Another day, another child shooting themselves or someone else with their parents’ gun. This is so sad. 2-Year-Old Shoots Himself With Dad’s Gun According to Raw Story A two-year-old boy from Corsicana, Texas, a town of just under 24,000 people located between Dallas and Waco, shot himself in the head Wednesday night with his father’s handgun while his dad was looking away, police said. The victim was identified as Kinsler Allen Davis, according to The Associated Press. Davis was rushed to the local hospital in Fredricksberg before medics put him on a life flight to Dallas, but even doctors there could not save him. A police statement obtained by Dallas-based CBS DFW explained that all physical evidence so far in the case indicates the shooting was accidental. The boy found his 35-year-old father’s handgun while the man was interacting with something in his bedroom’s closet, with his son just feet away. “As you can imagine, they’re extremely upset and distraught,” Corsicana police chief Randy Bratton reportedly said. We feel sorry for his parents. Shutterstock
NYC Lawmakers Considering Voting Rights For Illegal Immigrants Lawmakers in NYC are slated to begin discussing the approval of legislation that would give illegal immigrants the right to vote. via Fox News Hundreds of thousands of New York City immigrants could get the right to vote in local elections under a proposal before lawmakers. A City Council hearing is scheduled for Thursday on a plan to allow people who are in the country legally, but aren’t citizens, to vote. Advocates estimate that could be more than 800,000 people. Many U.S. states once let noncitizens vote, though policies changed by the 1930s. Some Maryland cities now allow it, and the idea has been floated in New York’s City Council for years. Supporters say immigrants who pay taxes deserve to decide who spends them. Opponents say voting should be reserved for citizens. New York state election law prohibits immigrants from voting, but supporters say the city has the right to set its own policies for local elections. What’s your stance on this, Bossip fam? Do you think it should be up to each individual state to decide whether or not illegal residents should be able to vote in their state? Continue reading →
Must be nice… BeyBey’s backup dancers got super slizzard to celebrate their final London show date — and the celebration set the singer back a whopping $26,000! Via Belfast Telegraph reports : Beyoncé Knowles treated her dancers to a $26,000 bash to mark her last London tour date. The Sun reports that the superstar singer treated her crew to the celebratory bash to mark the end of the London leg of her tour. Beyoncé splashed out $26,000 on alcohol in a Champagne bar at an East London hotel following the last of her six shows at the capital’s O2 Arena. “Beyonce wanted to say thanks to all of the backing dancers, crew and everyone else involved with putting on the six shows,” a source told the newspaper. “Between the lot of them they managed to drink their way through more than $26,000 worth of booze in just a few hours.” Her dancers clearly enjoyed letting their hair down at Beyoncé’s bash, although the tour still has some way to go. The Mrs Carter World Tour. will end in August taking in a total of 65 dates including 35 in Europe. “They got stuck in as they knew they had a few days off afterwards,” the insider recalled. “They were still in there at closing time at 4am. “They are only part-way through her tour, but the pressure was on in London and she was chuffed they all helped her put on a good show.” Beyoncé still has three gigs to play in Manchester, before jetting off to Dublin and Belgium. Cuz nothing says thank you like a new car’s worth of liquor riiiiiiiight? The King is lookin’ kinda loose up there herself, how many drinks did she have? Hit the flip for the latest from King Bey’s IG account. Instagram Continue reading →
Rape is never okay, but it is especially sad when it happens to young children. Girls Raped By Congo Troops According to The Huffington Post Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, a U.N. report released Wednesday said. The U.S. Africa Command trained one of the units involved, Commando Battalion 391, in 2010 to be “a model for future reforms within the Congolese armed forces,” according to the AFRICOM web site. The U.N. report covered “mass rape, killings, and arbitrary executions and violations resulting from widespread looting,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. A report by the U.N. Joint Human Rights Office says most of the rapes took place over Nov. 22-23 in the eastern Congo town of Minova. The report says that “One or two of the