An Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff killing all 157 people onboard the aircraft. There have been no distinct indications as to why the plane went down during its short trip to the nearby Nairobi in Kenya. Victims of the crash were from 35 different countries in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa.

The crash resulted in a blow to the state-owned Ethiopian Airlines credibility as the largest and best-managed airline in Africa. The crash also disrupted more than two years of calm in African skies where traveling had been persistently chaotic.

R&B singer R. Kelly is in the media spotlight again for abuse allegations. Last week, Kelly was jailed for not paying child support and also faced felony charges for sexual abuse.

This week, in New York, a man uncovered an old videotape of Kelly sexually abusing underage girls. After the man turned the tape into the police, they found that the tape appeared to show 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault abuse. Kelly denies that the man in the tape is him and he plans to fight these abuse charges.

University of St. Thomas administration released a statement in response to an article TommieMedia published regarding archived photos dated 1948, 1951, and 1979 that revealed blackface and racist acts occurring on campus.

Sarah McCarthy can be reached at mcca9221@stthomas.edu.