Blake Rajahn
The 6-year-old Georgia boy asked his mother to make him an orange shirt that says, “I will be your friend.” He plans to wear it on his first day of school today. After being bullied he said he wanted his classmates to know they are not alone.
Root Beer Float Day
It’s National Root Beer Float Day! It’s also National Night Out, which promotes police-community partnerships in neighborhoods across the country, and National Farm Worker Day.
Barack Obama
In the wake of the Texas and Ohio shootings, the former president called on the country to reject words “coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders” that feed fear and hatred and normalize racist sentiments.
El Paso
It came together last night, two days after a gunman brought unspeakable horror to the Texas city. People attended a handful of vigils to remember the 22 people killed. The gunman has been charged with capital murder.
Dayton, Ohio
Police still haven’t determined what led the gunman to kill innocent people, however aTwitter account that appears to belong to him
retweeted extreme left-wing and anti-police posts
, as well as tweets supporting Antifa, or anti-fascist, protesters. The mass shooting early Sunday morning left nine people dead.
Ashland, Oregon
A man there accidentally tossed his life savings into the recycling bin, but has been reunited with his money after quickly realizing the mistake and contacting the company. Workers found a shoe box with $23,000 in it that managed to stay in the box during its 200-mile journey to a California facility.
R. Kelly
The singer already has 18 charges against him involving sexual misconduct in Chicago and New York. Now he’s facing two charges
of prostitution with a person under 18
in Minneapolis. The allegation is in regards to a 2001 alleged incident during a tour stop.
