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#14 #Trending on Social Media

Drake booed off stage at Camp Flog Gnaw Festival Fans were highly upset when Drake appeared onstage instead of Frank Ocean as they anticipated. Drake got a less-than-enthusiastic welcome when he made a surprise appearance at Tyler, The Creator's annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles. The Canadian hip-hop star performed for about 20 minutes Sunday night, according to Lindsay Beaman, who traveled to Los Angeles from Oregon to attend the festival. Beaman said she was happy to see Drake but added that many fans were expecting reclusive artist Frank Ocean to make a rare appearance. "We were excited when Drake went on stage, but he kept saying it was going to be his last song, so everyone assumed Frank was coming after Drake," Beaman said. "So he only got booed when he kept asking if we wanted him to stay on stage. And everyone said no 'cause they were ready for Frank to come out." Drake, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, asked the crowd a...

#13 International Hard or Feature News

  Military leader of Congo has been found guilty of war crimes.  A former Congolese military leader has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Bosco Ntaganda, who was the military operations chief of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was handed the sentence on Thursday after being found guilty in July. His charges include that of murder, rape, and conscripting child soldiers — some of whom were also raped and used as sex slaves. The 30-year sentence is the longest to be handed down by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is situated in The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is also the first time the ICC has convicted someone for sexual slavery and sexual violence against their own troops, Human Rights Watch's deputy Africa director Ida Sawyer said. Rwandan-born Ntaganda, who wore a dark suit and red tie for the hearing, showed no emotion as he was handed his se...

#12 Numeracy

Highest Sexual Assault or Rape Rates by Country Rape is unlawful sexual activity typically involving sexual intercourse done forcibly or under threat of injury against a person’s will. Rape is a worldwide problem. It is estimated that approximately 35% of women worldwide have experienced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime. In the majority of countries that have data available on rape report that less than 40% of women who experience sexual violence seek help. Less than 10% seek help from law enforcement. Because many women who experience sexual violence rarely report or come forward about their incidences, exact rape numbers are challenging to report. While many countries have laws against the act of sexual assault and violence, many of them are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced. While people mostly hear about rape and sexual assault against women, men around the world also experience sexual harassment, sexual assault, and ...

#11 Civics

U.S. government wants to screen immigrants’ social media before granting citizenship U.S. government are making big moves to scan immigrants social media before awarding citizenship in the United States. Immigrants applying for different types of citizenship will be soon need to provide their social media accounts as part of the application process. Following statements come from the Homeland Security.  The Department of Homeland Security wants to be able to review information posted on social media over the last five years by immigrants who apply for nine types of benefits — including U.S. citizenship through naturalization, asylum and changes on permanent residence through marriage — according to a notice published in the Federal Register. “U.S. Government departments and agencies involved in screening and vetting, to include DHS, identified the collection of social media user identifications (also known as usernames, identifiers, or ‘handles’) and associated publicl...

#10 Listening Posts (Campus or Community)

  A listening post in my opinion is where u sit or gather somewhere to inquire information about what's popular on social media, news, major life events, and gossip. On a typical week at SAU, my listening post you will find me and my friends at the cafe talking about our grades for classes, gossip, or how we are ready for the week to be over so we can go home.Whether we are walking the farm road late at night to clear our heads discussing what assignments are due tomorrow, or to going to each other rooms chatting about boy problems and to debating religion down to the core.   Also, most of my listening posts stem from social media because I'm basically on my phone or laptop like all the time. Most of the social media I use for listening is Twitter, Snapchat, or Instagram. My listening post majorly come from Twitter which I'm basically tuning into throughout each and every day . Usually, updating my twitter account to fangirl over the latest Kpop group song or m...

#9 Public Records (State, National, or International

New York's "Upstanding and Astounding Citizens " This list contains New York's Most Wanted criminals of the cities in New York. These criminals have committed heinous crimes and are wanted by New York County Law Enforcement. The crimes committed can pertain from possession of drugs to robbery in the 3rd degree. If you know where these individuals whereabouts or do know of them, don't hesitate to contact New York County Sheriff Office at 716-753-4907. Matthew William Buck Last known Address: 2128 CAMP STEXT JAMESTOWN NY 28 Year Old, White Male 67 Inches Tall, 130.0 Lbs, Hazel Eyes Wanted By: Chautauqua County Sheriff Charge: CRIM POSSESSION STOLN PROP 4TH Larson,Fred Jamestown City Crt Amber L Duman-Alequin Last known Address: 634 MAIN ST DUNKIRK NY 42 Year Old, White Female 62 Inches Tall, 115.0 Lbs, Brown Eyes Wanted By: Chautauqua County Sheriff Charge: CRIM SALE CONTRL SUBST Cass, Stephen Surrogate Crt Chaut Co MISTY R GRAY Last known A...

#8 Public Records (Local)

               Recent police arrests of Magnolia Arkansas            The Magnolia Police Department has provided details about several recent arrests.     Magnolia Reporter releases recent arrests of Columbia County Parish. These arrests arranged from murder, rape, misdemeanor, drug charges, and domestic violence.  On September 1, Regina Johnson, 24, of Texas was arrested for simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. Johnson’s first court appearance was on September 3 and she was placed on a $100,000 bond.   On August 30, Jeffery Thornton, 49, of Waldo was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, no turn signal, and no seat belt. Thornton’s first court appearance was on August 31 with a $25,000 bond set.  On August 26, Raleigh Beasley, 36, of El Dorado was a...