The mom of four \u2014 who filed for divorce from Kanye West earlier this year \u2014 has been a vocal proponent of criminal justice reform.<\/b>
\nby: Judy Kurtz, The Hill via Nexstar Media Wire ( The Hill) \u2013 Kim Kardashian says she passed her first \u201cbaby bar\u201d exam, more than two years after she announced her intention to become a lawyer in order to propel her prison reform efforts. \u201cI passed the baby bar exam!\u201d the reality TV star wrote in all caps to her more than 70 million Twitter followers on Monday. \u201cFor anyone who doesn\u2019t know my law school journey, this wasn\u2019t easy or handed to me,\u201d Kardashian,41, said. The SKIMS founder revealed in 2019 that she was studying to take the bar exam in 2022. Passing the so-called \u201cbaby bar,\u201d a requirement for certain students pursuing non-traditional legal education in California in order to become licensed attorneys, allows Kardashian to continue three more years of legal study. Kardashian disclosed that she had failed the exam the three previous times she had taken it, before passing after taking it while battling COVID-19 and a \u201c104 fever.\u201d The \u201cKeeping up with the Kardashians\u201d personality has said her goal is to ultimately open a law firm focused on prison reform. The mom of four \u2014 who filed for divorce from rapper and 2020 White House hopeful Kanye West earlier this year \u2014 has been a vocal proponent of criminal justice reform. In 2018, Kardashian made headlines after meeting with then- President Trump in the Oval Office to urge him to commute the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson. Trump granted clemency to Johnson, who was serving a life sentence on a nonviolent drug offense and money laundering charges, days later. In a series of tweets, Kardashian urged her fans to \u201cdon\u2019t ever give up.\u201d \u201cI just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it,\u201d Kardashian said in 2019, \u201cand if I knew more, I could do more.\u201d LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A woman is dead after a head-on collision in Lexington this weekend. According to troopers, Kristian O’Leary was traveling south on NC 8 near Hugh Miller Road on Sunday around 5:30 p.m. and veered left of center, hitting another car head-on. On the night of Dec.10-11,2021, an outbreak of powerful tornadoes tore through parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois, killing dozens of people and leaving wreckage over hundreds of miles. Hazard climatologists Alisa Hass and Kelsey Ellis explain the conditions that generated this event \u2013 including what may be the first \u201cquad-state tornado\u201d in the U.S. \u2013 and why the Southeast is vulnerable to these disasters year-round, especially at night. On Dec.10, a powerful storm system approached the central U.S. from the west. While the system brought heavy snow and slick conditions to the colder West and northern Midwest, the South was enjoying near-record breaking warmth, courtesy of warm, moist air flowing north from the Gulf of Mexico. ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) \u2014 An arrest warrant has been issued for a 34-year-old man in connection with a shooting that left three people dead in Elizabeth City. Police say Ricky Lewis Etheridge, Jr. is wanted in connection to a shooting on December 2 that left three people, including a 3-year-old old girl, dead. He is wanted on three counts of murder.<\/p>\n