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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie theater chain Regal Entertainment Group has begun to check bags in response to shootings at theaters around the country, a procedure it acknowledged on its website was “not without flaws” and would inconvenience guests but provide better security. It’s unclear when the policy began, but several local TV stations reported […]
Nelson Mandela’s 24-year-old grandson, Mbuso Mandela, has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl at a restaurant in Johannesburg. Media reports say the victim was dining with friends when she was followed into a restroom and raped inside a stall on the night of August 7. Mbuso was arrested last weekend after the victim filed […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a gunman shot into a crowd after a basketball game in western New York, killing three people and wounding four others. The drive-by shooting happened late Wednesday outside the Boys and Girls Club in Rochester. Police say there was no problem at the club before the shooting. Officials have […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officers arrested at least nine people and deployed tear gas amid protests in St. Louis over the death of a black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by police after he pointed a gun at them, the city’s police chief said. Chief Sam Dotson said at a press conference late Wednesday night […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to allegations that he paid for sex acts with minors and received child pornography in a case that destroyed his career at the sandwich-shop chain and could send him to prison for more than a decade. Prosecutors alleged that Fogle knew the […]
Branden and Brian Bell, the brothers accused of involvement in the January 2013 death of Georgia teenager Kendrick Johnson, are speaking out for the first time since…
Is Shaun King a Black man? On Wednesday afternoon (Aug 19.), The Daily Kos staff writer and #BlackLivesMatter activist came under fire thanks to a story released…
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama will mark next week’s 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by visiting New Orleans, which bore the brunt of the storm’s devastating blow and has yet to fully recover from the loss of life and property left behind in its wake. The White House announced Wednesday that Obama will […]
Somebody call Jidenna! The Classic Man singer might have some competition from members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The Trenton Alumni Chapter in New Jersey remixed the popular song and they’re calling Kappa Man – of course. Watch the video below and tell us if you like the original or the Kappa version! Watch the […]
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A manhunt was underway Wednesday for a suspect who shot a police officer with the officer’s gun when the two got into a struggle, authorities said. The officer was checking on a report of a prowler at a blind woman’s house when he spotted a man wearing dark clothes and carrying […]
History is being made within the White House with 28-year-old Raffi Freedman-Gurspan becoming the first openly transgender official to serve inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. ABC News cites an announcement made by the Obama administration that Freedman-Gurspan began her new job Tuesday (Aug. 18). The former National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) policy advisor’s new gig […]
Eighty-three-year-old Archbishop Desmond Tutu was hospitalized Monday evening in Johannesburg, South Africa for an “inflammation,” his daughter said, according to CNN. The Nobel Peace Prize…
