In video footage released Monday, Massey is seen talking to two officers in her home, ...

Thames waterman Ed Livett, 34, says finding a body has become °very normal' - Rii Schroer© Provided by The Telegraph

It’s difficult to beat the view from Ed Livett’s office. Set on Butler’s Wharf Pier on the south bank of the Thames, it overlooks Tower Bridge and the City of London. Should he venture out, you will find him working as a skipper on either a tug or barge, sometimes travelling east past the Isle of Dogs and Cutty Sark, or sometimes up-river, past the London Eye and tourist...

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• Former president Donald Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have a tumultuous relationship.
• Trump has threatened to imprison Zuckerberg if re-elected, and Zuckerberg has denounced his remarks around January 6.
• Here's a look at the timeline of Trump and Zuckerberg's rivalry.

Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg have had a fraught relationship.

As the former US president and the head of one of country's largest companies, respectively, Trump and Zuckerberg are no strangers to each other.

Most recently, Z...

The arrest of two leaders of the Sinaloa cartel in the United States on Thursday was organized by one of the two men arrested, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Guzman Lopez organized his arrest along with that of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, who co-founded the cartel with El Chapo, by luring Zambada on a flight to examine a piece of land he thought was in Mexico, an official familiar with the operation told CNN.

Instead, ...

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Police have released a mugshot of a criminal whose eyes are almost completely covered by his hair after he was jailed for “persistently” flouting a ban from Wrexham.

Nkonde Liandisha, 31, was banned from Wrexham, North Wales, to protect local women after he had previously shown “sexualised behaviour” and assaulted an emergency worker.

He was caught “persistently” breaching a three-year c...

The authorities were chasing Brazy, legally named Tashawnda Nicole Drayton, for 10 months. The authorities also offered a reward of $20,000 for any information that led to her arrest.

23 Bra...

The comedian — whose latest special, ‘Good Grief,’ arrives on Prime Video on June 4 — credits lessons from his mom as his inspiration: "She taught me to take my broken heart and turn it into art"

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Grief has been Marlon Wayans' biggest motivator recently.

"That was my girl," he says of his mother Elvira, who died in 2020. As the youngest of 10 siblings, "I was her baby," he adds, opening up to PEOPLE in this wee...

The actor got support from his girlfriend Angie Gonzalez and their daughters on the red carpet

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Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified Martin Lawrence's guest, girlfriend Angie Gonzalez, as his ex-wife Shamicka Gibbs.

Martin Lawrence stepped out with his family while launching the latest Bad Boys.

On May ...

The comedian — whose new standup special debuts June 4 on Amazon Prime — opens up about his parenting journey

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Marlon Wayans isn't the same dad he was a few years ago.

Eminem attends the 2024 NFL Draft at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza on April 25, 2024 in Detroit.© Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports

Shady’s back, but for how long?

Eminem dropped the first single from his upcoming “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” album at midnight Friday, the bouncy, grouchy “Houdini.”

The track, anchored by the melody of the Steve Miller Band’s 1982 hit “Abracadabra” with shades of his 2002 hit "Without Me," finds our hapless antihero (watch the cameo-...

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SZA releases cover of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”

Late Friday night, SZA delivered an impressive cover to an iconic record. This is to Eminem’s 2002 “Lose Yourself.” This song was initially released in 2002, as it appeared on the “8 Mile” soundtrack.

Furthermore, fans went on to applaud SZA’s cover to Lose Yourself. This comes comes amid the wait for her highly anticipated “Lana” album. In SZA’s Instagram post, she ex...

Chris Brown’s parents divorced when he was 7

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Chris Brown’s parents, Joyce Hawkins and Clinton Brown, have been by his side through his ups and downs over the years.

After being discovered at the age of 13 and releasing his debut self-titled album in 2005 at 16, Chris experienced a meteoric rise in the world of R&B. Since then, he’s released 10 more albums including 2011’s Grammy Award-winning F.A.M.E

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An MSNBC guest claimed that white people had stolen every form of music except classical from black people.

The Daily Show correspondent Dulce Sloan argued in response to criticism of Beyoncé making a country album that if white people disliked cultural appropriation, they shouldn’t have created rock, jazz, blues, country or pop as they were all stolen from black people.

Sloan said, “If white peopl...

You might think that once you’re dead, you no longer have to worry about maps and directions (that’s one silver lining, at least).

Well, no such luck for the Ancient Egyptians, who were buried with detailed guides on how to navigate the underworld.

These so-called “Books of the Dead” were filled with spells and instructions, and considered a form of supernatural “travel insurance”, Sara Cole, an antiquities expert at the J. Paul Getty Museum in LA, told the New York Times.

Now, it’...

Connor Smith, a former contestant on MTV's reality dating show Are You the One?, was arrested Thursday in Clearwater, Fla., booking records show. He has spent the past 13 months on the run after fleeing police in Illinois when they attempted to arrest him there.

Smith is accused of grooming a minor and traveling to meet a minor for sex. He had allegedly been messaging with an undercover cop he thought was a...

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The bodies of eight Chinese nationals have been found on a beach in the Mexican state of Oaxaca after their boat capsized, officials say.

The bodies were found on Friday along a route used by illegal migrants trying to reach the United States.

The seven women and a man were on board a boat operated by a Mexican that set off from Chiapas state, on the border with Guatemala, on Thursday.

One other person survived. It was not clear...

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Louis Gossett Jr, who has died aged 87, was the first black man to win an Oscar for best-supporting actor after putting naval aviation cadet Richard Gere through his paces in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); he was only the third black person to win any Oscar after Hattie McDaniel in Gone With the Wind (1939) and Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field (1963).

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Darryle Dwayne Granberry Jr, best known by his rap pseudonym DDG, first appeared on the YouTube platform in 2014, while he was still in high school. In the decade since he first pressed upload on the video-sharing site, the 26-year-old performer has managed to amass a fortune of over $8 million, through his various YouTube, music, and extracurricular ventures.

While $8 million may not seem like much compared to other YouTubers who have been on t...

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Designed by Converse's Black design team, The Black Joy collection was made with the intent to encourage Black creatives to grow within their communities. Each style was inspired by the artistic roots of the Harlem Renaissance. Along with an assortment of cropped and standard-fit T-shirts, the caps...

           

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Musicians, actors and community activists were among those to attend an event marking the second anniversary of entrepreneur Jamal Edwards' death.

The event in Notting Hill, west London, was organised by the trust named after Mr Edwards and was also used to launch three of its "social impact initiatives".

His mother, Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards, says she is aiming to create a "remarkable legacy" for her son.

Kali Reis does not take her identity for granted.

"I'm the first generation of my line who was actually able to grow up in the culture," said the True Detective: Night Country star of being from the Seaconke Wampanoag people. "My great-grandmother, grandmother, mother were taught, generation after generation, ‘You don't say you're Wamp.'"

