Darcus Howe, a 68-year-old writer and broadcaster in London has captured international attention for putting a BBC news presenter in her place when she tried to accuse him of rioting. As Howe attempted to explain in an interview how the recent riots are tied to ongoing racial profiling of black youth by police, the BBC reporter, Fiona Armstrong, accused Darcus of rioting himself, to which he responded: "I have never taken part in a single riot. I've been part of demonstrations that have ended up in a conflict. Have some respect for an old West Indian Negro, and stop accusing me of being a rioter because you wanted for me to get abusive. You sound idiotic. Have some respect." The BBC has since issued an apology.

(image via Wikimedia Commons) For the first time in almost 20 years New York City public middle and high school students will be required to take sex-education classes beginning this fall. The classes will include lessons about condom use and the appropriate age to engage in sexual activity.

(Gustavo Caballero/Getty) The 17-year-old girl who accused William Levy of rape last year has reportedly dropped legal action against the Cuban actor. It is rumored that Levy and the girl reached a settlement of two to three million dollars.

(Ethan Miller/Getty) YouTube sensation Rebecca Black says she had to quit school because the bullying she experienced got out of hand: "When I walk by they'll start singing 'Friday' in a really nasally voice. Or, you know, they'll be like, 'Oh hey, Rebecca, guess what day it is?'"

Disturbing surveillance camera footage has surfaced capturing the brutal beating and murder of a middle-aged African American man by a group of white teenagers in a racially motivated hate crime in Mississippi on June 26. The footage shows the teens beating and then running over an innocent James Craig Anderson with their truck.