Category: Strange News

El Salvador Asks Women Not To Have Babies For 2 Years Due To Zika Virus 

  

El Salvador has asked women not to get pregnant until 2018, a measure that demonstrates the severity of the Zika virus epidemic in the country, according to news reports.

The mosquito-borne virus has been lined to brain damage in infants, the New York Times reported.

The virus has affected Latin America and the Caribbean, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the virus will likely reach nearly all of North and South America.

El Salvador has seen at least 5,000 cases of Zika, according to the paper. In Brazil, a million people have been infected and almost 4,000 children have been born with microcephaly, a condition that gives babies small heads and incomplete brain development.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised pregnant women to avoid travel to places affected by the virus.

Read more about the virus and see a video on Fortune

PA Woman Killed After Rejecting Man In A Bar

  

Talton-Jackson, 29, was shot and killed in Homewood, Pittsburgh after leaving a bar, and the therm suspected of shooting her is now in jail after being shot by police.

Police responded to a ShotSpotter report that detected gunshots at N. Lang Avenue and Upland Street at around 1:50 a.m., Pittsburgh’s Action 4 News reported. During a traffic stop, the police encountered 41-year-old Charles McKinney in a silver vehicle. They had received a dispatch stating that a woman had been shot in the area, and upon hearing this, McKinney sped off.

The officers chased McKinney and shot at him. The chase came to an end after McKinney crashed into an unoccupied car that was parked. He was then arrested.

McKinney was charged with the victim’s homicide, as well as aggravated assault, possessing a firearm without a license, fleeing the police, possession with intent to deliver, reckless driving and reckless endangerment.

Authorities say that the incident began when McKinney attempted to talk to Talton-Jackson at a bar, but when she turned him down and left the bar, he followed her out and shot her in the chest.

“I just think it’s sad. Somebody has to do something about the gun control, it’s just getting out of hand and it just [isn’t] safe to walk the streets no more,” a man told KDKA.

Talton-Jackson was the sister of State House Rep. Ed Gainey, according to her Facebook page. He has yet to release a statement about her death.

Source | Rolling Stone 

Georgia To Open First Ever “Pride School” Exclusively For LGBT Kids

   
LGBT kids are widely known to face a great deal of bullying and are prone to being ostracized in school. Now, a new education setting is looking to eliminate the stigma for gay and queer children so that they’re able to focus on their lessons. 

Check out this post in the Atlanta Journal Constitution: 

A first-of-its-kind private school in Georgia aimed at attracting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and teachers is being established in Atlanta for students who feel bullied or not accepted in traditional schools.

Pride School Atlanta is a k-12 institution designed to be an alternative for LGBT students, though the school is open to any student who believes they’re not getting the support they need for “being different,” says Pride School founder Christian Zsilavetz.

“Kids have full permission to be themselves — as well as educators. Where there’s no wondering, ‘Is this teacher going to be a person for me to be myself with?’” said Zsilavetz, who is transgender and a veteran teacher with nearly 25 years of experience. “This is a place where they (students) can just open up and be the best person they can be.”

Pride School will initially operate out of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta church and is expected to open by September 2016. Tuition will be around $13,000, though Zsilavetz says financial assistance is available for students who need it.

Do you think a children’s LGBT school will be good for its students?