Chipotle responds to cocaine charges against senior executive

Chipotle has placed Mark Crumpacker, its chief marketing and development officer, on administrative leave after he was charged in relation to a drug-trafficking ring in New York City, the company told us.

Crumpacker was one of 18 "repeat customers" charged on Thursday with allegedly buying cocaine from a drug-delivery service that operated out of Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold told us:

"At the moment, we know very little about these charges. Due to the nature of the situation, Mark has been placed on administrative leave. We made this decision in order to remain focused on the operation of our business, and to allow Mark to focus on these personal matters. Mark's responsibilities have been assigned to other senior managers in his absence."

Merrill Lynch associate and Fox Business producer among 21 indicted in massive NYC cocaine bust

The Manhattan district attorney's office has charged more than a dozen people, including high-profile executives, bankers, and accountants, in relation to a massive New York City cocaine sting.

Three people were charged for allegedly operating the cocaine-trafficking ring out of Manhattan's Lower East Side: Kenny Hernandez, 35, Felix Nunez, 27, and Oscar Almonte, 29.

The operation is accused of selling more than $75,000 in cocaine in one year, according to indictment papers obtained by Business Insider.

Eighteen alleged "repeat customers" were also charged, including Christopher Dodson, a client associate at Merrill Lynch; Mark Crumpacker, chief marketing and development officer for Chipotle; Katie Welnhofer, a Fox Business producer who works on "Mornings with Maria"; and Austin Dodson, an associate at real-estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Man kills his wife, 3 children and then himself in a murder-suicide

A Las Vegas woman, Phoukeo Dej-Oudom, 35, was seen running and screaming for help as her gun-wielding estranged husband chased her from their home to two store parking lots, authorities said Thursday.
Court records show that Dej-Oudom filed for divorce May 25 from her husband, Jason Hagan Dej-Odoum after almost 16 years of marriage. The couple were married in July 2000 in Columbus, Ohio.

The document asked a judge to consider domestic violence when considering custody but didn't provide any detail. It also noted the involvement of Clark County Child Protective Services.

However, no one appeared for the June 22 hearing in the divorce case.

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Ice Cube To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Following the honor of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with N.W.A, Ice Cube has been selected to receive a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, according to a press release.

The West Coast Legend will be recognized in the Class of 2017 for his achievements in recording, as he made the Straight Outta Compton album with N.W.A then went on to have an illustrious solo career with LPs including AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate and The Predator.

Other artists honored in the recording category include John Legend and New Edition.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson joins Cube and will receive his award in the motion pictures category. He recently starred in Central Intelligence alongside Kevin Hart.

Each honoree has two years from their induction to schedule their star ceremony. Each event is usually announced 10 days prior to the ceremony.

Are YOU at risk of a sudden heart attack? 1 in 9 men and 1 in 30 women will die from the condition before the age of 70

One in nine men and one in 30 women will die from a sudden heart attack before they reach the age of 70, new research has warned.

Sudden cardiac death claims thousands of lives each year, and is most likely to strike people with no prior symptoms and no history of cardiovascular disease, the findings show.

The study represents the first to offer a lifetime risk estimate for the condition. 

Dr Donald Lloyd-Jones, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and senior author of the study, said his team's research suggests regular screening should be offered to try and pick up those at risk. 

'These numbers should raise a red flag,' he said. 

'We often screen for conditions that are less common and much less deadly than sudden cardiac death. 

'For instance, the lifetime risk for colon cancer is about one in 21, and for this reason everyone over the age of 50 is told to have a colonoscopy.

'But by comparison the lifetime risk of sudden cardiac death for men is one in nine, and yet we're not really screening it.'

In the study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Dr Lloyd-Jones and his team examined data of more than 5,200 men and women aged 28 to 62 who were free of cardiovascular disease.

The researchers focused on the blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking and diabetes, calculating an estimation for the risk of sudden cardiac death

'Merkel's open door policy caused Britain to leave EU': German leader is blamed for Brexit over her failure to deal with migrant crisis and open arms immigration policy

As Germans demand their own opportunity to free themselves from 'EU slavery', fingers are being pointed at Chancellor Angela Merkel for sparking the potential dissolution of the European Union.

Critics have branded Ms Merkel's open-door immigration policy as being to blame for a tidal wave of demands for Brexit-style referendums across several countries in the bloc. 

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) has openly branded Ms Merkel as being responsible, amid calls for a 'Dexit' - Deutschland exit 

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) has openly branded Ms Merkel as being responsible, amid calls for a 'Dexit' - Deutschland exit. Pictured, Ms Merkel arrives at the EU Summit in Brussels on Tuesday

'I think Ms Merkel with her open borders caused Britain to leave the EU,' said AfD's vice chairman Alexander Gauland on Friday in Berlin. 

He added: 'I think the British have opted for direct democracy. I believe that it is good that they have done that.' 

