A veteran teacher in Florida has been fired after she allegedly choked a student in her classroom following an altercation.
Ava Williams, who worked for the Broward School System for more than 20 years was fired by the district Thursday, following several investigations which have been underway since September last year.
The teacher was finally snared when a fellow educator, Shawony Russell, stepped forward and claimed Williams had admitted choking the student, after the pupil had slammed their desk against the wall in a rage after the class had gone on lunch. Read More...
When you think of music in 2015, you have to think of Kendrick Lamar. To Pimp a Butterfly recently scored 11 Grammy nominations, more than any other artist, and "Alright" became an anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement against police abuse.
Lamar grew up in Compton, Calif., in the '80s and '90s, surrounded by poverty and gang wars. He says he witnessed his first murder at age 5.
"It was outside my apartment unit," Read More...
The issue of gender equality has been raised by some past and present tennis players as well as fans after Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka both celebrated their birthdays on Friday with different sized cakes.
Men's world number two Alcaraz, 20, was competing in the Madrid Open - and the Spaniard was handed an impressive multi-tier cake.
It was in stark contrast to Belarus star Sabalenka, 25, who appeared to be short-changed with her single tier offering. Read More...