The day before the Native women's brunch, which was held at the Four Seasons, Reis was at the Academy Museum for the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards...

When I started my side hustle, I didn't have a mentor, a big social media following, or any startup capital. I just had a drive to help people find great careers, and advice from some of my favorite books. 

In 2022, I quit my six-figure recruiting job at Amazon to grow my YouTube channel and launch my business, PayBump. I make videos about remote work and unique income streams, and create kits to help people make their resumes and cover letters shine.

Today, my business brings in $143,000 a mon...

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Black businesses are rich in history. From newspapers to banks to restaurants and more, Black-owned businesses are an integral part of American life.

Today, Black men and women own 2.6 million businesses across the United States, roughly 9.5 percent of businesses in the country.

But which ones have endured the longest? These are some of the oldest Black-owned businesses in America, with the very oldest listed last.

Beauchamp Dist...

Erick Sermon says he gets $240,000 every four months thanks to Metro Boomin’s “Creepin’” track featuring The Weeknd and 21 Savage.

In a recent interview with Bootleg Kev, the producer and EPMD member spoke about the importance of owning publishing, particularly in the current climate of streaming hits that are often short-lived.

“I find it the oddest thing when people refer to me as a Black actor,” says Jeffrey Wright. “What is a Black actor? Is the process different for a Black actor? Is the outcome different? It makes absolutely no sense.”

At the same time, he thinks, considering the history “of limitations and false judgements” of Black people, maybe it does.

This tension is at the heart of Wright’s new movie American Fiction, liberally adapted by debut writer-director Cord Jefferson from Percival...

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Radio host Charlamagne tha God pressed GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley about systemic and structural racism in America on his radio show Wednesday.

“When you look at the inequalities in America, in education, you know, homeownership, employment and wealth, health care,” Charlamagne asked the former South Carolina governor during an appearance on “The Breakfast Club.” “Can you admit that Ameri...

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Anthony Anderson's days of doing his own stunts may be over.

The actor injured himself on the set of the upcoming film "G20" in Cape Town, South Africa, he shared on Instagram Thursday.

"I spent the night in the emergency room," Anderson, 53, captioned a photo of him laying on a stretcher, all smiles while holding up the peace sign. "Movie set fight gone wrong. Me against two goons and a chair! Guess who didn't win!"

USA TODAY has reached out to Anderson...

Pharrell Williams is using Legos to tell his own story, with an eye toward inspiring others to their creative heights with animated biopic "Piece by Piece" via the Lego Group and Focus Features.

The "Happy" singer and producer has teamed with Oscar-winning "20 Feet From Stardom" documentarian Morgan Neville for the unconventional project due in theaters Oct. 11..

Williams, whose career spans hip-hop and R&B, films and fashion, was "uninterested in making a traditional film about his life," Focu...

‘The Underdoggs’ Director Is Extremely High on Snoop Dogg’s Performance: ‘He Did a Hell of a Job’ (Exclusive)

The new Prime Video sports comedy is inspired by the rapper's real-life role as a youth football coach and league founder

The Doggfather is now also The Underdoggs star.

Premiering Friday on Prime Video, the sports comedy takes inspiration from Snoop Dogg's admirable work as a coach and founder of the Snoop Youth Football League, which has served as the start for many future NF...

Benny the Butcher knows that good things often time.

More than two years after inking a deal with Def Jam Recordings, the East Coast native has finally unleashed Everybody Can’t Go — his first full-length solo project under a major record label. Benny announced the effort back in early 2022, leading some to believe it would arrive later that year. It wasn’t until summer 2023 that the rapper confirmed an Aug. 11 release; however, fans were left scratching their heads as the date came and ...

Jay-Z is the designer behind Moncler’s newly released collection created in partnership with Roc Nation. The Genius sector of the Italian brand stems away from the initial protective mountain outerwear origins. Moncler Genius focuses on art, design, entertainment, music, sport, and culture which Jay-Z has a connection to. The latest collection entitled Moncler X Roc Nation is a reflection of Jay-Z’s polymath approach to creativity. 

    

Jay-Z Designs The Latest Moncler Collection In Collab...

Sitting at the heart of Roc Nation’s music empire are two executives masterfully orchestrating a roster of distinct artists all united by one specific trait: authenticity. 

From Rihanna to J.Cole to Maeta, each individual artist signed under the Roc Nation label is strategically positioned to unleash the next major music sensation, guided by the expertise of co-presidents Shari Br...

If you or someone you know needs mental health resources and support, please call, text, or chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visit 988lifeline.org for 24/7 access to free and confidential services.

A historically Black college and university is mourning the death of one of its former administrators, and some alumni say racism was at play and the institution’s president is to blame.

Notorious B.I.G.'s estate has reached a settlement with the widow of late hip hop photographer Chi Modu, resolving long-running litigation over merch bearing Modu's famed image of the late rapper standing in front of the World Trade Center.

Biggie's estate sued in 2019, claiming Modu had illegally authorized the use of his 1996 photograph of the rapper (real name Christopher Wallace) on commercial products like skateboards and shower curtains. In 2022, a judge ruled that such merch likely viol...

Taraji P. Henson is ready for the narrative surrounding “The Color Purple” to change.

Recently, her comments about her experience with pay disparity in Hollywood — and the revelation that she nearly turned down the Broadway musical adaptation because she felt lowballed — went viral. Now, Henson is asking that the attention return to the film that was released last Christmas.

“I hope they can focus back onto this film, because right now, to me, it feels like what I said is now becoming...

Neel Nanda, a stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Comedy Central's Adam Devine's House Party, has died, his manager Greg Weiss confirmed to Deadline. The cause of death is not immediately known. He was 34.

 "I [am] deeply shocked and saddened by this. He was a wonderful comic, but a better person," Weiss said in a statement. "He had the world in front of him," Weiss added, noting he was fully booked with appearances throughou...

Tonesa Welch wants to be known for more than her role within the Black Mafia Family, so she’s taking control of her narrative with the new film directed by Vivica A. Fox.

“I really wanted to tell my story because of the whole BMF series, the perception, and the misconception people had of me,” Welch told Shadow and Act in a recent interview. “I wanted to show who I was, the way it was, the way that I saw it with my own eyes. What I am doing now. I didn’t want it just to be a glorifyi...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elmore Nickelberry, a civil rights icon who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for higher pay and better working conditions for sanitation workers, has died at the age of 92, according to his family.

According to Nickelberry’s son, Terrence Nickleberry, his father’s cancer returned, and he went into the hospital around Thanksgiving with fluid on his lungs. Soon after, he was placed in hospice.

Nickelberry served the City of Memphis as a sanitation worker...

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wo men who were shot and killed Monday on Milwaukee’s north side have been identified by family as popular local rappers – Joevon “Jigg” Wilder and Marcell “Celly Cell” Hendrix.

The incident was reported on the 2900 block of North 20th Street at 12:35 a.m., police ...

