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Tuskegee Researchers Developing
Teen Laid To Rest; 7 Arrested For His Gruesome Murder
Lesandro Junior Guzman-Feliz was killed last Tuesday.
New Testing Method For Aggressive
Breast Cancer In Black Women
TUSKEGEE, AL —- Re- searchers from Tuskegee University developed a new testing method to detect the most aggressive and fatal form of breast cancer in Black women. The finding uncov- ered a fourth biological test- ing marker used to subtype breast cancer, and could offer a potential breakthrough in early detection and more “precise” methods of treating the disease.
A total of 1,258 patients were analyzed for the study. The findings determined that androgen receptors could be used as a prognostic marker for breast cancer, particularly in triple and quadruple nega- tive breast cancers, as de- tailed in a report published
Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama is doing breast can- cer research that affects Black women.
OAKLAND, CA — Alison Ettel, the woman who the In- ternet dubbed “Permit Patty” has resigned from her CEO role at TreatWell, a cannabis company for humans and an- imals.
According to CBS News in California, at least three Bay Area dispensaries that sold TreatWell are no longer carry- ing the brand after a video of Ettel calling the cops on Jor- dyn Rodgers - an eight- year-old who was selling water- went viral.
Rodgers, a black girl, was trying to raise money to go to Disneyland.
Alison Ettel’s action has had great consequences.
The woman claimed that
she was “illegally selling water without a permit.” Ettel said she was calling the cops be- cause the child was “yelling,” and there was no racial moti- vation for the phone call. However, the Internet seems to think otherwise.
When interviewed by CNN, “Permit Patty” said “It has tarnished my name, but also [TreatWell’s] name...
They are actually going out there and bullying people, and telling people to pull our things off the shelf and to boy- cott, even if they are not even customers at that location. They are getting harassed.”
last week in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed medical jour- nal.
According to the study, tu- mors in Black patients ex- press AR at lower rates in comparisons to white
women.
Black women are more
likely to be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (a more aggressive type of breast cancer) at a younger age.
BRONX, NY — Seven men are being held in connection with the brutal machete mur- der of Bronx teen Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz. According to reports, several of the suspects were picked up in New Jersey, and extra- dited to New York Tuesday (June 26)
One suspect, 19-year- old Kevin Alvarez was seen wearing a dark hoodie and hanging his head as police es- corted him from a Bronx criminal court. Alvarez is being held without bond and faces second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and gang assault. During an ar- raignment hearing last week Alvarez pled not guilty to all the charges.
Alvarez is specifically ac- cused of dragging Junior “through the threshold.” The Passaic County prosecutor’s office released the names of six other men involved in the gruesome murder, in what investigators are calling a case of mistaken identity.
The men are 21-year-old Jose Muniz of Patterson, NJ; Jose Taverez, 21, Manuel Rivera, 18, and Danel Fernandez, 21 all from The Bronx; Jonika Martinez, 24, from Freeport, NY and Santiago Rodriguez, 24, also from
The Bronx.
A source close to the in-
vestigation told PIX11 law en- forcement is also speaking with someone in the Domini- can Republic who may be connected to the killing.
Affectionately known as Junior, on June 20 the teen left his Bronx home at about 11:30PM to loan a friend $5. It’s unclear if he was heading back home when he was at- tacked inside a bodega on the corner of 183rd Street and Bathgate Avenue. It was there he was dragged outside and slashed several and stabbed several times, the fatal blow to his neck. Sur- veillance footage from the at- tack shows Junior running towards St. Barnabus Hospi- tal where he died.
With the help of video footage, and social media, police were able to track down the men responsible. Law enforcement say the sus- pects being held may be part of the Dominican gang, Trini- tarios.
After Monday’s wake, Ju- nior’s mother was seen walking out of the funeral home and was met with ap- plause from the commu- nity also shouting Junior!
“I need justice for my son,” Leandra Feliz said. “That’s my Junior baby.”
‘Permit Patti’ Steps Down As CEO Of Cannabis Company After Major Backlash
Dying Teacher Asks For Backpacks Full Of School Supplies, Instead Of Flowers At Her Funeral
FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — A Georgia school teacher’s dying wish has warmed the hearts of many across the na- tion.
According to reports, Tammy Waddell, who taught at Sawnee Elementary in Forsyth County told her cousin to ensure attendees bring backpacks full of school supplies for students in need, instead of flowers to her fu- neral.
“My cousin’s final request at her funeral was backpacks full of supplies for needy stu- dents instead of flowers. A teacher to the end,” he tweeted.
In a photo that was tweeted from inside the
The aisles and pulpit were filled with book bags at the funeral of teacher, Tammy Waddell.
church where the services were held, colorful backpacks lined the aisle.
According to a local obitu- ary, Waddell who served as a fifth-grade teacher died from cancer June 9. She was described as a “quiet, unsung
hero.”
Waddell’s cousin, Dr.
Brad Johnson also posted a picture of the “honorary pallbearers” who were the many teachers who worked with Waddell and attended the services.
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