UVA Student Beaten to Tunisia Attack: 5 Things to Know This Thursday Morning
University of Virginia Student Beaten, Arrested By Alcohol Control Agents
The state is investigating whether excessive force was used during the arrest of a 20-year-old black University of Virginia student after he attempted to enter a bar near the college early Wednesday morning, officials said.
Third-year student Martese Johnson was arrested by Alcoholic Beverage Control agents after he was rejected entry from a University Avenue bar, authorities said. The agents then approached Johnson and “a determination was made” to arrest him -- during which time “the arrested individual sustained injuries,” according to the ABC agency, which is charged with enforcing alcohol laws in the state.
Starbucks CEO Defends 'Race Together' Campaign on Race Relations
The CEO of Starbucks defended the coffee chain's new campaign to address race relations by asking employees to write "Race Together" on the side of customers' cups to start a dialogue with customers.
Howard Schultz told ABC News Wednesday that he wasn't surprised by the backlash aimed at the campaign, calling race relations a "highly emotional issue that divides many people across the country."
Tunisia Museum Attack: At Least 20 Dead in Shooting
At least 19 people have been killed in a shooting attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia, including 17 foreign nationals, Tunisian officials said Wednesday.
In addition, two attackers have also been killed, Prime Minister Habib Essid said, calling it a "cowardly terrorist operation" that targeted tourists.
Penn State Fraternity Under Criminal Probe Over Facebook Page
Members of Penn State's Kappa Delta Rho fraternity chapter are now under criminal investigation, according to authorities, for allegedly maintaining a private Facebook page that featured pictures of nude, often unconscious women.
The members are still living in their fraternity house -- the university has suspended activities -- but their chapter has been suspended for the rest of the semester by its national chapter. According to a search warrant, a fraternity member who had graduated arrived at the police station in January with concerns that the page called "2.0" was illegal.
Robert Durst: What Books Had With Him Before He Was Busted
Robert Durst had three crime-related books inside his Houston apartment when it was searched by police on Tuesday, according to authorities.
A book, titled "Without a Trace," and two copies of another tome, "A Deadly Secret," which details the search for Durst's first wife who went missing in 1982, were found in the 71-year-old's Houston apartment, according to a list of the items recovered in the execution of a search warrant, police said.
The search warrant does not list the authors of the books in question, but there are books with those titles that focus on the disappearance and search for Kathie Durst, who went missing in 1982 and was declared dead in 2001 even though her body was never found.