Since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas, student-led pro-Palestine protests on U.S. college campuses have been accused of spreading antisemitism and threats to Jewish students, and a number of pro-Palestinian voices and organizations have been silenced or shut down.

As a result, university leaders are being asked about what they’re doing to protect both Jewish and Muslim students. Those are rightful questions and more needs to be done to ensure student safety and sense of belonging.

H...

Outside her fictional kitchen garbs, the 28-year-old star has been pulling off look after look with zero hesitation. A Thom Browne muse...

Injuries can undoubtedly have a devastating impact on a player's career. With an already limited time to pursue their passion, being unable to compete due to injuries can go beyond physical pain; it sometimes also takes a toll on their mental well-being.

However, when you compare sports injuries to injuries other people struggle with, it may not seem as devastating. This change in perspective is something Julius Erving notably realized and expressed in the latter stages of his illustrious care...

Clipse thinks that André 3000 still has a lot in him in regards to hip-hop.

Last month, the Virginia rap duo, composed of brothers Pusha T, 46, and No Malice, 51, guested on the live podcast Idea Generation, hosted by former Complex Editor-in-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever. Held on the night that Three Stacks released his solo debut New Blue Sun (Nov. 16), which showcases him playing the flute instead of rapping, Bever asked Clipse if being of an older age was a deterrent to ...

A lottery winner went to collect a life-changing $5million prize with his wife - and went on to leave his girlfriend "penniless".

Curtis Sharp, Jr. was working as a former maintenance man in New Jersey when he landed the jackpot in 1982 and immediately raised eyebrows after walking into lottery headquarters with two females on his arms. His wife, Barbara, and girlfriend Jacqueline Bernabela happily posed for photographs with him but things soon turned sour

He had spent much of his life working ...

President, Donald Trump.Labeling the spectacle "Billionaires Row," Ross seemingly positions himself amidst th...

• Quincy Thorpe, a Delta airlines baggage handler, and his alleged accomplice Emmanuel Auquo Okon are on trial for the theft $258,200 in September 2019

A Delta baggage handler accused of orchestrating a $300,000 theft is on trial in New York City...

Special Ed wasn’t pleased with the celebrations of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary. The creator of the Hip-Hop classic “I Got It Made” condemned certain people involved in the festivities in an interview with AllHipHop.

“There’s a lot of vultures and vampires out here sucking the blood out of everything,” Special Ed told AllHipHop. “People that are really not as vested to Hip-Hop as you would think, but they rep Hip-Hop … And they out here to also take advantage...

The newly launched Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) layer-2 blockchain network, Shibarium, surpassed one million wallet mark on Sunday. 

What Happened: This comes two weeks after the network’s initial launch, following a relaunch on August 28.

In a blog post on Saturday, the Shibarium team said, "We have achieved—and aim to maintain—our status as one of the fastest and cheapest L2 networks out there. (I also read somewhere that some people are unhappy that the gas prices are very low in the netwo...

When it comes to era-defining soirées, few rival Diddy's lavish White Parties. For more than a decade, from 1998 to 2009, the annual extravaganza over the Labor Day holiday was pop culture's hottest ticket, with an unmatched guest list delivering indelible fashion moments. 

"I remember the first party he threw in the Hamptons," Paris Hilton recalled to The Hollywood Reporter in 2008. "It was iconic and everyone was there."

In the early aughts, an invite to the exclusive bash solidified one's A...

Ms. Lauryn Hill is headed on the road with The Fugees as an additional act, however all members may not have been in on the plan. Pras shared that he learned of the fall performances online.

“I ain’t even know this tour was happening until last week to be honest with you,” detailed the 50-year-old to TMZ.

“I heard about it through the media… I’m going, obviously, I just heard about it last week.”

Awhite girl who mocked Black women and cultural appropriation was seemingly forced to cut off all of her hair after getting braids.

TikTok user Starla Soloway posted a video last month of her getting her hair braided. After receiving backlash from a number of Black social media users, Soloway posted a number of follow-up videos, continuing to show off her braids and mock those who were critical of her wearing the hairstyle as a white woman.

Soloway revealed a few weeks later that she had to cut...

A posthumous album from Lil Peep is coming next week. On Friday, the late rapper’s estate released the single “November,” and his mother Liza Womack announced that Diamonds will be released Sept. 8.

Womack said that the upcoming record is Lil Peep’s “last cohesive full body of work” made with iLoveMakonnen.

“Lil Peep and Makonnen completed the first fifteen of what would be twenty-one songs and would later be known as the album Diamonds in Los Angeles, exactly 6 years ago in Augus...

•  Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, went through a name change and image transformation in 2001, accompanied by his personal assistant Fonzworth Bentley, who became a media sensation overnight.
•  Fonzworth Bentley worked for Diddy as a personal assistant and valet.
•  Bentley found success as an author, TV personality, and musician.

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Did Jimmy Fallon Actually Attempt To Prevent Keke Palmer From Exposing The Truth About The Rigged System On That's My Jam?

• That's My Jam, a lively musical game show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, has become a favorite among viewers.
• The episode featuring Keke Palmer and Saweetie generated controversy when Keke suggested the game was rigged.
• Fans of That's My Jam expressed frustration and disappointment over the surprising outcome of the episode.

Irv Gotti appears to not be a believer in giving artists their masters recordings.

During an interview with “Drink Champs,” the Murder Inc. founder broke down his reasoning for why he is against it. 

“When people talk about the masters…and they’re like, ‘Oh you should give your artists their masters.’ No, because that’s how I make my money,” Gotti said. “Like Ja, Ashanti, millions of dollars they make every year [from their shows]. I don’t get a dime of that. I don’t get...

Three reality stars from the Love & Hip Hop franchise were arrested Friday night after a brawl with security guards at a lounge in Atlanta, EW has confirmed.

Erica Mena and Addie "Bambi" Richardson of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood cast member Rodney Shaw (a.k.a. Zellswag) were at Lucca Lounge in Buckhead on Aug. 25 when Atlanta police responded to a call regarding a dispute on the property, Atlanta's Channel 2 Action News reports.

Upon their arrival at 11:40 p.m. local t...

C-Murder labeled NBA Youngboy as the “Soulja Slim of the new generation.” On Sunday (Aug. 20), the rapper, né Corey Miller, took to Instagram to give the Gen Z artist, and his contemporaries, their flowers for their contributions to Hip-Hop. The incarcerated man also told his generation to stop “hating” and let the young bulls cook. 

“I want to ask the older cats to stop hating on our new generation that rap. These dudes really eating and it’s all legal,” C-Murder’s captioned ...

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“Love & Hip-Hop” star Tommie Lee arrested on drug charges

Tommie Lee, who previously starred on “Love and Hip-Hop: Atlanta,” has struggled with various legal issues, over the past 16 years. The most notable charges over the last five years include child abuse, probation violation, and even showing up to court while intoxicated.

