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“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
― Rumi
SAN BERNARDINO
Syed Rizwan Farook, a 28-year-old American citizen and 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik, both dressed in “assault-style” clothing have been identified as the people behind the San Bernardino killing at a county office party and they were later killed in a gun battle with police. Here’s what we know so far: Farook had worked for the county health department for five years and left the party “under some circumstances that were described as angry” after an altercation. pipe bombs were thrown at police officers. The couple dropped off their six-month-old baby with Farook’s mother saying they were going to a doctor’s appointment. Farouk had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and returned with a woman he met online. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said, the couple seemed too well-prepared for the shooting to have been set off solely by something that happened earlier that day.
What we don’t know? The motive for the mass shooting remains unclear; Was it terrorism? that has not been ruled out.
This was the deadliest mass shooting since the massacre of 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. This is the 355th mass shooting in the U.S. this year.
SNIPPETS
•Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking with Fox news said that in order to take out ISIS he would take out their families three times “With the terrorists, you have to take out their families.” •Oscar Pistorious who was previously convicted of culpable homicide has had that ruling overturned to murder on the legal principle of dolus eventualis, a form of intent in South African law. A new sentence will be handed down at a later date, though reports state he could still be out in three years; he has 10 days to file an appeal with the Constitutional Court…•The European Union is investigating whether Oakbrook headquartered McDonalds received overly generous tax breaks from Luxembourg; a group of American and European trade unions and an antipoverty charity issued a report accusing Luxembourg of allowing McDonald’s to avoid paying more than €1 billion in taxes from 2009 to 2013 in Britain, France, Italy, Spain and other countries…•U.S. Secret Service officer 37-year-old Lee Robert Moore was indicted on one count of attempting to send obscene material to a minor.
ENTERTAINMENT
• Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday tribute celebration, Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert, was held last night in Las Vegas with performances from Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga …Art Basel Miami Beach FOMO is underway as stars and scenesters head down for the annual art party. Vanity Fair and Perrier-Jouët hosted a dinner attended by Bruce Weber, Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo, Karlie Kloss, Derek Blasberg. Basically head over to BFA to see photos from all the best/sceneworthy happenings from #ABMB…Sofia Vergara back from her honeymoon with Joe Manganiello stopped by the The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about her Palm Beach wedding… Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Lupita Nyong’o stars of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens turned up for the Star Wars Force 4 Fashion event in NYC with Wyong’o wearing a specially designed Zac Posen…Chicago’s Johnson Publishing celebrated their Ebony 100 Power list in Beverly Hills last night.
FASHION
• Footwear News Achievement Awards took place last night in New York City with award recipients including Kanye West for shoe of the year…Tamara Mellon, who was recently in Chicago for a trunk show has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from her creditors and plans to exit Chapter 11 in 60 days to form a new company that will own trademarks that currently belong to Tamara Mellon LLC.
LOOK OF THE DAY
Lupita Nyong’o
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