A video showing a principal paddling a kindergartner goes viral and sparks discussions about corporal punishment. The child's mother said the principal coerced her into granting permission for the spanking. She feared being sent back to jail for truancy.

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A substitute teacher at a middle school in Prince Georges County, Maryland is being investigated on charges of disciplining students with a belt last week,…

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three (including an 8-year-old boy) and injured over 250 people.…

No stranger to controversial statements, NBA Hall of Famer turned sports commentator, Charles Barkley, blamed stagnation in the Black community on “brainwashed” Black people too…

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Jeremy C. Julien, 24,  of Greta, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday in the December 7, 2011 killing of 16-year-old Michael Taylor, reports NOLA.com.…

Sports commentator and former NFL baller, Chris Carter, got emotional over the Adrian Peterson child abuse case.  His co-hosts sat speechless as he went on an emotional tirade.  Keyshawn Johnson‘s face is priceless. Watch the clip below. Follow  @aprilwattslive on Facebook  Instagram & Twitter

Greg Horn, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment and corporal punishment after a video of him whipping his two teen daughters went viral.  Allegedly, Horn whipped his daughters after discovering a video clip on Facebook of the girls “twerking”.  Read the full story here  http://news.sky.com/story/1074267/twerking-video-dad-arrested-over-beating.