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21-Year-Old Charged With Murder in Death of NYC Man
Jonathan Chan, 21, is one of four suspects in the fatal shooting of Eric Assanah, 21, over a dispute about stolen money, the New York Daily News reports. According to authorities, the slaying occurred in Assanah’s girlfriend’s apartment in New York City’s borough of Queens, following an argument over $1,200 in stolen money. Chan was…
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Los Angeles District Attorney Declines Azealia Banks' Attack Claims Against Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe will not be prosecuted in the wake of rapper Azealia Banks’ accusation that he assaulted her and kicked her out of his hotel room during an intimate dinner party in October, Yahoo! Celebrity reports. Banks filed a police report around 3 a.m. Oct. 16 with the Beverly Hills, Calif., Police Department following the…
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Willow Drops Mellifluous, a 3-Song Project
Willow Smith just dropped a brand-new, three-song project titled Mellifluous, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. According to Complex, this new project was released just days after Smith’s older brother, Jaden, dropped a visual for his new track, “Fallen.” It seems like the Smith siblings are truly on fire! The song titles on Mellifluous,…
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Twitter Responds to Young Thug Acting Like a Jerk at the Airport
Young Thug decided to take to Twitter on Thursday morning to respond to his viral airport situation. Video footage of the mumble rapper was posted to social media in which Young Thug called two female airport workers “ants” and “bum-ass bitches.” He then offered them $15,000 apiece to quit their jobs. You can see his…
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Nobel Prize-Winning Author Wole Soyinka Leaves US Over Trump Victory
Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author, said that he has fulfilled his vow to leave the United States upon Donald Trump’s victory. “I have already done it; I have disengaged [from the United States]. I have done what I said I would do,” said Soyinka, according to The Independent. “I had a horror of…
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Atlanta Man Robbed and Sexually Assaulted After Being Set Up by Woman He Met on Snapchat
A woman named “Jasmine” allegedly robbed an Atlanta man she met on Snapchat, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Jasmine showed up at the victim’s home with another woman, and the victim let her in because the other woman claimed that she needed to use the bathroom. Apparently, what followed is that Jasmine opened the…
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Zaida Pugh, Cricket Prankster, to Volunteer With Youth Program
Zaida Pugh, 21, the Bronx, N.Y., woman who dropped live crickets in the New York City subway in August, told a court that she’s going to be volunteering with a youth program, according to the New York Daily News. She was charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for selling crickets and worms on a…
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NYPD and Brooklyn Public School Students Do Mannequin Challenge to Fight Bullying
Children from a public school in the Brownsville neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough and officers from the New York City Police Department did the mannequin challenge to call for an end to bullying. According to the New York Daily News, the students are from PS/IS 323, and the officers from Patrol Borough Brooklyn…
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Cleveland Woman Jailed for Days Before Judge Accepted No Contest Plea
Datara Davis waited three days in jail before a suburban judge accepted her no contest plea to red-light and seatbelt violations and a contempt charge for missing court hearings, Cleveland.com reports. Shaker Heights, Ohio, Municipal Judge K.J. Montgomery said a busy court calendar prevented the case from being disposed of sooner after reviewing the court record.…
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NYC Subway Riders Get Attacked and Robbed on Train
Three attackers brutally beat and robbed two subway riders on the E train in New York City’s Queens borough, the New York Daily News reports. The victims, both men in their 20s, were attacked on the train around 3 a.m. Friday as the train pulled into the Jamaica Center station. According to the Daily News,…
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