Charles Negy, a University of Central Florida (UCF) professor who says he was fired after speaking out against the notion of systemic racism and White privilege, doesn’t believe diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) applies to everyone. UCF fired Negy, he claims, after he sent a pair of tweets in the summer of 2020 – at the … Read more
Charles Negy, a University of Central Florida (UCF) professor at the center of a years-long saga, is fighting back after he was fired for speaking out against the notion of systemic racism and White privilege. Negy was eventually given his job back when an arbitrator ruled he did nothing wrong, and he filed a lawsuit … Read more
The Memphis police supervisor on the scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers in January retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him. Lt. DeWayne Smith was identified Friday as the officer who retired just before his termination hearing, according to documents filed to revoke his law enforcement … Read more
A top administrator at the Wayne County juvenile jail has been fired amid a sexual assault investigation. Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility Deputy Director of Administration Mark Roland was fired Friday, the Detroit Free Press reported Friday. He had worked at the facility since September. GEORGIA POLICE ARREST MAN WANTED FOR CHILD PORN, SEXUAL ASSAULT … Read more
CNN — A lieutenant in the Memphis Police Department has now been identified as being at the scene after the arrest of Tyre Nichols, and according to police files obtained by CNN, chose to retire earlier this month prior to a disciplinary hearing on the case where he would have been fired. In a letter … Read more
A Roman Catholic priest in the United Kingdom is pursuing legal action against a public hospital trust after he was allegedly ousted from a National Health Service (NHS) facility for responding to a patient’s question about the Church’s stance on sexuality and marriage. Rev. Patrick Pullicino, 73, who was a temporary member of staff at … Read more
BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. Return fire opened on units of Armenian Armed Forces that fired on positions of Azerbaijani army, Trend reports citing Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan. The Ministry commented on the information spread in the Armenian media about the shelling by the Azerbaijani army of the positions of the armed forces of Armenia in … Read more
The campus of a liberal arts college in Maine was on a temporary lockdown early Saturday after a shot was fired in a student housing complex during what one student called a massive annual party. Colby College said no students were hurt during an altercation that involved a firearm being discharged at the Alfond Senior … Read more
CNN — North Korea launched two missiles from a submarine in the waters of the Sea of Japan Sunday morning local time, according to the state-run news agency KCNA. The “strategic cruise missiles” were launched from a “8.24 Yongung” submarine, according to KCNA – the same vessel used to test North Korea’s first submarine-launched ballistic … Read more
The director of a California college’s Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education says she was terminated after she began questioning the school’s antiracism “orthodoxy,” declined to join a “socialist network” and refused to use the term “Latinx.” De Anza College, a community college in Cupertino, California, allegedly retaliated against Tabia Lee after she … Read more