Meanwhile, Tommie is apparently in more legal situations, this weekend. According to The Neighborhood Talk, she was reportedly arrested on Saturday night, in Mia...

Burna Boy, Ari Lennox and more kick off Afro Nation Detroit festival 

On Saturday afternoon, Afro Nation officially kicked off its first ever festival in Detroit. This took place at the Bedrock’s Douglas Site near the downtown area, as Hip-HopVibe was on site.

The day featured performances from various Afrobeats and hip-hop stars, which include Skillibeng, Diamond Platnumz, Detroit native Dej Loaf, Latto, Ari Lennox, as well as Burna Boy closing out the night as the headliner. Dej, Flavour, a...

Rapper Magoo, Timbaland's ex-rap partner, passes away aged 50

“Our family is dealing with an overwhelming grief for the loss of my daughter Tytyana. We respectfully request some pri...

Arising rapper was among three people who died after their car crashed into a duplex in Miami early morning Wednesday, police say. 

The car was going westbound on 82nd Street when the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a residence in the area, the Miami Police Department told local outlet WSVN. 

The car then flipped over and burst into flames, according to Local10 and NBC Miami. 

A jury on Friday found Hollywood architect and film academy member Jeffrey Cooper guilty of three counts of child molestation.

The two-week criminal trial began May 9 at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys, four years after Cooper was arrested and a grand jury indicted him on eight counts involving two children. Cooper, a resident of Calabasas, pleaded not guilty.

The jury convicted him on three felony charges of a lewd act on a child involving one of his accusers.

Jurors, however, were u...

Popular YouTuber Kevin Samuels, who sparked controversy for his self-proclaimed relationship expertise and allegations of misogynistic statements, died on Thursday, his mother confirmed to NBC News.

Samuels, who was 56, was staying with a woman when he started to have chest pain, the woman told police, according to an incident report from the Atlanta Police Department. 

The woman said that he then fell on top of her and she called 911, according to the incident report. 

Officials attempted CPR a...

Fontana police on Friday, May 6 released an edited video that shows officers shooting a bank robbery suspect who was armed with what turned out to be a replica gun.

On the afternoon of April 7, police received calls about a man with a gun robbing the Bank of America at 15092 Summit Avenue. A 911 tape of a Bank of America official confirming the robbery was released along with the video on Friday.

After the robbery, the suspect fled north in the parking lot towards a dumpster enclosure near a We...

House Intelligence subcommittee Tuesday is holding the first congressional hearing on UFOs in 50 years, as building evidence on the sightings raises more questions than answers. 

"There are a lot of unexplained aerial phenomena. We don't know what they are, and they can't be easily rationalized as weather phenomenon or balloons or anything else. So it's quite a mystery," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said of the hearing. 

"We're going to press them on some very se...

According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s latest report citing transplant specialists, David Bennett Sr., the world’s first receiver of a genetically modified pig heart, may have died of ‘a porcine virus’ contained in the pig’s heart.

In January, the Maryland man was on the verge of death. Bennett received a genetically altered pig heart in a groundbreaking xenotransplantation operation as a last-ditch effort to save his life. The 57-year-old, however, died 40 days fol...

Celebrity chef Mario Batali’s pandemic-delayed trial on sexual misconduct allegations opens Monday in Boston.

Batali pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The woman says Batali noticed her photographing him and invited her to take one together, then touched and kissed her repeatedly without her consent.

Elon Musk wants to hire thousands of new employees at Twitter while shedding some existing staffers, create a secretive new product known as "X," and more than quadruple the size of the social media platf...

Fred Savage has been removed as director and executive producer of "The Wonder Years" following an investigation into his alleged inappropriate conduct.

A spokesman for 20th Television confirmed the news in a statement provided to USA TODAY Friday. 

"Recently, we were made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fred Savage, and as is policy, an investigation was launched," reads the statement. "Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive p...

Three Americans were found dead at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas and a fourth has been hospitalized, officials said.

Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said in a statement on Twitter that police are investigating the situation, but noted that "foul play is not suspected."

Police at the George Town station were alerted Friday just after 9 a.m. by staff at Sandals Emerald Bay in Exuma that a man was found unresponsive in his villa, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement to...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A 25-year-old man reported missing last month was found dead in Grays Ferry this week. But his death may have come just after he won a million dollars on a lottery ticket.

Philadelphia police said a couple of kids found the body of 25-year-old Francis Decero in some bushes on Douglas Street on Wednesday. He had been missing since April 26, and authorities said his body bore signs of trauma.

Friends of Decero told our partners at NBC10 that he was a great, genuin...

 screams could be heard as loved ones learned that aspiring rapper Brandon Slater was shot and killed right outside his mother's home Saturday -- just one day ahead of Mother's Day. 

Family members say the 26-year-old had just picked up a cake for Mother's Day. His mother, Diane Archer, was at a Mother's Day brunch, where people were praying for her after losing her other son in December.

"I am so tired of this nonsense," she said. "Something has to be done." 

The shooting took place in the 1160...

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the court is obligated to take a look at established precedent, and that government institutions should not be “bullied,” CNN reported. His comments on Friday came after the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortions nationwide. Speaking to an audience of mostly judges and lawyers in Atlanta, Thomas said the Supreme Court is the “end of the line” and can’t be bound by “stare decisis...

On the afternoon of April 7, police received calls about a man with a gun robbing the Bank of America at 15092 Summit Avenue. A 911 tape of a Bank of America official confirming the robbery was released along with the video on Friday.

After the robbery, the suspect fled north in the parking lot towards a dumpster enclosure near a We...

OLSOM (CBS13) — California State Prison officials are investigating the death of inmate Camilo Banoslopez after he was killed by several other incarcerated persons, said the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Albert Calvillo, Irvin Rodriguez, Osbaldo Velasquez, and Jose Avila, all incarcerated, attacked Banoslopez in a recreation yard shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 6.

Banoslopez was transferred to an on-site medical facility for treatment of his injuries from the attack, b...

Kevin Hart may be ready to conquer a new industry.

According to a press release, the entertainer and businessman teamed up with tequila producer Juan Domingo Beckmann to launch a new tequila brand, Gran Coramino™.

The pair merged Beckmann’s knowledge of the tequila industry with Hart’s drive to produce top-quality tequila in hopes of creating community.  Now, the entrepreneurial venture, which was two years in the making, has led to a “perfectly smooth and uniquely balanced Reposado Cri...

Rick Ross has some questions for crypto-millionaires.

“That’s the thing about Rick Ross — that’s the thing about the bawse,” he said in a recent Instagram story. “The metaverse. Crypto. Y’all gettin’ so much money, where you at? Where you at? Show us! And I don’t mean ‘I’m tryna get money.’ Yo, man, I got a lot of money … But show us. Show my homies what the metaverse [is] about. Y’all big boy crypto dudes! … All that fake rich money, where it’s at?”

Check out ...

