The decision by Creative NZ to cut its funding for the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand, which runs highly popular programs for high school students, reveals the deeply reactionary character of racial identity politics as applied to the arts.
michael cook was the chair of the music department at robinson secondary school here in fairfax county. he was also the president-elect of the virginia band and orchestra director s association. the school system has suspended him without pay. after spending nearly a week behind bars. a fairfax county judge set bond at $10,000 for 43-year-old michael cook. investigators allege the robinson secondary band director solicited an undercover police officer on line for oral sex. in court this morning prosecutors said the officer posed as a 14-year-old boy and robinson student. according to the search warrant affidavit, cook e-mailed a photo of himself and discussed meeting the officer at a specific time and location in fairfax county. it never took place. the alleged incident occurred sometime this summer, and the arrest took place on august 31. it was not immediately released as this is an ongoing investigation. and we don t want to do anything that would jeopardize the investig
military buildings in northern nevada. the community is safe. this was an isolated gunman if you will. and he did take his own life. authorities have not released the identity of the shooter. an investigation is ongoing. kirk gregory, nbc news. there is a storm that s moving very slowly and dumping rain all over our area. a lot of people could be at risk for flooding tonight. doug s up in the weather center with the latest on this, doug? the biggest concern is flash flood potential over the next 24 hours. after that, it s the bigger rivers that are going to have problems. already we have flood warnings along the shenandoah, and also around the monocacy river and antietem creek. flooding could be a problem around washington harbor. it s a scenario that will play out over the next couple days. you can see the rain making its way into the area, from the south, the rain right now, into portions of faulkeer county, and into west virginia we re seeing the heaviest rain righ