soldiers would leave with the looted goods and at least one would stand guard as the remaining (Congolese) soldiers raped women and girls in the house. Victims were threatened with death if they shouted; some were raped at gunpoint. Most victims were raped by more than one soldier.” “The victims included 33 girls aged between 6 and 17,” Nesirky said. During their occupation of Goma and Sake, “M23 combatants perpetrated serious violations of human law and gross human rights violations,” Nesirky said, including at least 59 cases of sexual violence. The mass rapes occurred in November, 2012, after the Congolese army was defeated by the M23 rebels who seized the provincial capital of Goma, in eastern Congo. The national army retreated in disorder. A small, dusty town on the shore of lake Kivu, Minova is home to several thousand people. For days, the Congolese army raped, killed and looted in anger and disarray after their defeat, before discipline could be re-established by army commanders. The report says 11 Congolese soldiers have been arrested by the Congolese military prosecutor’s office, “including two for murder, but only two for related cases of rape.” The other charges were not specified. The commanding officers and deputy commanding officers of the two main battalions suspected of committing these acts, as well as officers of eight other units, have been suspended, the U.N. said. Military magistrates from both North Kivu and South Kivu, U.N. peacekeeping and humanitarian agency staff traveled to Minova and surrounding villages from Feb. 6-13, and “military investigators took testimony from several hundred victims, including a large number of victims of sexual violence,” the report said. Roger Meece, head of the U.N. mission in Congo, said the investigation “should be pursed in an independent and credible manner.” “Those responsible for such crimes must know that they will be prosecuted,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement, calling the sexual violence outlined in the report “horrifying” in scale and systematic nature. The world can be a cruel place. SMH. Shutterstock
Wade seems like the type of person to do anything for that scrilla. Tom Mesereau Says AEG Is Behind Molestation Claim According to TMZ Something stinks in Wade Robson’s new molestation accusations against Michael Jackson — so says MJ’s famed trial attorney Tom Mesereau, who tells us the smell leads all the way back to AEG … the company currently being sued by Katherine Jackson. Tom called in to “TMZ Live” moments ago, claiming the timing of Wade’s accusations is extremely suspicious — considering the legal battle currently raging between Katherine and AEG … the concert promoters behind MJ’s 2009 “This Is It Tour.” Katherine and Michael’s children are suing AEG, claiming the company is responsible for MJ’s death by negligently hiring Conrad Murray to care for the singer … and potentially BILLIONS of dollars are at stake. Mesereau insinuates Wade’s accusations are motivated by money … specifically a payoff from AEG, which is currently on a mission to trash Michael’s reputation. We reached out to AEG for comment — so far no word back. We knew something was fishy, plus people keep coming forward exposing this guy. Twitter
A Christian singer hires a hitman to kill his wife? Oh the irony. Christian Singer Hires Hitman To Kill Wife According to NY Daily News The lead singer of Christian heavy metal band “As I Lay Dying” tried to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife, authorities said. Grammy-nominated rocker Tim Lambesis, 32, was arrested in a sting operation 2 p.m. Tuesday in Oceanside, Southern California. Authorities said they sprang into action after hearing Thursday how he wanted someone to murder Meggan Lambesis — the mother of his three adopted children. “The information came to us late last week. We acted quickly on it. I believe we averted a great tragedy,” said Jan Caldwell of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Heavily tattooed Lambesis, who lives 20 miles north of San Diego in Del Mar, was served with divorce papers by his wife in September 2012. The long-haired singer’s band, formed in 2000, has released six albums. Its most successful was “An Ocean Between Us” which soared to No. 8 on the Billboard charts in 2007. His group had recently returned from tour in Asia, reports Billboard.com. Metal Blade, the group’s record label, has not commented on the arrest. Lambesis, who was charged with solicitation of another to commit murder, is due in court for arraignment Wednesday or Thursday. If you hated your wife that much, why not just divorce her? Youtube