Bivol won a unanimous decision Saturday at T-Mobile Arena Saturday, outworking, outlanding and outboxing Alvarez to retain his WBA championship. All three judges had it 115-113 in favor of Bivol, who seemed to win by an even wider margin than that.

It was a mature, veteran performance by Bivol, a mature, veteran fighter. It wasn’t his size that won him this fight, either. It was his boxing skills and his smarts. Bivol, who is now 20-0, simply was better in every area than Alvarez.

“If you d...

The man who allegedly rushed the stage and attacked comedian Dave Chappelle as he performed Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl is an aspiring rapper who recorded a song in 2020 titled “Dave Chappell.”

Isaiah Arias Lee, who performs under the name “NoName_Trapper,” was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to booking records. Lee, 23, was carrying a replica gun with a knife hidden inside, police said. After Chappelle’s security team subdued Lee—with the as...

Pictured: Parents of daughter found dead fused to their sofa for 12 years

An Alabama sheriff said Wednesday that a jail official visited a murder suspect in prison before helping him escape last week and that her actions suggest their plan had been in the works for some time.

“We have confirmed that there were visits and that there was communication between the two of them when he was in prison and she was still working here,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.

He said the prison visits indicate the the two had some type of a relationship for possibly...

Pete Davidson appears to have a new tattoo dedicated to girlfriend Kim Kardashian’s children, but the internet can’t agree whether it’s a thumbs up or down. 

The Saturday Night Live comedian performed his first stand-up show in three years at the Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival in Los Angeles on Friday night. 

He was joined by Kim, 41, who supportively watched the comic return to the stage and make jokes about her estranged husband Kanye West. 

While leaving and getting into their waiting ...

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Agile methodologies have become the default mode for innovation. But are they always the best choice for launching human-centered customer experiences?

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.”

Somehow, somewhere, we fell too deeply in love with process instead of purpose. As innovators and visionaries, we forgot about our fundamental mission: to create new services, ...

A Florida Hooters waitress has gone viral online after detailing exactly how much she earns in tips from just one shift.

In a TikTok video with over 10 million views, Leah Fennelly updated viewers throughout her shift on each and every tip, revealing the surprising total at the very end.

Working an eight-hour shift, Fennelly started at 12 p.m. with three tips—$3, $7 and $8 along with loose change.

Three more tables earned her $43 in tips, along with another $4, $6, $5, $4 and $50 from the rest...

Donny Davis' cause of death has been revealed.

The comedian and impersonator died of fentanyl and alcohol intoxication, the Clark County Coroner's office tells PEOPLE.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that the case is still open, and no arrests have been made, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Davis was found in a room at the Resorts World hotel and casino in February, Las Vegas' 
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HILADELPHIA (CBS) — Third-degree murder charges have been approved against a bouncer who punched a man outside a Center City bar, leading to the man’s death, authorities tell Eyewitness News. Eric Pope, 41, died from the injuries he sustained in the incident outside Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar this past Saturday.

CBS3 confirmed the bouncer involved in the investigation is Kenneth Frye. Philadelphia police have a warrant out for Frye’s arrest.

A reputed federal informant and whistleblower who went missing after he was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank was found dead at a Los Angeles school this week, a police official said Wednesday.

The body of Valentin Broeksmit, 46, was found Monday at Woodrow Wilson High School shortly before 7 a.m., Sgt. Rudy Perez of the Los Angeles School Police Department said in an email.

Records of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner do not list a cause of ...

Aretired corrections officer has been arrested in the murder of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl more than three decades after she was stabbed to death, authorities announced Wednesday.

Marvin Carlton “Skip” McClendon, Jr., 74, was arrested Tuesday evening at his home in Bremen, Alabama. He is accused of killing Melissa Ann Tremblay in 1988 and dumping her in a Lawrence, Massachusetts, rail yard. After she died, a freight car ran over Tremblay’s body, severing her left leg.

“It was bru...

Cryptocurrency has become an increasingly popular investment in recent years. If you don't own crypto, you may be thinking of adding it to your portfolio -- or opening a brokerage account and kicking off your investing career with some type of digital currency. 

But if you're going to invest in crypto, it's important to do so under the right conditions. Here are four signs you may not be quite ready to take that leap.

1. You think all crypto is the same

It's easy to put cryptocurrency into a sin...

China’s launch marks the first public demonstration of the “YJ-21” or “Eagle Strike 21” hypersonic anti-ship missile, said to be designed to target aircraft carriers, in what seems to be a show of china’s naval capabilities in warning to the US Navy.

The display of naval power came ahead of the Chinese navy’s 73rd anniversary, which was last weekend.

In a video clip of the apparent launch, the YJ-21 is launched from a Type 055 vessel, a guided-missile destroyer said to be the larg...

Kid Cudi announced on Twitter that a track on Pusha T’s upcoming album that features him and Ye will be their last song together.

“Hey! So I know some of you heard about the song I got [with] Pusha,” Cudi tweeted on Tuesday. “I did this song a year ago when I was still cool [with] Kanye. I am not cool [with] that man. He’s not my friend and I only cleared the song for Pusha [because] that’s my guy. This is the last song you will hear me on [with] Kanye.”

Cudi and Ye had a public f...

Marijuana companies Akerna Corp., Green Thumb Industries Inc., Verano Holdings and Surterra Holdings Inc. have successfully monopolized the Illinois-branded marijuana market, from cultivation to manufacturing to retail dispensarie...

Grayson's death at age 55 on Sunday was confirmed by his family in a statement released through New York radio station HOT 97, where he hosted “The Drama Hour” for more than two decades.

“A dominant figure in hip hop culture with millions of fans worldwide, DJ Kay Slay will be remembered for his passion and excellence with a legacy tha...

Arthur Rupe, a record producer and 2011 inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to a statement from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. He was 104.

His death was also announced by his daughter, Beverly Rupe Schwarz, according to the New York Times. CNN has reached out to Schwarz for comment.

Rupe is credited with launching the career of Rock and Roll pioneer Little Richard and helped make R&B a mainstream genre of music, according to ...

New photos and a short video clip emerged early Monday on social media showing Russia's guided-missile cruiser, the Moskva, badly damaged and on fire in the hours before the ship sunk in the Black Sea on Thursday.

The sinking of the Black Sea fleet flagship was the biggest wartime loss of a naval ship in 40 years -- and a huge embarrassment for Russia.

The images show the Moskva listing to one side, with black holes from possible missile puncture marks, and significant scarring at and just abov...

The idea was taken as a jab at both the city of San Francisco, which has grappled with a deepening homeless crisis, and at Twitter, whose employees have been told they can work remotely forever. Perhaps the building would be better used as homeless housing, Musk se...

The search warrant and raid came a month-long surveillance and investigation into the home: In March, the Secaucus Police Department...

According to the Dare County Sheriff’s Office, deputies conducted the traffic stop near the 1900 block of Colington Road around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The deputies found out that the passenger had outstanding warrants during the stop.

