HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — About two dozen heavily armed law enforcement officers stormed a home in Chicago’s southern suburbs Wednesday to free four remaining hostages and capture two suspects, ending a standoff that lasted more than 20 hours. The two adults and two children still being held at the home in the small city of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Extra police officers on Chicago’s streets were not enough to quell a long weekend of violence that ended with 14 people shot to death and dozens more injured. During a Monday news conference, just hours after two more people were shot to death earlier in the day, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said […]
17-year-old Cheyanne Bond had just graduated from high school and had plans to study Nursing this Fall. All that changed when she was shot execution style while walking with her ex-boyfriend. CBS2 reports: Investigators said teen was walking along West Side Park on South 17th Street in Newark with her ex-boyfriend Sunday night when both […]
CHICAGO (AP) — When a 14-year-old Chicago girl was arrested on charges that she shot and killed another 14-year-old Chicago girl, much of the attention centered on how the shooting stemmed from an argument over a boy that was playing out on Facebook. But to hear police, prosecutors and the victim’s friends tell it, the […]
Fresh off seeing his boy and collaborator Kanye West’s wedding, Common has dropped a new single from is upcoming CD Nobody Smiling. The rapper/actor is from Chicago, which has hit new highs – or lows – in gun violence in the last few years. The single, produced by No I.D. and featuring Vince Staples, take […]
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit public school district has fired a teacher after she used a broomstick to try and break up a fight between two teenage boys. Cell phone video obtained by WJBK-TV and aired Tuesday shows the boys slugging it out in a Pershing High School ninth-grade classroom. The video also shows the […]
T.I. and The Game got into an intense standoff with gun-wielding LAPD early Wednesday after they mistakenly believed cops beat up their friends outside a Los Angeles nightclub, reports TMZ. In video posted to the website, the rappers and several friends are seen confronting police officers after leaving the Supperclub and finding other acquaintances sporting injuries […]
Three Virginia teens busted after posting YouTube rap video with them toting guns and hanging out in out of control car. The New York Daily News reports: The teens who recorded a rap video featuring themselves toting guns and hanging out of an out-of-control car were busted on weapons and trespassing charges last week, according […]
It looks like things are gonna work out for “Scandal” star Columbus Short who allegedly punched to some dude in a bar. The victim is not inclined to press charges against Short, despite serious injuries to his head and back, all because of family ties … and he’s looking for a payday. The victim’s lawyer says […]
Naomi Campbell led the United Nations’ march to end violence against women in style, literally. The supermodel wore heels as she guided over 600 supporters…
