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The 20-year-old rapper was shot during a performance in the city of Campinas late Saturday night. Brazilian funk artist Daniel Pellegrine, known as MC Daleste, is dead after being shot in the abdomen Saturday night while performing in the city of Campinas. Pellegrine was mid-song when a bullet struck him, causing the 20-year-old performer to […]
I believe Tracy Martin. In an emotional testimony Monday, Martin took the witness stand in the trial of George Zimmerman, the self-proclaimed neighborhood watch captain…
(CNN) — A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines crashed while landing Saturday at San Francisco International Airport. Flight 214 left Seoul’s Incheon International Airport earlier Saturday and flew 10 hours and 23 minutes to California, according to FlightAware, a website that offers tracking services for private and commercial air traffic. Anthony Castorani, who witnessed the flight land […]
SANFORD, FL (RNN) – The mother of Trayvon Martin took the witness stand Friday in the George Zimmerman murder trial. Sybrina Fulton said she believed it was Trayvon’s voice screaming for help on a 911 call from the night of his death. She appeared shaken as the call recording was played in the courtroom. When […]
Happy birthday, Malia Obama! Turning 15 is no small milestone — especially when you’re celebrating in the White House. Fortunately, Malia has her mother, Michelle, to lead her into young adulthood with the grace and elegance of a first lady. Mrs. O has set quite an example for her daughters, and we suspect Malia […]
Credit: Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images *Funny woman Wanda Sykes says Paula Dean should take a seat and let things be. “She should’ve had a friend just tell her, ‘you need to just shut the hell up right now.’ Just sit down and shut up. She’s out here blabbing on the TV,” Sykes told Jay Leno. “I thought on […]
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – An Independence, Mo., woman is alleging employees kicked her out of the Adventure Oasis Water Park Tuesday because of what she was wearing and her full-figured body. Madelyn Sheaffer went to the water park with five other people Tuesday afternoon. After Sheaffer got into the pool with her niece and nephew, she […]
The family of a Georgia teen (pictured) with autism has filed a suit against a Stone Mountain Middle School aide and teacher for allegedly terrorizing him with a broomstick in the classroom, according to WSB-TV. Both parties are facing possible criminal charges for their alleged acts. Wesley Malone, who is nonverbal, had been displaying aggressive […]
CHICAGO — A federal judge on Monday postponed the sentencing hearing for former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, noting it was being done to “accommodate the court” and not at the request of the couple’s attorneys or the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., posted a brief note […]
Prosecutors started their day early arguing motions to prove that George Zimmerman was aware of self-defense, Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law as well as the…
The cable news networks have proven extremely committed to the George Zimmerman trial over the past week, often to the exclusion of nearly every other major story. On Monday, for instance, 19 firefighters died in Arizona, President Obama was in Africa, Nelson Mandela was still in critical condition in the hospital, and Egypt was going […]
CNN) — It was a sarcastic Facebook comment during an argument about a video game. And, according to the father of 19-year-old Justin Carter, it was enough to land his son behind bars for months, facing the possibility of years in prison. Carter, who is currently in Comal County Jail near San Antonio, Texas, has […]