Curious about today’s topics on The Larry O’Connor Show? Below are a few stories on the radar. Be sure to listen to The Larry O’Connor Show Monday – Friday 3pm – 6pm on WMAL.
Growing concerns over increased panhandling in Fairfax County (Fox 5 DC)
Residents in Fairfax County are concerned about an increased presence of panhandling across the area.
Despite growing frustration on community boards, police are reminding residents that panhandling is legal in the county. [Read More]
Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who posed as black, charged with welfare fraud (The Washington Post)
Former NAACP official Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who posed as African American for years, is now facing charges of welfare fraud after investigators say she illegally received thousands of dollars in public assistance.
Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, is accused of stealing $8,847 in food and child care assistance dating back to August 2015, according to court documents obtained by KHQ-TV. She is charged as “Nkechi Diallo also known as Rachel A. Dolezal” with first-degree theft by welfare fraud, second-degree perjury and false verification for public assistance. [Read More]
In Viral Post, Second Grader Wishes Her Mom’s Cell Phone Was Never Invented (Daily Wire)
It’s not just millennials who are buried in their cell phones all day long.
Mommies are, too.
In a school exercise, second-graders were asked to write about “an invention you don’t like.” One student wrote a kinda’ heartbreaking piece on his mom.
“‘If I had to tell you what invention I don’t like, I would say that I don’t like the phone,’ the student wrote. ‘I don’t like the phone because my panert [sic] are on their phone every day.” [Read More]
1980s cultural nostalgia kept strong by aging Generation Xers (The Washington Times)
Adam Sandler’s 1998 rom-com “The Wedding Singer” first capitalized on ‘80s nostalgia, and we haven’t been able to quit the Reagan decade ever since.
Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Amazon’s “Red Oaks.” The “Hot Tub Time Machine” franchise. Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One.” FX’s “The Americans.” YouTube Red’s “Cobra Kai,” spun from the 1984 hit “The Karate Kid.” The 1980s have proved to be particularly fertile for reboots, remakes and retrospectives.
The ‘80s-set horror film “It” scored massive box office returns last year. We apparently can’t let go of the decade of leg warmers and shoulder pads long after Mr. Sandler retired his “Wedding Singer” mullet. [Read More]
