Waco police arrested a Waco, Texas man who brutally beat his 3-year-old son at the Barron Branch Apartments.
The incident was caught on a neighbor’s Ring camera. The neighbor turned the footage over to police after calling 911 on Friday, January 16.
Paul Thames, 29, later turned himself in to police and was charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony. Thames was booked into the McLennan County Jail on $200,000 bond, according to WECT News.
The boy in the video was evaluated at a local hospital and released.
Waco police described the footage as a “horrendous assault” on a defenseless child by an adult male.
In the footage, Thames is seen hitting the boy at least 4 times with a closed fist. He then lifted the crying boy in the air with one hand and covered his mouth with his other hand. He asked the boy “Are you gonna stop playing?” as he walked away with the child.
The Waco Police Department thanked witnesses and the public for quickly reporting the incident.
Peterson’s lawsuit claims she suffered injury as a “direct result” of the city’s actions following her arrest for punching a cop outside the Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge on June 20, 2024.
In her federal lawsuit, Peterson claimed she “suffered physical injury, emotional distress, humiliation, loss of liberty, reputational harm, professional damage and ongoing economic and non-economic losses.”
The Georgia Supreme Court removed Peterson from the bench following her arrest.
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Peterson denied being under the influence of alcohol and said she only had one glass of wine to drink.
At the time, Peterson claimed the officer drove her around for hours to “cover his tracks” before transporting her to jail.
The lawsuit also claims that even after a felony charge against Peterson was dropped, the “dissemination of misleading arrest materials” further damaged her reputation.
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Peterson was the first Black judge appointed to the bench at Douglas County probate court in 2020. She is no longer a probate judge.
During her term on the bench, Peterson was hit with 50 ethics violations. 20 violations were dismissed by a JQC disciplinary panel. But the 3-person panel recommended that Peterson be removed from the bench.
A Gwinnett County, Ga. man who yelled racist slurs at a security guard outside a Social Security Administration office was arrested.
Viral video shows Robert Burke, 65, who is white, shouting racist slurs and berating a Black security guard outside the SSA office in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross on Tuesday, January 14.
Police took Burke into custody on Wednesday after he caused another disturbance at the Courtyard Marriot hotel in Duluth, Ga.
Cell phone video shows Burke threatening to physically harm the security guard before shouting racist slurs and profanity at him.
Burke is heard telling the security guard to “take a shot MF” and saying he would “beat the s–t” out of him.
“I’m a f–king citizen,” Burke yelled, before calling the security guard more racist slurs.
As he walked into the parking lot, he yelled back to the guard “What are you going to do? It’s free speech” before continuing to yell racist slurs and profanity.
In the video, a woman is seen leading young children into the SSA office. She stepped back as Burke sped out of the parking lot.
Employees of the Social Security office told police Burke had caused previous disturbances at that location.
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A warrant for Burke’s arrest was issued on charges of disorderly conduct on Tuesday.
The next day, police responded to a disturbance at a Marriott hotel in nearby Duluth. When police arrived, they took Burke into custody.
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Robert John Burke was caught on camera launching a vile, racist tirade against a security officer and bystanders in Norcross, Georgia.
Teyana Taylor admitted to being a Beyoncé fangirl. She gushed that Beyoncé sent her a bouquet of white roses after she won her first-ever Golden Globes award for best supporting actress.
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Teyana shared an image of the bouquet of white roses in an Instagram stories post.
The card accompanying the roses read:
“Teyana, I’m So Proud Of You. You Deserve It All And Then Some. Keep Beaming In Your Power. May God Continue To Bless You And Yours.
All My Love, B.”
Teyana was overcome with emotion when she received her flowers. “Love you Bey,” she captioned her post.
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“It was so sweet! Oh my God,” Teyana told a reporter for Extra on the red carpet at the New York premiere of Netflix’s “The Rip,” also starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Teyana said Beyonce has supported her career since she was 15. “I just love her.”
She said the love from Bey has been very consistent and she loves that the mother-of-3 is watching her career grow and blossom.
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“I love making her proud. She don’t miss a chance to remind me of how proud she is of me, and that means the world to me.”
Teyana cried hot tears when she won her first-ever Golden Globes award for “One Battle After Another” on January 11. She said “I almost didn’t write a speech because I didn’t think I would get this.”
