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A North Carolina high school student was charged after he allegedly slapped his teacher multiple times during a viral profanity-laced classroom rant earlier this week. The rage-filled youngster, identified only as a minor, confronted the educator inside Parkland High School in Winston-Salem, where he violently attacked her, according to video posted to social media. After the initial impact, the teacher seemed unfazed by the slap as the student continued to run his mouth. “Do you think that affected me anyway,” the unidentified teacher said, sitting back in her chair, legs crossed.

The Biden Administration continues to apply new sanctions to Israeli individuals and firms as it faces pressure from left-wing activists to take a tougher stance against Israel, lest he lose support in key swing states in the 2024 election. Last month, the White House announced sanctions against four Israeli citizens, none of whom had been charged with any crime, for so-called “extremist settler violence.” The language of President Joe Biden’s executive order is so broad that it allows the administration to adopt sweeping sanctions on any Israeli who lives across the 1949 armistice lines, or who supports the rights of...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man is facing charges after police said he assaulted a police horse. St. Petersburg Police said Alisha Lalani, 27, walked up to them while they were on duty on Saturday and used an open hand to slap the rear of the animal. According to a arrest report, the horses were wearing police insignia and flashing blue lights when Lalani approached them. Police said Lalani told them he didn’t know he was not allowed to hit the horses. Lalani was arrested and faces a charge of battery on a police horse.

Chris Rock almost made the Oscars worth watching. Almost. Rock declined to press charges, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the matter has been resolved. According to California law, prosecutors are responsible for holding guilty people accountable for their actions and an obligation to pursue justice despite influence from the alleged victim or the community. The prosecutor can consider factors including whether the victim is cooperative or not, but that should not be the determining factor on filing criminal charges. The decision should ultimately rest on whether there is evidence that a crime has been committed and whether the case...

A German judoka has defended her coach after the man brutally shook and slapped her in a pre-competition ritual during the Tokyo Olympics.

A female police officer interrogating one of the murderers of the Fogel family was so revolted by his “defiant” smile, she slapped him across the face. Just days ago, Amjad Awad, one of the two Palestinian cousins who murdered five members of the young Israeli family last March was sentenced to five life sentences. According to Israel’s Channel 2, which reported the incident exclusively [Hebrew link], killer Amjad Awad’s smile “from ear to ear” made the 52-year-old officer lose control: A senior investigator with the Judea and Samaria police district could not control herself when she was faced with the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQMSorXYkE Jim's update: I take the blame for my sons' obsessive video game habits. Ever since I got my first Coleco Telstar tennis/hockey/handball rig for Christmas in 1977, I have had some kind of gaming going on. A few years later it was Intellivision; later still NES. Today, in our household, we own a PS2, XBox 360, and a Wii, along with a few personal Gameboy-type devices. (And if I had a quarter for every quarter I dropped into arcade machines, I'd have a lot of quarters.) In moderation, I think playing video games with my sons can be time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJPqSOLEC7E I read a warning in the Telegraph to social media users that certainly applied to me when I was still a Facebook aficionado. I have no idea how many times I announced to the world at large via the Internet that I was on vacation with my family or out of town for the weekend. It turns out miscreants, ne'er-do-wells, second-story men and all manner of rascals are gleaning a goldmine of helpful information by surveying status updates. The article gave a rundown of a case in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in the UK: Peter Trower, 22, and Joseph McLennan, 18,...

Radio station to pay $240K over slapping contest The Business Review (Albany) - 4:57 PM EDT Monday A radio station has settled with state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for $240,000 for the "Smackfest" slapping contests the station held with female contestants in 2004 and 2005. Contestants could win up to $5,000 during the contests on WQHT Hot 97's in New York City, Spitzer said. The attorney general said the promotions cross the line of entertainment and became abusive. The settlement was the same size as the fine the station would have faced had it faced punishment from the state. Emmis,...

Cop faces charges for slapping foreigner MAEBASHI -- A police assistant inspector faces charges for repeatedly slapping a male foreigner feigning sleep while in detention, police said. Documents accusing the 39-year-old assistant inspector of abusing his position as an officer have been forwarded to the Maebashi District Public Prosecutors Office. The assistant inspector has also been fined 10 percent of his monthly wage for one month. He admits to the allegations. "I've done something terrible," he said. Police said the assistant inspector slapped a Brazilian man in his 30s four or five times to the head while the suspect was...

Head teachers have banned children from using video phones to stop them slapping other pupils in the face and recording the attacks on their mobiles. The violent new craze among teenagers – dubbed “happy slapping” – has been plaguing commuters on trains and buses in London. Now schools have been forced to take action to stop the violence spreading into playground bullying. London’s Evening Standard reported that teachers at Crofton School in Lewisham, south London, had confiscated mobile phones after pupils were caught recording the attacks. A number of other schools are thought to have taken similar action. A spokesman...

<p>PHOENIX — Exercise guru Richard Simmons (search) allegedly slapped a man who made a sarcastic remark about one of his videos, police said.</p> <p>Simmons, known for his "Sweatin' to the Oldies" (search) series of exercise videos set to songs from the 1950s and 60s, was cited for misdemeanor assault.</p>

A bus driver in Montana has appeared in court for hitting a young schoolboy who kept saying "penis" on board his bus. James Campbell, 62, received a deferred sentence in Helena's City Court after appearing on a charge of assault. According to City Prosecutor Bob Wood, the charge was levelled against Campbell after a 12-year-old passenger on the bus he was driving reported Campbell slapped him across the head. Wood said the dispute between Campbell and the student began when he objected to the boy loudly repeating the word "penis" despite his request to stop, says the Independent Record. The...

<p>A fifth-grade pupil's father has filed a complaint against a teacher for slapping the boy.</p> <p>Joseph Glasper, a city police officer, filed a complaint May 20 with the Alexandria Police Department as well as a complaint with the Rapides Parish School Board.</p>