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On Media Outlook News:  Men in the U.S. are turning away from the altar because they have a greater access to sex, one author concludes. In his book,  Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy,  sociologist Mark Regnerus argues that “cheap sex” is the reason for the declining rate of men who get married. According to the  New York Post , the share of Americans ages 25-34 who are married dropped 13 percentage points from 2000 to 2014. The term is rooted in economics and refers to sex that has very little cost in terms of time and emotional investment. This gives it very little value. Regents arrived at his conclusions in part thanks to the work of British social theorist Anthony Giddens. Giddens argued that the birth control pill isolated sex from marriage and children. Online pornography as well as dating sites also make sex relatively easy and accessible for men. As a result, “two overlapping (but distinctive) market...

On Media Outlook News: T oday, author and former reality star Toya Wright officially announced her pregnancy after weeks of speculation. The New Orleans native took to Instagram to share the big news via a creative video featuring her 18-year-old daughter with Lil Wayne, Reginae Carter. The short clip shows the mother-daughter duo during a joint therapy session, with the teen revealing that the 33-year-old is with child. The camera then pans down to show her adorable baby bump! My most important job will always be mom. #back2work #YouJustDontGetIt 10:26:17 A post shared by Antonia Wright (@toyawright) on Sep 28, 2017 at 6:46am PDT   The announcement also served as an ad for the pair’s upcoming book,  You Just Don’t Get It.  @colormenae and @toyawright with a new book on the way! When your mom just don't get it 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️ #staytuned #YouJustDontGetIt #oct26 #IssaNewBook 🤗 A post shared by freddyo (@freddyoart) on Sep 28, 20...

On Media Outlook News:  WAUKESHA —  One of two Wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate to impress the fictitious horror character   Slenderman   will plead guilty in a deal that calls for her to avoid prison time. Fifteen-year-old Morgan Geyser will remain in a state mental hospital under an agreement announced Friday. It calls for Geyser to be evaluated by doctors who will report to a judge for a determination of how long she should remain in treatment. ad by: FANTASY GIRL MUSIK LLC. Geyser and Anissa Weier were charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the 2014 attack in Waukesha. Weier pleaded guilty to a reduced charge last month. A jury later concluded she was mentally ill at the time of the crime. She faces at least three years in a mental hospital. All three girls were 12 at the time

On Media Outlook News:  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police have identified the child found partially burned inside an apartment building at 17th and Grant on Milwaukee’s south side Thursday morning, September 28th. He had been identified as four-year-old Antonio Distacio. The 23-year-old female suspect remains in custody and MPD will present this case to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office in the coming days for charges. AD BY: FANTASY GIRL MUSIK Police are working with the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner to determine how the child died. Those FOX6 News spoke with say they are horrified by the gruesome discovery. LaTonya Peterson is holding her cousin tightly. Peterson rushed to her when she learned there was a fire inside her cousin’s apartment building. “I’m just thankful because she’s still here,” Peterson said. “She said she smelled smoke. She thought it was the girl down there cooking something.” Now, Peterson is horrified after learning ...

On Media Outlook News:  MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police are searching for a known convicted felon who fled from police and shot at officers multiples times Tuesday evening, September 26th. According to Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn, officers responded to a report of an attempted armed robbery of a business near 15th and West Lincoln around 7:40 p.m. The suspect fled in a vehicle that later crashed near 9th and Cleveland. At that time, police say the suspect got out of the SUV and fired shots at officers and officers returned fire.

On Media Outlook News:  PEORIA, IL –  TLC’s Tionne   “ T-Boz ”  Watkins is grieving the sudden loss of her cousin Eddie Russell Jr. after he was fatally shot by police last Wednesday (September 20) in Peoria, Illinois. “My Cousin Was Shot 18 Times Including the Face and Back of His Head!,” she wrote. “He Harmed NO ONE EVER! He Had Mental Health Issues AND THE COPS KNEW THAT! Anything he’s ever Done Was minor and NON VIOLENT!” She also added, Russell Jr. was “mentally ill.” According to Peoria Journal Star, the 25-year-old man was a suspect in a bank robbery. When police tracked Russell Jr. down at his home, he was reportedly shot 18 times after an hours-long standoff. Peoria police said Russell Jr. came towards them with a handgun, forcing them to fire. Russell Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene by County Coroner Jamie Harwood. Russell Jr. had reportedly just been released from a mental health facility before he was kil...

On Media Outlook News:  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are asking for the public’s help in locating a critical missing Milwaukee infant, Jayden Scales and his mother 17-year-old Jaylin Scales. Mother and child were last seen in the area of 35th and Garfield on Tuesday, September 26th at approximately 8:30 p.m. ADS BY: TRU HITZ RADIO Mother Jaylin Scales is described as 5’0” tall, 150 pounds, medium build, short hair covered with a rust color bonnet, white tank top, blue jean shorts, and black canvass shoes. Jayden Scales was last seen wearing a white onesie, and is in a baby carrier. Anyone with information is asked to call MPD’s Sensitive Crimes Division at  414-935-7405 .

