Family sues nursing home over male stripper, and more

Family sues nursing home over male stripper

A Long Island family is suing a nursing home after discovering a photo of its 85-year-old mother stuffing a dollar bill into the briefs of a male stripper. Franklin Youngblood says his mother, Bernice, who suffers from dementia, doesn’t remember the “entertainment event” featuring the stripper, which was arranged by the home’s staff. The lawsuit calls the brief-stuffing a form of “abuse.”

A dress code for parents

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A Florida high school is considering a voluntary dress code—for parents. Rosalind Osgood, a board member at Boyd Anderson High in Lauderdale Lakes, says many parents need a formal reminder not to show up at school in underwear-baring saggy pants, pajamas, hair curlers, and risqué short-shorts. “Parents need to lead by example,” Osgood said.