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Controversial Black Lives Matter comment results in suspension of university professor

Professor Toby Jennings of Grand Canyon University

An Arizona university professor has been suspended over controversial comments he made about Black Lives Matter activists nearly a year ago.

Professor Toby Jennings of Grand Canyon University ignited a firestorm recently after the university posted a link to a ministry forum from last September in which he said that some members in the Black Lives Matter group “should be hung.”

“They are saying things that are not helpful in any shape or form or human dignity or flourishing,” the African-American professor said during the forum, which was videotaped.
GCU officials told Fox 10 Phoenix that Jennings was advised that his comments during the forum, called “God’s concern for the poor: What’s missing in social justice,” were offensive, but it was not brought up to the school’s top executives.
However, members of the Black Lives Matter movement were outraged when it was shared recently.
In response, Jennings was suspended for the upcoming fall semester. He has also apologized.
Members of the BLM movement told Fox 10 Phoenix that the school’s response was not enough.
“My heart is broken, not because GCU is our enemy, but they claim to be our brothers and sisters,” said Pastor Warren Stewart, Jr. “Brothers and sisters please stop avoiding talking about ways racism … makes us uncomfortable.”
Brian Mueller, president of Grand Canyon University, said the critics of the school in this case are wrong.
“It was terribly wrong, but it is an isolated incident and it does not represent who our faculty is and it does not represent who are students are,” he said.

VA to pay Iowa veteran $550,000 to settle suit over treatment

The Department of Veterans Affairs is paying an Iowa veteran $550,000 to settle his allegation that he suffered life-shortening heart damage because of a three-year delay in treatment.

John Porter, 68, of Greenfield, initially sought $5 million when he sued last year in federal court in Des Moines after he says VA staff overlooked a test result showing his heart was failing.

Porter told the Des Moines Register on Friday he was glad he lived long enough to see the case settled.
“I’m just glad it’s over. They drug it out for so long,” he said.
Porter's lawsuit says he went to the emergency room of the Des Moines VA hospital in October 2011 after feeling tightness in his chest, and tests showed he might have heart problems. The lawsuit said a follow-up test three weeks later showed his heart was functioning at less than half of normal levels, indicating heart failure, but no VA doctors told Porter of the findings.
Only three years later did doctors at an Arizona VA hospital, where Porter had gone in 2014 after experiencing severe chest pain, find the 2011 test results and inform Porter.
The lawsuit cited a cardiologist at the Des Moines VA who later wrote that the oversight kept Porter from seeing a cardiologist promptly and that because of the three-year delay, "I doubt there will be much progress made" in treating Porter.
A VA spokeswoman did not respond Friday to the Register's request for comment. Federal lawyers' formal response to the lawsuit acknowledged that the 2011 test was done on Porter and that the doctor said its results weren't acted on. But they denied that the VA staff was negligent or that Porter's life expectancy was curtailed because of the delay.
Porter, 68, is an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. He’s also a retired truck driver.
His lawsuit came amid national outrage over delays that many veterans were experiencing in dealing with the VA.
Porter told the Des Moines Register that he blamed his ordeal on communications problems within the VA. But he stressed that he wasn’t mistreated by VA employees.
“The Des Moines VA is full of knowledgeable, caring and competent people,” he told the newspaper. “I have nothing against the VA hospital.”

"The Des Moines VA is full of knowledgeable, caring and competent people. I have nothing against the VA hospital.”
- John Porter, 68, Vietnam veteran from Iowa

The $550,000 for which Porter settled will likely shrink fast, he told the Register.
“After I’m done paying my lawyer and expenses, I’m not going to be rich,” he said Friday. “To me, it’s more of a moral victory than money, for sure.”

Dr. Ward Praises President Trump for Pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio

FILE – In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at a news conference at the Sheriff’s headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz. President Donald Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following his conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge’s order in an immigration case. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Doctor Kelli Ward

A Republican candidate for Arizona’s Senate seat praises President Trump for pardoning former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Doctor Kelli Ward, who’s running against Senator Jeff Flake in the primary said, she is glad the President pardoned the sheriff and calls him a patriot who did the job, the feds refused to do.
In a separate statement, Ward said she applauds the President for exercising his authority to counter the assault on Arpaio, and his heroic efforts to enforce the nation’s immigration laws.
President Trump has spoken favorably about Ward, who is looking to unseat Flake in 2018.

President Trump Comments on Emergency Efforts for Tropical Storm Harvey

President Donald Trump waves as he walks to on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017.

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President Trump offers some kind words for the First Responders working to help the people affected by Tropical Storm Harvey.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, the President said he is monitoring the storm from Camp David, and he is leaving nothing to chance.
He added that all emergency personnel from the local, state, and federal governments are working great together.
Earlier the President applauded the head of FEMA, saying he is doing a great job.
He also responded to Senator Chuck Grassley, who warned him not to make the same mistakes former President Bush made during Hurricane Katrina.
The president said he got the message, and his people arrived before the storm made landfall.