On Media Outlook News: M onday marked the 60-year anniversary of the Little Rock Nine, which integrated an all-White secondary school in Little Rock, Ark. For the first time in U.S. history, nine Black students entered the doors of Central High School on Sept. 25, 1957. The history-making decision came three years after  Brown v. Board of Education (1954),  a landmark ruling that made it illegal to keep public schools segregated, but very little has changed. Ernest Green vividly remembers coming face-to-face with White Southern opposition after integrating Central as part of the Little Rock Nine. “[It was] like going to war every day,” he reflected during an interview with the Associated Press. “I thought to myself, ‘Good, because I think the face of the South ought to change.’” Unfortunately, the Little Rock Nine’s victory was short-lived as the school closed its doors the following year rather than allowing more Black students to attend.  ...

On Media Outlook News: T hese past two days, we witnessed brothers sitting knee by knee and standing arm in arm alongside White men in an ostensible display of allyship. The outward gestures of the #taketheknee protest alone implied a revolution was taking place. It was just the kind of unity intertwined with anarchist defiance our spirits have been longing to see. Sure the Black power fists were missing in action, but these visuals would do. It was easy. And the narrative? Seamless. First, a widely despised President Donald Trump stuck to his usual script when he incited outrage with a harshly worded condemnation of the NFL. But in this particular instance, he came for our own by indirectly attacking Colin Kaepernick. Our wrath was felt in the social media realm with Black NFL athletes and celebrities were sticking up for their colleagues’ right to free speech on Twitter. The unity was heartening. It had us open. Then #taketheknee hashtag was birt...

On Media Outlook News: Yo Gotti   has been named as a person of interest in today’s Hollywood shooting that left   Young Dolph   in critical condition. TMZ reports Gotti and Dolph were staying in the same Loews Hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday (Sept. 26) when their crews got into an altercation over a reported disagreement. Shots were fired soon after. TMZ claims witnesses told officers at the scene Gotti was involved. The shooting occurred in the valet parking area of the Loews Hotel, according to a police captain who spoke to KTLA. “They had an argument, which escalated to a physical fight,” LAPD Officer Meghan Aguilar said. “At one point, Young Dolph was knocked to the ground. And then one of the suspects pulled out a handgun and began shooting at him.” LAPD are looking for two people possibly involved in the shooting. They’ve detained one person, but they aren’t sure if it’s the shooter. “We have one individual detained. We’re...

On Media Outlook News:  CHICAGO — A plane headed to O'Hare Airport this week had to abruptly shift its path to avoid a midair collision with a glider, causing panic in the plane but ultimately cheers for the pilot. The incident happened Monday on a United Airlines flight going from Vancouver to Chicago, according to the Points Guy, a travel-focused news site. The plane was headed to Chicago when "the right wing suddenly dropped out of nowhere and we made an extreme right turn," a passenger of the flight wrote to the Points Guy. The flight-tracking service flightradar24 shows the plane made two circles above Beloit. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the incident happened about 3:46 p.m. when the pilot spotted a glider near Rockford. The pilot took the plane up about 400 feet and no contact wa made with the glider, the spokesman said, citing preliminary information. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating. Passengers "sh...

On Media Outlook News:  News broke earlier today (Sept. 26) that Memphis rapper   Young Dolph   was shot in Los Angeles. The  Bulletproof  MC was shot outside The Shoe Palace at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland at approximately 1 p.m. PDT. TMZ reported Dolph was rushed to an area hospital after being struck and suffered multiple gunshot wounds that appear to be non-life threatening. While this story is still developing, fellow rappers and members of the hip-hop world have already started sending out prayers and well wishes to Dolph. Rappers like Kid Ink and producers like London On Da Track and Cardo are tweeting out their thoughts and prayers for the Memphis-bred artist. This isn’t the first time Dolph has had a brush with death this year. Back in February, Dolph was in a SUV that was shot at over 100 times but the rapper came out of the ordeal unscathed. Proving his resilience, Dolph promptl...

In early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police. The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears: the killing of Alton Sterling in my hometown Baton Rouge, La. This could have happened to any of my family members who still live in the area. I felt furious, hurt and hopeless. I wanted to do something, but didn’t know what or how to do it. All I knew for sure is that I wanted it to be as respectful as possible. After hours of careful consideration, and even a visit from Nate Boyer, a retired Green Beret and former N.F.L. player, we came to the conclusion that we should kneel, rather than sit, the next day during the anthem as a peaceful protest. We chose to kneel because it’s a respectful gesture. I remember thinking our posture was like a flag flown at half-mast to mark a tragedy. It baffles me that our protest is still being misconstrued as disrespectful to the cou...

Puerto Rico is virtually without power or cell service after Hurricane Maria barreled through the island, leaving those searching for loved ones in a shroud of uncertainty. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said the island is facing an "unprecedented disaster" after the storm made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane last week. While about 5 percent of electricity had been restored across the island by Monday night, generators remain the only source of power for more than 3 million American citizens. The storm killed at least 16 and left the island littered with rubble from demolished homes and downed trees and power lines. How to help relief efforts Donate supplies: Puerto Rico's government created a presentation on the emergency and construction supplies needed to help those in need. It is also urging people to use social media to encourage people to donate to the relief fund. Puerto Rico's first lady, Beatriz Rosselló, has also set up a relief fun...