An amount of cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were subsequently seized.

Newport News resident Karena Lashea Harri...

Shortages in the U.S. have become synonymous with supply chain issues since the start of the pandemic. But the most troubling piece of this puzzle, and one that often gets overlooked, is an acute labor shortage in the world's biggest economy.

There are nearly 11.3 million unfilled positions in the U.S. labor market as of the end of January 2022. And with The Great Resignation movement still in full swing, the challenge of filling those jobs still remains.

In 2021, retailers struggled not only w...

Vanessa Amos, also known as Ezra, was found dead on March 31 near Bathurst Street and Bloor Street West after a fall from the roof of a construction site.

Toronto Police say they are investigating after a young, Hamilton-based housing advocate was found dead near a Toronto construction site last week.

The mother of 22-year-old Vanessa Amos, who also goes by Ezra,...

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...

Actor Johnny Brown, who played building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," has died, according to an Instagram post from his daughter, Sharon Brown.

He was 84 and died on March 2, his daughter said.

"It's too terrible. It will never not be. It's a shock. He was literally snatched out of our lives. It's not real for us yet," Sharon Brown, an actor and composer, wrote Friday. "So, there will be more to say but not now. Dad was the absolute best. We love him so very mu...

Aptos, a team helmed by former Facebook coders, announced a $200 million funding round Tuesday, confirming an earlier CoinDesk scoop.

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The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with Multicoin Capital, 3 Arrows Capital, Tiger Global, FTX Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and more also signing checks.

Aptos is among a handful of teams looking to bring the Diem (formerly Libra) blockchain to life outside of the watchful eye of Meta (formerl...

Bain Capital Ventures -- one of the world’s biggest startup-investment firms -- is launching a $560 million fund focused exclusively on crypto-related efforts.

The fund closed in December, and the firm has already invested $100 million into a dozen efforts, which it doesn’t yet disclose, said Stefan Cohen, a managing partner at Bain Capital Crypto, which is running the fund.

Bain Capital Ventures has been investing in crypto for the last seven years, pouring money into crypto lender BlockFi...

There's pain at the pump for American drivers as US gas prices soar to record highs.

Although the United States barely uses Russian oil, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is still a big factor in the gas-price spike — among other reasons.

Confused? We'll walk you through it.

So why is Russian oil affecting the US?

Most of Russia's oil goes to Europe and Asia. But the key here is to think about the oil supply globally, rather than the US specifically. The commodities world is a heavily interconnected...

Kanye "Ye" West is back to his social media tactics, this time to bash media news outlets for their recent articles concerning him and ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.

3 news outlets—Perez Hilton, OK! Magazine, and Us Weekly—have been put on blast when West screenshot their recent Instagram posts in relation to what is going on between West, Kardashian, and her boyfriend, Pete Davidson. West attempted to explain his side of the story in each scathing post.

Between the three, West focused hardest on...

Police are searching for a California man after the body of a child was found in his Central Valley home, authorities said Saturday.

The body was found Thursday in Dhante Jackson's residence in Merced, police from the cities of Merced and Hayward said in separate statements.

© Provided by NBC NewsSophia Mason (Hayward Police Department via AP)

Jackson is the boyfriend of a woman whose 8-year-old daughter, Sophia Mason, was reported missing Tuesday.

Two separate probes have been launched into Sop...

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has put a spotlight on alleged racism. The concern: immigrants from Africa and other people of color who call Ukraine home.

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As millions flee Ukraine, there are accusations of discrimination toward these refugees. 

In the United States, the issue has gotten the attention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League, which signed a letter t...

Traci Braxton, a singer and actress who appeared with her sisters on the WE tv reality series "Braxton Family Values," has died after a battle with esophageal cancer. She was 50.

Her younger sister, Toni Braxton, shared the news in an Instagram post:

"It is with the utmost regret that we inform you of the passing of our sister, Traci. Needless to say, she was a bright light, a wonderful daughter, an amazing sister, a loving mother, wife, grandmother and a respected performer. We will miss her d...

© Provided by Business InsiderWorkers load packages of Israeli humanitarian aid to assist people caught up in the fighting in Ukraine. Tsafrir Abayov/AP

At least 14 private jets from Russia have landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, per a rep...

"That's why it didn't matter that Amir's name wasn't on the warrant -- 'cause we don't have a right to a name in the eyes of some in this country. We are nameless suspects," Sharpton said.

"We are no longer gonna be your nameless suspects," Sharpton said. "Amir has a name. His name wasn't on your warrant -- but his name's gonna be in ...

ALas Vegas man faces murder charges in the death of a 4-year-old boy who was found in a freezer after his older sister gave her elementary school teacher an ominous note from their mom, officials said.

Brandon Toseland, 53, was arrested Tuesday after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department found the preschooler’s body in a freezer in his mother’s garage. He’s been charged with open murder and two counts of kidnapping.

Police say they obtained a search warrant for the Saddle Brook Par...

The 18 year-old murdered by Nike Jordan executive Larry Miller in 1965 has been pictured for the first time, as his family revealed they'd forgiven his killer.

Edward White's family shared photos of the teenager as they revealed Miller hadn't told them in advance that he planned to disclose what he had done ahead of the release of an autobiography that detailed the crime. 

White, a father-of-two, was pictured in a haunting black and white tribute shot shared by his daughter Azizah Arline, inscr...

DETROIT — Michigan men's basketball coach Juwan Howard won't be on the sidelines for a while.

Howard has been suspended for the remainder of the regular season by the school — which the Big Ten backed — and fined $40,000 for striking an opposing coach  at the end of the Wolverines game against the Wisconsin Badgers at a Sunday

Howard's supsension would not include the Big Ten tournament or any other postseason games.

A Brunswick lottery winner is being sued by her former fiancé.

Fontella Marie Holmes won $188 million in the Powerball jackpot in Feb. 2015.

Lamar McDow, 36, filed his first complaint against Holmes in Brunswick County Superior Court asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and breach of bailment on Oct. 19, 2018, according to a motion to dismiss filed by Holmes. That complaint was voluntarily dismissed by McDow on June 25, 2019.

McDow tried to revive the same complaint almost...

YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along Northern California’s rugged Lost Coast.

But things escalated when Emmilee Risling was charged with arson for igniting a fire in a cemetery. Her family hoped the case would force her into mental health and addiction services. Instead, she was released over the pleas of loved ones and a tribal police c...

Following their recent defamation lawsuit, Tasha K, whose real name is LaTasha Kebe, was ordered to pay Cardi B over $4 million, but the blogger told Kendall Kyndall and Kendra G on Social Society “I ain’t got it.”

“Don’t ask me for no money. I ain’t got it. But listen, we have business things in place that tak...

Four days before William “Roddie” Bryan chased down Ahmaud Arbery with his neighbors, the Georgia man used a racial slur to describe a Black man his daughter was dating, prosecutors said Monday.

