SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called the South Korean defense minister a “scum-like guy” for talking about preemptive strikes on the North, warning Sunday that the South may face “a serious threat.”

© Provided by Associated PressFILE - Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. The influential sister of North Korean leader Ki...

The original 1975, hand-carved wood mock-up of the Pong system recently sold for $270,910 at auction, according to seller RR Auction.

The one-off system features paddle control knobs, a bright red "start game" button, a metal grille for its built-in speaker, and a finished Pong chip in a prototype circuit board. It is one of only two prototypes built by Atari.

The prototype comes from the collection of Allan Alcorn -...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry, who was convicted of lying to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign, said on Saturday that he would be resigning from Congress.

Following a trial in Los Angeles federal court, the jury found Fortenberry, who represents Nebraska, guilty of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts, along with two counts of making false statements to federal investigators.

In a statement, Fortenbe...

Virginian-Pilot newspaper reporter and former CNN news assistant Sierra Jenkins was among the individuals shot and killed in an early Saturday morning shooting that left one more person dead and three others injured, Norfolk, Virginia, police said.

She was 25.

Jenkins was leaving a downtown Norfolk restaurant, Chicho's Pizza Backstage, when an argument started outside the establishment, followed by gunfire.

Officers responded to the scene around 2 a.m. and found Jenkins and two men with life-thr...

St. Louis rapper Chingy found himself embroiled in the center of controversy with ousted Estée Lauder executive John Demsey who posted a racist meme on social media referencing the rapper.

The meme portrayed a fake book cover with Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus with a racial epithet in the title joking about the coronavirus pandemic, as Blavity previously reported.

Demsey issued an apology for sharing the meme, and Chingy decided to step into the fray and address the s...

Kanye West's planned performance at the Grammys has reportedly been scrapped.

The 'Jesus Walks' rapper is no longer due to appear at the music awards ceremony on April 3, due to his "concerning online behaviour", an insider told The Blast.

The show is set to be hosted by Trevor Noah, who Kanye issued a scathing racist attack on and was subsequently banned from Instagram for at least 24 hours earlier this week.

The news outlet claims the decision was made partly due to fears the pair could come t...

The shooting took place in Dumas, about 90 miles southeast of Little Rock, at about 7:30 p.m. local time, according to Arkansas State Police.

Keith Finch, Dumas' chief of police, told ABC News that children were among those injured in the shooting and were taken to a Children's hospital for treatment. Organizers for the event told ABC News t...

© Jeff Kravitz - Getty ImagesPete Davidson has reportedly reached his limit with drama between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West—more details on how he feels about their messy split here.

Pete Davidson has apparently reached his breaking point when it comes to Kanye West's public comments—which you may have noticed when Davidson's friend recently published the SNL star's private texts to Kanye.

“Pete stepped in because he couldn’t take seeing Kanye continue to throw Kim under the bus anymo...