LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s lawyers resubmitted a Nevada Supreme Court appeal Wednesday seeking a new trial on grounds that the imprisoned former football star was misled by his lawyer and didn’t get a fair trial in his Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery case. The 102-page document asks the seven justices to reconsider […]
Are Baltimore teenagers – many of whom are African-American – now under the equivalent of house arrest? Teenagers and children in Baltimore are preparing to experience one of the strictest curfews in the nation. Opponents say these kids will be on city-wide lock down, which will cause even more problems for residents and police. The […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will have to pay the government more than $501,000 as a result of his conviction on bribery and other charges, a federal judge said Tuesday. Nagin was convicted in February on 20 counts including bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy during his two terms as […]
MANNING, Ore. (AP) — A 19-year-old man told investigators he caused a three-car crash when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove through a tunnel northwest of Portland, Oregon State Police said. Daniel J. Calhon, of Snohomish, Washington, told investigators he fainted Sunday afternoon while holding his breath in the Highway 26 tunnel […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Family and friends of a youth basketball coach called for swift justice Tuesday against two Mississippi sheriff’s deputies accused of assaulting their son after a recreational league game and causing injuries that led to his death. Hinds County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Adams was charged with murder in Monday’s death of 25-year-old […]
In the latest Jazzy Report, Jasmine Sanders says research proves tweets can predict different types of crimes. Even if it’s not directly related, reports show it can still contain incriminating information. Listen to the audio player to hear more on this story, and other news headlines! Get “The D.L. Hughley Show” Delivered To You! RELATED: Dear Twitter […]
A teenager enjoying his first day of spring recess got shot in the back of the head while fleeing a gunman who opened fire along a busy Brooklyn street on Monday, cops said. The NY Post reports: Gama Droiville, 13, was walking with his aunt on Flatbush Avenue near Beverly Road around noon when the […]
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man whose daughter prosecutes violent crimes was rescued by an elite FBI team after he was kidnapped and terrorized for five days in what authorities described as an act of retaliation involving the Bloods street gang. Five people were arrested following a late night raid by the […]
Jonathan Fleming was arrested in 1989 and convicted of murder in an NYC shooting, even though he was in Florida at the time of the…
Seems as if not everyone is happy with the New York Jets acquiring Michael Vick. The NY Daily News reports: A petition with over 1,500 signatures is calling to ban Jets quarterback Michael Vick from SUNY Cortland’s campus, where the team will hold its training camp this summer. The petition, hosted on the website Change.org, is […]
The truth is definitely stranger than fiction most of the time. This is one of those cases. A nine-month-old boy in Pakistan is being charged…
NEW YORK (AP) — From the day of his 1989 arrest in a deadly New York City shooting, Jonathan Fleming said he had been more than 1,000 miles away, on a vacation at Disney World. Despite having documents to back him up, he was convicted of murder. Prosecutors now agree with him, and Fleming left […]