That shocking detail was among several instances of Bryan’s racist behavior before Arbery’s Feb. 23, 2020, homicide in Satilla Shores, prosecutors said. Bryan and his neighbors, Travis and Gregory McMichael, have been sentenced to life after being convicted of Arbery’s murder, which has been ...

A man reported missing in Houston in 2021 has been found dead in a car trunk in Dallas.

The body of Taylour Young, 25, was discovered in the trunk of his vehicle in an impound lot on January 19.

Young's body was in a state of decomposition when it was found, according to the Houston Police Department.

In a tweet, they said an investigation was ongoing and the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death.

Moses J. Moseley, an actor who performed on shows such as “The Walking Dead,” “Watchmen” and “Queen of the South,” has died. He was 31 years old.

Moseley’s body was discovered by authorities in Stockbridge, Ga. last week. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of death.

The actor’s death was confirmed by his representation at Avery Sisters Entertainment, who offered a tribute post to Moseley on its official Facebook page.

“With a heavy heart, we at Avery Sisters En...

Nine brick kiln workers died and at least 29 others became ill Wednesday after drinking laced booze at an event Tuesday night in Paharpur village in Rae Bareli, India, per the Times of India.

Th...

follows him outside and punches him in the face.

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“My guy didn’t keep the same energy afterwards,” user @gr33d captioned the video. 

The video reveals the man walking behind the counter and grabbing the worker’s hands before storming outside. The worker then removes his shirt and follows the man outside, where he punches him in the face. Whil...

In the pre-pandemic days, the idea of the government — whether at the federal, state, or local level — offering someone a basic income guarantee, in the form of checks over an extended period of time, was not a mainstream sort of policy idea. Today, though, state and local governments around the US have undertaken a slew of these basic income experiments, offering what amounts to free money to broad swaths of their populations.

These payments are distinct from last year’s stimulus checks...

Guinea worm, formally called Dracunculus medinensis, is a type of nematode that’s long been a t...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years.

Kiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to charter a plane to bring home 54 of the island nation’s citizens. Many of those aboard were missionaries who had left Kiribati before the border closure to spread the f...

The actress and director said her "family is devastated at the deepest level" in a statement to USA TODAY confirming her 26-year-old son's death. 

"He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you," King said. 

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A family representative confirmed to Th...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - No criminal charges will be filed against the man who shot and killed a woman at a gas station in downtown Green Bay in November, the Brown County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

As Action 2 News previously reported, 34-year-old Dominique Wilson died after being shot.

Police were called to the Marathon station on the 600 block of Walnut St. for a report of a “large disturbance.” When they arrived, they found Wilson had been shot multiple times. She di...

Seems like the Kardashians aren’t the only ones unamused by Kanye West’s recent behavior, as Pete Davidson has now been forced to take extra measures to guarantee his safety following the release of Ye’s latest track. If you’ll recall, the 44-year-old rapper released his new single, “My Life Was Never Eazy” on Friday, January 14th, and in the song, he literally references the 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star by name and threatens to beat him. Ye raps:  “God saved me from tha...

We’ve all heard the stories about Black millionaires making their dreams come true through impossible odds. But Jherrod Thomas of the Tomco Service Group has a very different story.

The 32-year-old engineer from Mississippi is a walking testament that success can be achieved through hard work, dedication, and a 9-to-5 job.

Yes, you read that correctly: a 9-to-5 job. That’s not something the Instagram hustling crowd necessarily wants you to hear or see, but it still is quite relevant — and...

Avideo showcasing some of the booby traps used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War has surfaced on social media, and viewers have reacted to it with a mix of shock and horror.

The footage was first posted to TikTok by thao50211, where it garnered over 2.7 million views. It has since been reposted to Reddit by aloanhbinhgold where it has earned more than 103,000 upvotes. The video can be viewed here.

hislaine Maxwell will no longer fight to keep the names of eight 'John Does' secret and will leave it to the court to decide whether the names should be unsealed, according to a January 12 letter to federal Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District of New York.

The documents containing the names are connected to a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed Epstein sexually abused her while she was a minor and that Maxwell aided in the abuse. The case was settled ...

Team Roc, joined by the nonprofit Midwest Innocence Project, said there is enough evidence of systemic police misconduct in the department that a "pattern or practice" investigation is necessary to review allega...

Virginia police believe they have found a fifth victim linked to an alleged serial killer dubbed the "shopping cart killer," as authorities identified two others and continue to search for more.

The update comes nearly a month after authorities announced that a suspect who was previously charged with the murders of two women whose bodies were found in a lot in Harrisonburg is also believed ...

Italian police has caught a top mafia fugitive who had been on the run for nearly 20 years thanks to the help of the Google Maps app, an investigator told Reuters on Wednesday.

After a two-year investigation, Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was tracked down in Galapagar, Spain, where he lived under a fake name. The town is close to the capital Madrid.

A Google Maps street view picture portraying a man who looked like him in front of a fruit shop was key in triggering a deeper investigation.

"The photogr...

An Alabama man was arrested and charged with manslaughter after his wife was fatally hit by a motorist while walking home drunk.

Jason Todd, 42, allegedly refused to let his wife, Tanya Anderson, get behind the wheel of her car while under the influence.

According to Alabama Local News, Todd and Anderson had been at Friends Steakhouse in Clanton, Alabama, where Todd’s band was playing their final set back in summer 2018. 

Anderson had gotten drunk, demanding to drive herself home but Todd refu...

© Provided by INSIDERKim Kardashian West, left, and Nicki Minaj, right — both former clients of Angela Kukawski — at a 2017 fashion event in Los Angeles. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

The boyfriend of a celebrity bu...

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olice say Georgia mom was killed and her three daughters were injured during a shooting at a Christmas Eve dinner, according to multiple reports.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing police, reports the shooting took place at about 4:30 p.m. Friday after Lashanda Allison, 41, and her partner, 51-year-old Stephanie Agee, got into an argument. Agee allegedly opened fire while Allison was cooking.

Responding Alpharetta Police Department arrived to find four people had been shot: Allison, her ...

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business manager who had worked with several high-profile celebrities, including the Kardashian-Jenner family, was found dead this week, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Bureau Homicide division.

Angela Kukawski, 55, had been reported missing from Sherman Oaks on Dec. 22, according to police.

She was later found dead inside her vehicle in the 1500 block of Patricia Ave in Simi Valley.

Aprofessional boxer in Maryland was shot dead in front of his children on Friday in what police are investigating as a potential road rage incident.

Officers responded just before 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve and found the man, Danny Kelly Jr., of Clinton, Maryland, unresponsive in the driver's seat of an SUV. Kelly was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.

A preliminary investigation found that Kelly, 30, was driving with his girlfriend and three children at the time of the incident.

"Prelimin...

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Police are looking for a group of thieves who they said chased down a man in the Bronx on Christmas Eve night before robbing him at gunpoint.