Long live Ms. Chancellor…. Young & The Restless Actress Jeanne Cooper Passes Away One of the longest-running soap operas in the history of daytime television has lost one of it’s most notable cast members. via TMZ Jeanne Cooper, a huge soap opera star who played Katherine Chancellor on “The Young and the Restless” for decades, has died. She was 84. “L.A. Law” star Corbin Bernsen — Cooper’s real-life son — tweeted this morning that she had passed away. She had fallen ill with an infection earlier this year after helping promote “Y&R’s” 40th anniversary. Cooper joined the show soon after its 1973 debut and had been nominated for 10 Daytime Emmys going back to ’89 … she finally won for lead actress in 2008. May she rest in peace. WENN Continue reading →
Wait… Ciara and Future are engaged?! Club Owner Sues Ciara And Future For Missing Club Appearance Recent reports claim Future did not show up to an appearance at Pulse, a Las Vegas nightclub, because he got into a fight with boo Ciara, and the club owners are pissed that he was a no-show considering they paid him. The club owner and booking manager for Pulse called into The Breakfast Club to give their side of the story while exposing that the lovebirds are engaged . Via MzStarz reports: This is how it all went down, allegedly Future and Ciara were beefing as their was some dispute about how they were getting to the event and what cars Ci Ci and Future would ride in. The company tried to appease the fickle celebs with a stretch limo and town car; however, they were not to their liking. Finally the club arranged for four SVU’s to retrieve Ciara, Future, and their entourage to shuttle them to the scheduled event, but the couple decided that they were going to skip it and dine at a nearby steakhouse. After that last act of disrespect, the club kicked Ciara and Future out of the rooms they booked for them on account that Future was scheduled to appear at the club. Getting kicked out of the hotel was obviously not part of Rocko, Future’s manager’s plans. He called into New York’s Power 105.1 to vent about the issue as he blamed Ciara. “I don’t give a d*mn about Ciara. I didn’t book Ciara,” Cliff Dutton, Pusle club Promoter told The Breakfast Club. The owner of Pulse, Kiki, is the one that said Ciara and Future are engaged: “I know he got engaged and he’s in love and all that, but when you gotta work, man up and get to work Future. You had a commitment to us. We had to call out 30 Metro officers to secure our building when we announced that he wasn’t going to show up.” Hit the flip for the full interview…
And the slander continues… Robin Williams Makes Fun Of Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Dress Robin Williams is going to hell for this! The comedian tweeted a photo last night that gives the final word on your grandmother’s couch-print dress that Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala . Who really wore it better?? We’re going with the couch… Or maybe Homer… Hit the flip to peep more photos of Kim K. vs. Your granny’s couch! Continue reading →
Congratz Reggie . Reggie Bush Becomes A Dad According to US Magazine Reggie Bush is a dad! The 28-year-old NFL player welcomed his first child with fiancee Lilit Avagyan on Monday, May 6. “Lilit gave birth to a beautiful baby girl,” her rep tells Us Weekly. The tot weighed in at 8 pounds, 9 ounces. The Detroit Lions running back and the 25-year-old dancer have been dating for about a year and a half. Bush confirmed Avagyan was pregnant in October 2012 on Florida’s Paul and Young Ron Morning Show. “I have a little one on the way,” he said. “We’re pretty excited!” Bush famously dated Kim Kardashian on-and-off for several years before calling it quits for good in March 2010. The 32-year-old reality starlet is also expecting her first child in July with boyfriend Kanye West. In an Apr. 15 blog post on the Detroit Lions’ website, Bush opened up about his thoughts on becoming first-time parents with his Armenian girlfriend. “I’m very excited. Very excited about the baby. It’s our first one and couldn’t have come at a better time,” he shared. “It couldn’t have come with a better person. Someone I really love and care about. It’s great. It really worked out perfect.” Bush also shared his plans to travel back and forth between his family in L.A. and work in Michigan. “The baby will be in L.A. Well, [Avagyan] is going to be in L.A. because her family lives 15-20 minutes away from us,” he explained. “So she’s going to need that support system while I’m here for a few days out of each week. Then I’ll be home . . . I’m going to rack up a lot of sky miles, I know that.” Kim is about to pop out a baby and Reggie’s look-a-like gives birth to one. Interesting.