Teyana thanked her children, her parents, and her tribe (“my grounding force”).
She got the chance to meet her idol, actress Julia Roberts who told her to “eat a sandwich” to gain more weight.
Afrobeats icon Davido lashed out at a woman who insists he fathered her baby despite 5 negative DNA tests.
Davido took to X/Twitter to plead his case in a series of tweets.
In one post, he said he went to 5 different hospitals to take DNA tests. He chose 3 hospitals and his accuser chose 2 hospitals.
He said all of the tests came back negative and he is not the father.
Davido agreed to take 5 paternity tests after a girl claimed he was her father and she wanted to meet him.
“After 5 DNA test … she DEY [crazy] .. her and her mom better leave the f–k alone and go find her papa,” he wrote.
In another post on X, Davido said he never met the mom “except when [we] went for the DNA … very stupid behavior. I will soon treat their FK … 5 f–ing hospitals just to be clear. The mom needs to go to jail. I don’t blame the poor girl.”
Davido claimed his father “forced” him to take the tests to prove he’s not the girl’s father.
“You guys don’t know my father… Adeleke’s we don’t play about blood on this side!”
He wrote in another post, “This is the last time I’m speaking on this nonsense.”
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Davido and his wife Chioma Rowland are pictured backstage during Davido & Friends Birthday Concert at State Farm Arena on November 21, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Todd, 60, said the breakup was a “difficult decision” and he asked for privacy.
“After much prayer and reflection, my spouse and I have made the difficult decision to separate,” he said in a statement shared with PEOPLE on Wednesday, Jan. 14. “This was not an easy choice, and it comes with a heavy heart, but also with love and gratitude for the life we shared.”
He continued:
“I thank God for the time we’ve had together, the lessons we’ve learned, and the family we’ve built. Even in this season of change, I trust He is guiding us both toward healing, peace, and new beginnings.
“I ask for privacy as we navigate this transition and continue to lift my former partner up in prayer, wishing them joy and fulfillment in the chapters ahead.”
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The former child actor and Bettijo were married nine months after they first met. They tied the knot at a 55-room mansion on Sept. 21, 2022 in Beverly Hills.
Bettijo is a designer and mother of four who met the “Diff’rent Strokes” actor through a dating app profile.
During an appearance on The Tamron Hall Show in December 2024, Bettijo explained that a friend set up a dating profile for her, and showed it to Todd for “market research.”
Todd was intrigued by Bettijo’s dating profile, and their mutual friend set up a meeting.
Six months later, he dropped to one knee and proposed to Bettijo. They were married a few months after she accepted his proposal.
Their marriage came nearly a decade after Todd split from his first wife, and Bettijo divorced her husband.
Rumors are swirling that Mike Tomlin abruptly quit as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers because he got a bartender pregnant.
Tomlin shocked the NFL by abruptly resigning as head coach of the Steelers after 19 winning seasons.
According to social media user Will-Howard-Time (@Dwinsgames), Tomlin is no longer the Steelers head coach because he got a 20-year-old woman pregnant. “His family life is in crisis and he broke his personal conduct agreement with the team. He is working to save his marriage.”
this is why Mike Tomlin is no longer the steelers HC …. he got her pregnant , his family life is in crisis and he broke his personal conduct agreement with the team ….. he is working to save his marriage pic.twitter.com/PTWc9jdnTt
There are rumors that the woman welcomed their baby months ago. She allegedly signed an NDA agreement in exchange for $3.5 million in hush money.
The rumors have not been confirmed
The USA Today reported that Tomlin decided to quit, rather than be fired by the Steelers organization.
The Steelers’ organization reportedly allowed Tomlin to coach the team in the NFL playoffs. But the Steelers lost to the Houston Texans by a score of 30-6 in the AFC Wild Card game on Jan. 12.
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The next day, Tomlin tendered his resignation. Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers reportedly cried in the locker room and said, “I’m sorry” to Tomlin.
As Tomlin left the Steelers locker room for the final time on Monday, he passed by his own words immortalized in silver block letters on the wall: “The Standard … is the Standard.”
The Super Bowl-winning coach leaves with a record of 201 wins and eight division titles.
