Stanford University students give their reaction to the 23-year-old woman’s ‘heartbreaking’ victim impact statement (CBS San Francisco Bay Area) GuardianStanford sexual assault case This article is more than 7 years oldEx-Stanford swimmer gets six months in jail and probation for sexual assaultThis article is more than 7 years oldBrock Allen Turner, who withdrew from the university, was arrested after students saw him lying on top of an unconscious woman outside a frat party

The Affirmation Tower is envisioned as a home for some of the nation’s top Black-owned businesses. Illustration: Heather Polk/The Guardian‘Things remain very much business as usual within real estate’: a Black-run Manhattan skyscraper hits a roadblock by David Christopher KaufmanA new New York City skyscraper designed by a white architect, built by a white contractor and developed by a white real estate company? Business as usual. But what about a new New York City skyscraper designed by a Black architect, built by a Black contractor and developed by a Black real estate company?

US gun control This article is more than 4 months oldNew Mexico officials call for governor’s impeachment after firearms restrictionThis article is more than 4 months oldDemocratic governor’s emergency order restricts carrying firearms for at least 30 days amid spate of gun violence New Mexico state representatives Stefani Lord and John Block are calling for the impeachment of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham after Grisham issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque, the state’s largest city.

MediaRonald McDonald gets a makeoverPicture gallery: Ronald or Ronette?She's sexy, she's stylish, she's sophisticated - and somewhat surprisingly, she's Ronald McDonald. A gender-bending makeover of McDonald's marketing icon in Japan has been hailed a great success after capturing the public imagination and enticing adults back into its outlets to sample a revamped menu. Traditionally, Ronald McDonald would goof about in oversized shoes and baggy yellow overalls in a frantic and successful pursuit of Hamburgler.

Florida This article is more than 8 months oldThirteen-year-old girl punches shark in Florida to escape attackThis article is more than 8 months oldElla Reed was bitten in the stomach, arm, knee and finger after attack from probable bull shark, but plans to return to the water A 13-year-old girl escaped a shark attack at a Florida beach Thursday by punching the aggressive, predatory creature. The teen, Ella Reed, told South Florida’s Local 10 News, was sitting in waist-deep water, alongside a friend, when she was struck by intense, sharp pain.