It came as party chairman Bjorn Hocke warned that the Eurosceptic AfD would be launching a campaign for a German exit. 

'With the exit from the EU, the British have left the path of collective madness and opted for democracy and popular sovereignty.

Teen driver's horrifying stab wounds revealed after brutal road rage attack at traffic lights

A teenage driver's horrifying wounds have been revealed after he was stabbed in a brutal road rage attack while stopped at a set of traffic lights.

The 19-year-old was on his way to a meal when the passenger of a car that pulled up beside his Nissan Micra got out and knifed him in the chest, according to police .

Officers said the bald attacker then got back into a blue/grey family-sized car , alongside the driver and sped off, the Manchester Evening News reported.

It happened at a junction at the end of the M602 in Salford, between 8.15pm and 9pm on June 19, Greater Manchester Police said.

The teenager, who is from Liverpool and was travelling with another passenger, had a short discussion with the occupants of the other car before the attack.

Police Confirm Death of Its Officer Beaten to Coma by Angry Mob

Enugu State Police Command, has confirmed the death of a policeman, Nobert Ugwuanyi, who was beaten to coma by angry mob in Nsukka on Tuesday for allegedly killing a motorcyclist.

Ebere Amaraizu, Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed this to the  (3m360) in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

He said that the policeman was confirmed dead on Wednesday morning at a hospital.

“Yes the policeman, beaten by mob at Beach Junction in Nsukka in Nsukka Local Government Area, on Tuesday has died as a result of serious injury inflicted on him by the mob,” he said.

This graphic shows just how widespread meth is in the United States

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Nearly half of all inmates in US federal prisons are serving sentences for drug offenses.

But exactly which drugs are getting people locked up?

In more than half of the 50 states, it's meth. According to research from the United States Sentencing Commission, methamphetamine produced more offenses than any other drug in 27 states, including much of the West, Midwest and the South.

Pro-gun mum shot dead after killing two daughters 'let husband live so he could suffer'

A pro-gun mum who was shot dead by police after killing her two daughters may have let her husband survive so he would live with the anguish of losing his family, police said.

Christy Sheats is also thought to have been angered by the upcoming marriage of her eldest daughter.

The 42-year-old shot dead daughters Taylor, 22, and Madison, 17, after a row inside their home in Houston, Texas.

Sheats called a family meeting on Friday to discipline Taylor, who was due to be married in a few days.

The mother pointed a gun at her husband, Jason Sheats, and then shot each daughter one time in the house, Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls said.

She then fired more shots inside as Mr Sheats and their daughters fled.

The founder of a popular dating app wants to see more people committing the 'ultimate sin' in romance

In a recent interview with Sophia Amoruso on the #Girlboss Radio podcast, Whitney Wolfe discussed the experiences that motivated her to found Bumble, a dating app through which women can ask out men — but not the other way around.

Wolfe told Amoruso why the app "really turns the rules on society's head":

"I can't tell you how many times in college I had a crush on a guy, or I thought a guy was cute, and I would text him, and my friends would be like, 'You just committed the ultimate sin.' Like, 'What have you done? You texted him first?'

"No thank you. … It's so outdated, and it's so needed for something to come in and say 'enough.'"

15-year-old boy who was dragged from his tent and mauled by a hyena at SA park, loses eyes

Five surgeons worked around the clock at Milpark Hospital last Sunday to rebuild the face of 15-year-old Erco 'Boela' Janse van Rensburg after he was mauled by a hyena at the Kruger National Park (KNP) South Africa.


According to the Park's spokesperson William Mabasa, on Sunday, June 26, a hyena entered the Crocodile Bridge campsite in the park around 04:30 and attacked the boy. It dragged him 30m from his tent and mauled him.

"The hyena attacked the 15-year-old boy, who was sleeping in one of the tents with his parents." Mabasa said.

He suffered extensive injuries to his eyes and the bones and soft tissue in his face. He is now under sedation, but he reacts to doctors and nurses in ICU. Sadly it appears that he has lost one of his eyes. A spokesperson for the family from a prayer support group said. 

'That's nativism. Or xenophobia. Or worse': Obama unloads in an extended rant about Trump

President Barack Obama unloaded on Donald Trump in a lengthy rant during a Wednesday press conference in Canada, implying that Trump is not really a "populist" and is instead exploiting people for his own gain.

Without ever mentioning the presumptive Republican presidential nominee by name, Obama implicitly attacked Trump for using the populist label to mask his appeals to what he described as nativist and xenophobic sentiments within the US electorate.

14 surprising psychological reasons someone might fall in love with you

Love is many things: butterflies and giggles, happiness and comfort, commitment and best friendship.

But love, alas, is not easy to find.

How and why do two people click? We dug into years of psychological research to find some answers. And in the process, we busted some myths and learned that certain clichés turn out to be actually true.

This is an update of an article written by Drake Baer