Officials at American University are investigating the sighting of a man wearing a Confederate flag hoodie in a campus dining hall Thursday night.
“We recognize that the Confederate flag feels threatening to members of our community,” Fanta Aw, vice president of campus life, said in an email to the campus. “As a university that values inclusion, freedom of expression and a culture of openness, we recognize that resolving the tensions that can arise between these issues is challenging. Read More...
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP., N.J. — An elementary school janitor in New Jersey is facing a list of charges, including child endangerment, for allegedly contaminating food and utensils with both bleach and bodily fluids.
Twenty-five-year-old Giovanni Impellizzeri, of Vineland, is also charged with aggravated assault and tampering with food.
Impellizzeri was employed by the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District.
According to the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, state police were contacted by school authorities on Monday after receiving tips about social media posts that allegedly depicted Impellizzeri performing sex acts with what are described as “inanimate objects” at the school. Read More...
By Brandon DrenonBBC News, Washington
Getty ImagesThe Horse, not pictured here, escaped as the plane cruised at 30,000ft (file photo)A Boeing 747 cargo jet has been forced to turn around, after a horse escaped from its stall and caused chaos as the plane cruised at 30,000ft (9,144m).
The plane was headed to Belgium from New York but did a U-turn roughly 90 minutes after its departure when the animal got loose. Read More...