Following tips to police, a suspect was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Justin Wallace in Queens. Jovan Young, 29, was arrested on Tuesday. He is facing charges of murder and attempted murder for the shooting. Following the shooting, Young was brought into the 101st precinct for questioning. He …
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New details have emerged in the case of a Virginia Tech football player accused of murdering a man he met on a dating app and believed was a woman. Isimemen Etute, 18, has been charged with second-degree murder for the May 31 homicide of 40-year-old Jerry Paul Smith. In court …
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A Milwaukee woman faces multiple charges after setting her sleeping husband on fire because she thought he poisoned her chicken wings. Tuhonsty Marie Smith, 29, was charged with arson of a building, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, mayhem, and domestic abuse. She is scheduled to undergo a competency exam. The victim, Henry Williams, …
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Coco Gauff is making history as the youngest tennis player in 15 years to make the Grand Slam Quarterfinal. The 17-year-old who hails from Atlanta is the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals since Nicole Vaidisova in 2006. She’s also the youngest American since Venus Williams at the 1997 U.S. …
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A former Wisconsin pharmacist has been sentenced to three years in prison for purposely destroying COVID-19 vaccines. On Tuesday, 46-year-old Steven Brandenburg received three years in federal prison after pleading guilty in February to two felony counts of attempting to tamper with a consumer product. He initially faced up to …
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NBA Youngboy’s attorneys are requesting that he be released from jail as he awaits trial for federal weapon charges. Lawyers representing YoungBoy are asking for a pre-trial release on the grounds that they were blindsided by the “inexplicable tactical decision by the government” to arrest him in March rather than …
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Destiny’s Child is one of the most successful girl groups of all time, but fans have recently expressed dissatisfaction with one of their biggest singles, claiming that it contains a message that hasn’t aged well in today’s society. On Saturday, a Twitter user posted her dislikes of the lyrics to …
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A California nun will plead guilty to stealing over $800,000 from the Catholic elementary school she ran to help pay for her gambling vacations. In a news release from the US Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California, Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, was charged Tuesday with wire fraud and money …
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According to a statement from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office, the New York City Board of Correction voted on Tuesday to end solitary confinement in city jails. The vote by the city’s independent monitoring board comes after a lengthy public engagement process. It expands on 2015 reforms that, among other …
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Ahead of Friday’s highly anticipated Culture III release, Offset stopped by Billboard on Monday to let everyone know that Migos took trap music to pop status. “We made this trap [style] go pop,” Offset said during the interview. “They don’t talk about that. We made trap go pop talking about selling pounds and bricks, and we …
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On Tuesday, Atlanta rapper T.I. dropped a new video for his latest single, “What It’s Come To.” At the end of the video, T.I. hinted that he would be dropping his final album and heading into retirement. The video’s final frame announces “the final album,” Kill The King, is coming soon. Tip previously mentioned …
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A South African woman set a world record by delivering 10 babies at once on Monday, a record set just last month. Gosiame Sithole, 37, gave birth to the decuplets in a hospital in Pretoria, confirmed as the world’s largest-ever live birth. Sithole’s husband, Teboho Tsotestsi, told Pretoria News that his wife gave …
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For years, the FBI used a covert encrypted communications network to intercept 20 million messages from international criminal groups. Hundreds of people have been arrested as part of Operation Trojan Shield, which has taken place in 18 countries. Several suspects have been charged, including members of the Italian Mafia and …
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In Castro Valley, California, an Amazon delivery driver was arrested for allegedly punching a 67-year-old woman over a parcel disagreement. According to KTVU, deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office arrested Itzel Ramirez, 21, on Thursday after receiving a 911 call from the victim. Ramirez allegedly punched the victim at …
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Officials say a 21-year-old woman shot a Texas nail salon owner because she was unhappy with the price of her manicure and pedicure. According to Harris County jail records, Joana Vara was arrested on Thursday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Her bond was set at $60,000, …
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Michigan health officials have confirmed the state’s first human case of Sin Nombre hantavirus, a disease spread by rodents (particularly, their urine, saliva, or feces), but not by humans. A woman was admitted to the hospital for a significant lung condition caused by a hantavirus, according to the Michigan Department …
Read More »Congratulations are in order for Teyana Taylor! Maxim named her the “Sexiest Woman Alive” in their 2021 “Hot 100” issue. Meet the breakout actress, director and recording artist who tops Maxim's Hot 100 issue with this stunning photo shoot. https://t.co/kyKn673hOg — Maxim (@MaximMag) June 7, 2021 The choreographer, actor, singer, and director graced …
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The Office actress,, who recently made headlines after photos of her participating in a debutante pageant with racist ties surfaced, admits she should’ve known better. The photos showed Kemper being crowned the new Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet Ball in St. Louis, according to TMZ. The winner is crowned …
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Super producer Pharrell Williams and his non-profit YELLOW are working to develop small private schools for low-income students in his home state of Virginia. The Virginian Pilot reports that the first school is set to open in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk this fall. The school is named Yellowhab, named after Williams’ non-profit and combining …
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The white descendent of a Kentucky slave owner donated a six-figure reparations payment to Louisville nonprofit Change Today, Change Tomorrow. The donor recently inherited money for her 25th birthday, and after tracing her family’s wealth back to her great-grandfather, who enslaved six people. After making the discovery, the undergrad wanted to attempt …
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