The incident began around 9:15 p.m. when one man approached the 27-year-old victim and asked him for $20 in front of a bodega on East 170th Street in the Claremont neighborhood.

The victim refused and fled the scene when he saw two other men approaching from behind, police said.

The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office determined that ex-NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson died of "chronic alcohol use," according to an autopsy report released Wednesday.

According to the accompanying toxicology report, Jackson had a blood-alcohol content of 0.28% when he was found dead in a Florida hotel room earlier this year, at the age of 38. His family later told authorities that they believed he suffered from alcoholism.

The medical examiner categorized the manner of death a...

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US congresswoman has had her car and possessions snatched from her at gunpoint in a daylight carjacking in the city of Philadelphia.

Mary Gay Scanlon's government phone and ID were among belongings that the two robbers took. The Democrat was not injured, her office said.

The FBI is assisting in the hunt for the attackers.

Like many US cities, Philadelphia has seen an uptick in violent crime over the past year.

In a statement, the city's Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, called the robbery, which occ...

Three people were sentenced this week in connection to a 2017 attempted robbery that turned lethal and left Richard LaBar, a 58-year-old Domino's Pizza delivery driver, dead the day after the shooting.

On December 11, 2017, Israel Berrios, then 17, Carolina Carmona, his then girlfriend, and her brother Salvador Roberts Jr. ordered one pepperoni pizza and cinnamon sticks to an East Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) University building, according to the Pocono Record.

Carmona admitted to placing the ord...

AChicago high school drug dealer was given just three years probation and 100 hours community service after pleading guilty to the 2020 murder of a 15-year-old boy during a drug sale gone wrong. 

Glenbrook South High School sophomore Elias Valdez was found dead on August 5, 2020, with multiple stab wounds to his chest after police said he took marijuana from a 17-year-old senior without paying. 

The drug dealer chased after the boy, and as they fought, he stabbed Valdez multiple times with a ut...

NEW JERSEY — Five more correctional officers, including the highest-ranking Department of Corrections official at New Jersey's Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, were charged for their roles where women inmates were severely beaten on Jan. 12, Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced Wednesday.

© Courtesy of Office of AttorneyPictured: DOC Associate Administrator Sean St. Paul (center); Ryan Valentin, 44, of Bloomfield (top left); Desiree Lewis, 33, of Elizabeth (top right); Bran...

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Kanye West has revealed why he expects to be “homeless in a year”.

In a new interview, the rapper, who recently changed his name to Ye, said that he believes society is being killed by “capitalist rule”, adding: “It’s time to change that.”

Inspired by this, he said he is “going to be homeless in a year” as he’s “going to turn all the homes I own into churches”.

“We’re making this orphanage, and it will be a place where anyone can go,” he...

Kim Kardashian officially filed for divorce from Kanye West back in February, and as of last week she has filed to become “legally single,” shutting down her ex-husband’s pleas for reunion. West has made it clear that he’s hoping to make things right with Kardashian after publicly declaring his lasting love for her over the past several months, but the 41-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is evidently having none of it.

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THE BRONX — Two men were robbed in the Bronx after they arranged meetups with women on Instagram, police said Sunday.

On Dec. 3, a 24-year-old man went to Anthony Avenue near East 174th Street to meet a woman, officials said. When he got there, two masked individuals ordered the man to take his clothes off at gunpoint. The robbers took the man’s clothing and personal property, then fled in the victim’s car, a 2018 Infiniti Sedan.

The next day, a 27-year-old man arranged a Boller Avenue me...

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn — Three individuals entered a Brooklyn jewelry store Dec. 1 and made off with about $14,000 worth of merchandise, officials said Friday.

At about 1:20 p.m., three men entered the store on Rockaway Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Two of the men displayed firearms and forced a 22-year-old man into the store’s basement while the third kept watch, officials said.

Police said the suspects then forced two more victims — a 21-year-old man and a 34-year-old man — to ...

The police in Edwardsville, Ill., said there were at least two “confirmed fatalities” at an Amazon warehouse after a direct hit from a tornado caused a major portion of the building to collapse on Friday night, leaving “catastrophic damage to a significant portion” of the building.

Three people were rescued from the building, and one of them was taken to a hospital, said Mark Mayfield, a captain with the Edwardsville Fire Department. He did not know the person’s status on Saturday mo...

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The former guard said that Atallah used to touch her while she worked in the security prisoner’s ward. The woman added that not only did her commanders know about the harassment a...

At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 -- and there's still three weeks to go in the year.

Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for killings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.

"It's terrible to every morning get up and have to go look at the numbers and then look at the news and see the stories. It's ...

Aformer child actress who starred in the Oscar-nominated 2012 movie Beasts of the Southern Wild was shot dead in New Orleans while sitting in a car with a man who police suspect was the gunman's intended target.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are trying to identify the suspect in a car theft and sexual assault.

Video from Nov. 7 shows the man scoping out a vehicle on Wyckoff Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There is new information on a carjacking and sexual assault that happened earlier this month in Brooklyn.

For the third night in a row, gunfire on the streets of the five boroughs has left multiple people injured — including a teenager in the Bronx Wednesday evening, who was clinging to life after being rushed to the hospital.

The gunshots rang out around 5 p.m. in the Williamsbridge neighborhood, during an apparent drive-by shooting along Burke Avenue. Two gunman in the back of a black SUV opened fire on four people, some of whom were innocent bystanders, police said. At least eight shots are b...

Christy Giles’ lifeless body was dumped on the sidewalk outside of Southern California Hospital in Culver City at roughly 5 p.m. on Saturday. Two hours later, her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola turned up in critical con...

Public health officials are investigating an influenza outbreak at a Michigan university that has resulted in more than 500 cases, as several schools have also seen surges in flu activity.

The University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus in Washtenaw County has reported over 525 cases among students since Oct. 6 -- about three-quarters of them among people unvaccinated against the flu, school offici...

Police are searching for the men who opened fire on each other on a sidewalk in the Bronx.

Surveillance video shows two of the men pull out guns and start shooting.

It happened Monday at 9:58 a.m. on Saint Anne's Avenue in Mott Haven.

Both men fired several rounds before running off towards Cypress Avenue.

There were no injuries or damage to property reported as a resul...

Actor Terrence Jenkins was allegedly the victim of an attempted follow-home robbery where his car was shot at as he escaped from perpetrators.  

Fox LA reports Terrence, aka Terrence J, was returning to his Sherman Oaks at 3am on Wednesday when an SUV with masked men blocked him in, according to FOX LA, citing the police.

Police say one of the alleged perpetrators ordered Jenkins, 39, out of the vehicle at gunpoint, however he ended up being able to flee in his car.

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was sentenced to six months in jail for stabbing a Southern California neighbor with a hunting knife during an argument over trash cans, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Adam Abdul-Jabbar, 29, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of carrying a dirk or dagger, with sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury, according to the O...