If the rumors about Tomlin getting a young woman pregnant are true, he is the second Black football head coach to lose his career over infidelity with white women in less than 60 days.
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Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore lost his job and was detained by police in December over an “inappropriate relationship” with his white female assistant.
Moore was charged with felony home invasion and stalking after he broke into his assistant’s home and threatened to kill himself.
Both Tomlin and Moore are married with children.
Tomlin and his wife, Kiya, his college sweetheart, share three children.
Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made good on her promise to gift her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.
Images released by the White House shows Trump posing with his Nobel Peace Prize medal presented to him by Machado in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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“I presented the President of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize, and I told him this, listen to this: Two hundred years ago, General Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with George Washington’s face on it… Bolívar since that kept that medal for the rest of his life,” Machado told reporters after her meeting with Trump.
“Two hundred years in history, the people of Bolívar are giving back to the heir of Washington a medal, in this case the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize, as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.”
REPORTER: "Did you offer to President Trump your Nobel Peace Prize?"
MARÍA CORINA MACHADO: "I presented the President of the United States the medal…the Nobel Peace Prize."
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After Trump captured former President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in early January, Machado told Sean Hannity that said she decided to give Trump her Nobel Peace medal because she believed he deserved it more than she did.
The Noble Peace Prize committee should immediately revoke Maria Corina Machado’s award for her repulsive grovelling to scumbag Trump.
Maduro is being held in a federal detention center in Brooklyn. His Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is acting as interim president of Venezuela until elections are held.
Venezuelans expressed their gratitude to Trump and Machado on social media.
X (Twitter) user Devorah Sasha (@devorahsasha) wrote in Spanish:
“A gesture of respect and gratitude to the only leader who actually did something to defeat the terrorism that crushed the decent people of Venezuela.
Thank you @MariaCorinaYA.
Thank you @POTUS.”
But others are furious with Trump and Machado.
“This level of desperation is unreal,” wrote Fidow (@Iamfidow) on X. “@realDonaldTrump already said publicly, ‘She doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country,’ yet she’s still clinging to him for relevance.”
President Donald Trump unveiled his “Great Healthcare Plan” that sends money directly to Americans to pay for their own healthcare.
Trump announced his Great Healthcare Plan in a video from the White House on Thursday.
The president said Americans pay the highest insurance premiums in the world – and now Americans will pay the lowest healthcare prices in the world.
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“The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own health care. Nobody has ever heard of that before, and that’s the way it is.”
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Trump said his plan will reduce insurance premiums by ending billion dollar payouts to big insurance companies – and sending that money directly to the people.
Trump accused former President Barack Obama of making insurance companies rich.
“Obamacare was designed to make insurance companies rich. I call it the Unaffordable Care Act,” Trump said.
A White House official told reporters on Thursday that the administration is willing to work with Congress to get the plan codified.
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“These are commonsense actions that make up President Trump’s Great Healthcare Plan, and they represent the most comprehensive and bold agenda to lower health care costs to have ever been considered by the federal government,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday.
“Congress should immediately take up President Trump’s plan and pass it into law.”
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A student at a Tennessee high school captured the scary moment when an SUV crashed through a cafeteria wall on Tuesday morning.
The frightening incident happened around 8:30 a.m. after a parent dropped off his child at Middle College High School in Memphis.
Police said the parent maneuvered his Infiniti QX80 SUV to avoid hitting another vehicle and crashed into the exterior wall of the cafeteria filled with students eating breakfast.
The driver told police his brakes failed. There were no reports of serious injuries.
Meta glasses footage shows children running for their lives when the SUV crashed through the wall into the cafeteria.
Student Traveon Manning filmed the entire crash on his Meta glasses, capturing the moment nearly 100 students fled in terror.
Traveon also ran out of the cafeteria, but he returned to capture the aftermath.
“In the moment, I was extremely surprised as I was recording my reaction to a video my friend was showing me, and I did not expect to capture that moment on video,” the shaken student told WREG News.
“Even people on the other side of the cafeteria, a lot of people were shaken up and still didn’t know what was happening in the moment,” he said.
No criminal charges were filed.
“All students and staff are safe, and the matter is being investigated,” Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) said in a statement, according to Fox 13 News.
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