Calls are growing for an arrest to be made in Florida after a Black mother of four was shot and killed by her White neighbor through the neighbor’s door — apparently over a dispute involving the victim’s children.
The neighbor had reportedly thrown roller skates at the children Friday, after which their mother knocked on the neighbor’s door to confront her about “harming the children,” according to a police report. The neighbor allegedly fired a gun from behind the door, hitting the mother. Read More...
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In our young century, public standards for “good singing” have been reshaped by two unrelated phenomena: “American Idol” and Auto-Tune.
The former is a televised singing contest for young amateurs with big lungs and big dreams. The latter is a piece of recording software that corrects wobbly pitches, sometimes at the expense of a singer’s humanity. But listen. In 2016, oodles of vocalists who grew up watching “Idol” sound like over-emotive subnormals, while Auto-Tune’s most artful users are among today’s most sympathetic stars — proof that great pop music remains squirmy, untameable stuff. Read More...
Brandi Passante worked to keep her relationship with Jarrod Schulz professional following their split, which is evident through her lack of social media posts bashing him and through their continued banter on “Storage Wars” which was more joking and playful than truly hurtful. Fans speculated that her professionalism toward Schulz extended to her post about being a domestic violence survivor, where she did not go into any specifics of the situation or name her abuser, who may or may not be Schulz as far as the general public knows. Read More...
