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Richard Parsons Appointed Interim Chairman At CBS
Richard Parsons has been named chairman of the CBS board on an interim basis, replacing Leslie Moonves, who stepped aside Sept. 9 after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct that the former CEO has denied.
Parsons, the former CEO of AOL Time Warner who or- chestrated the unraveling of the ill-fated merger of Time Warner and AOL, was added to the CBS board of directors in April when vice chairman
RICHARD PARSONS Shari Redstone was pushing
a merger of Viacom and CBS. "We have a distinguished and independent board that is steadfast in its commitment to serve the best interests of all shareholders," Parsons said Tuesday after being elevated to
chairman.
"I think I speak for all board
members when I say I look for- ward to learning more about CBS' compelling opportunities and how we can help guide and support the company's growth," he added.
Milwaukee Boy, 12, Dies Trying To Save Brothers From House Fire
Perhaps there’s only one word to describe Adrian Cross: Hero.
The 12-year-old Milwaukee boy died Monday after being trapped by flames while trying to save his younger brothers from a fire that engulfed their two-story home, according to WITI-TV.
But he had no clue that the other 10 members of his family had already made it out safe, the report said.
“He went in to get his brothers. That’s what he was trying to do,” the boy’s grand- mother, June Cross, told WITI-TV. “All the sudden, [the family] started screaming.”
Firefighters arrived on the scene within three minutes and attempted to rescue Adrian, but the fast-moving blaze was too far along, Milwaukee Fire Chief Mark Rohlfing told the television news outlet.
“They were encountering
ADRIAN CROSS
extreme heat at the top of those stairs. They pushed forward anyway, they were able to lo- cate one victim,” Deputy Chief Aaron Lipski told WDJT-TV about the firefight- ers’ efforts to save the child.
The next day, Adrian’s grandmother took to Facebook to mourn her loss and posting a photo of him smiling.
“Last night we lost a Lil brave [boy], our grandson Lil Adrian,” she posted. “He try to save his Lil brother’s in fire that took his life (and) it’s hurt-
ing the family right now...and we know the LORD has Him. We love you, sweetheart.”
Condolences from others quickly followed her post.
“This is a hard pill to swal- low,” one commenter said. “My prayers are with his family. He was a hero on earth and now he’s a hero forever.”
In a later post Tuesday, Cross added, “I would like to Thank the Lord for Blessing us with our grandson...Our loss is knowing He (is) in your hands...(We) will truly miss Lil Adrian. God has plans for you.”
And on Saturday, Cross thanked those participated in a prayer gathering with Adrian’s youth football team.
The fire is still under inves- tigation. Services for Adrian are scheduled for October 8 in Milwaukee, according to his grandmother’s Facebook page.
Seattle Moves To Vacate Hundreds Of Marijuana Convictions
Over A 14-Year Period
Advocates and public offi- cials have long complained that too many people – par- ticularly people of color – are behind bars for low-level drug convictions. As a result, Seattle is now taking a bold action to vacate hundreds of marijuana-related convic- tions.
City officials announced Friday that they are vacating all convictions and dropping all charges for marijuana pos- session for anyone arrested in Seattle over a 14-year period of time, according to various news organizations including TheHill.com.
The move will affect 524 people, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said.
“Vacating charges for mis- demeanor marijuana posses- sion is a necessary step to correct the injustices of what was a filed war on drugs, which disproportionately af- fected communities of color in Seattle,” Durkan said in a statement published by The Hill.
“The war on drugs in large part became a war on people who needed opportunity and treatment,” Durkan said. “While we cannot reverse all the harm that was done, we
must do our part to give Seat- tle residents – including im- migrants and refugees – a clean slate.”
The move dates back to a motion filed in April by Seat- tle city attorney Pete Holmes to vacate convic- tions and dismiss charges for cases from 1996 to 2010 “to right the injustices of a drug war that has primarily tar- geted people of color,” the Seattle Times reported.
All seven Seattle Munici- pal Court judges signed an order on Sept. 11 beginning the process for getting rid of the cases.
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