it help that we were upper-middle class white women living in a fancy neighborhood that seemed a million miles away from Diphtheria or Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is mainly passed through sex, for crying out loud. .... away but whose voters ...

How to Become Putin?s Number One Enemy

Daily BeastHow to Become Putin?s Number One EnemyDaily BeastIn his new book, Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice Bill Browder writes the way he talks—which is always a good strategy. His autobiography is bracing, direct and ..... maybe they called me in as a ...

I Didn?t Vaccinate My Child?And I Regret It

Daily BeastI Didn?t Vaccinate My Child?And I Regret ItDaily BeastWe seek out farm-to-table food and even organic baby wipes as a prudent expression of that caution and care. Why trust the ..... Let's assume that the authors are right: that the halls of middle and high schools have not become a female fight club—and ...

Welcome to the Internet: Jonathan Chait and the Death of False Consensus

Daily BeastWelcome to the Internet: Jonathan Chait and the Death of False ConsensusDaily BeastThere's something deeply ironic in complaining about the Internet PC Police on the Internet, then telling PC people to shut up because their anti-free speech PC orthodoxy isn't wanted. ... Me, I already said the definitive response to Jonathan Chait ...

Jesus Christ Wasn?t Down With Marriage

Daily BeastJesus Christ Wasn?t Down With MarriageDaily BeastHouse Bill 1598, known as the “Freedom to Obtain Conversion Therapy Act” would allow parents to seek (invariably damaging and unsuccessful) counseling and therapy to change a child's sexual orientation. And, finally, House Bill 1597 would allow ...