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Teen shot in head after ringing wrong doorbell, Eagles QB highest-paid NFL player in history, Study says 2 foods are driving new cases of type 2 diabetes, Man “eaten alive” by bed bugs in filthy jail’s psychiatric ward, and more news
A 16-year-old Black boy in a Kansas City neighborhood accidentally went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings on Saturday and was immediately shot through the glass in the head after ringing the doorbell. The homeowner shot the teen again in the arm after he fell, and the boy managed to escape, going to several houses before getting help. The boy is hospitalized.
The homeowner was held and released after 24 hours. The homeowner has been identified as a White man in his 80s, but no charges have yet been filed in the incident, the Daily Mail reported. On Sunday, hundreds of community members marched in Kansas City in a call for accountability, Fox 4 reported.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts agreed to a massive contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles that will pay him a whopping $255 million over five years, making him the highest-paid player in NFL history, with an average of $51 million per year, the New York Post reported. The deal comes after Hurts, 24, helped lead the Eagles to the Super Bowl in 2022, where he completed 71 percent of his passes for 301 yards and a touchdown with no turnovers in the game. The Eagles lost the contest to the Chiefs 38-35.
A new study says the consumption of refined carbohydrates – refined wheat and rice products – and far too many red and/or processed meats, combined with eating too few whole grains, is fueling the rise of new cases of type 2 diabetes worldwide. The study modeled data through 2018 and was published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, CNN reported. The meats were described as bacon, sausage, salami, and the like.
The family of Lashawn Thompson, 35, alleged to have been “eaten alive by insects and bed bugs,” is suing after he was found dead in Fulton County Jail, in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 13, 2022, BuzzFeed News reported. A representative for the family says the man died in “a filthy jail cell” in a psychiatric wing of the jail after being arrested for misdemeanor simple battery on June 12, 2022. Three months later, he was found unresponsive in his cell covered in “severe bed bug infestation,” according to records. The cell was allegedly so filthy that a worker who entered it wore a hazmat suit, the Washington Post reported. One of the detention officers allegedly refused to administer CPR because of the insects, and in her words, she “freaked out.” BuzzFeed posted horrific photos of the filthy cell.
