Thousands poured into London’s Soho neighborhood on Monday to pay tribute to the 49 people slain in the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, this past weekend.
Bars stopped serving at 6:00 p.m. local time to allow for a moment of silence, which was followed by applause and cheering. Hundreds of balloons were released into the sky, Reuters reported.
Photos and video show people engaged in an intense vogue battle, turning Old Compton Street into a makeshift runway.
The Baltimore police van driver who transported black detainee Freddie Gray left him unattended after the ride in which he broke his neck, a police officer testified on Monday at the murder trial of a third officer in Gray’s death.
Prosecutors allege that Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., 46, gave Gray a “rough ride” or drove erratically after Gray was arrested in April 2015. Their questioning of Officer William Porter aimed at showing Goodson ignored department procedures and failed to seek medical help.
During two hours of testimony in Baltimore City Circuit Court, Porter said Goodson was not around after he drove Gray to the Western District station. Gray was unresponsive in the back of the van, he said.
Olympic gold medalist and all-around magical black girl Gabby Douglas is doing more than killing her stellar routines in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the 2016 Olympics this summer. She’s also getting in on the messaging app game.
Gabbymoji, which is compatible with both iOS and Android, includes a keyboard with hundreds of fun stickers and emojis. From the Olympian sticking her dismount to several motivational messages to help keep users focus, Gabbymoji is well worth the $1.99.
During today’s first-ever United State of Women Summit organized by The White House, President Barack Obama gave a powerful speech on the importance of women’s equality around the world.
Addressing practical matters from pay equality to the impact of gun control on women, Obama told the audience of young activists, seasoned politicians, celebrities and more that we need to guarantee paid maternity and paternity leave to all working parents. “If we were truly a nation of family values, we wouldn’t put up with the fact that a woman cannot even get a day off to give birth,” he said.
At one point he added that America isn’t just about the Benjamins, “it’s about the Tubmans, too.”
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