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Jay-Z Pays Tribute To Nipsey Hussle With Freestyle At New York City Concert
Jay-Z dedicated a portion of his performance at a concert in New York City on Friday to Nipsey Hussle, by honoring the slain rapper’s legacy and commitment to his community. Hussle’s efforts to revitalize the South LA neighborhood he grew up in inspired Jay-Z to remember Hussle during the music mogul’s performance at Webster Hall located […]
Body Of Missing Hiker Located After Devoted Dog Remains By His Side
Authorities in Washington state located the body of a 64-year-old man who died while hiking in the forest this week, and they say they couldn’t have done it if his dog hadn’t remained by his side. “While this story has a sad ending, the love & loyalty of the missing man’s dog Daisy will amaze […]
Infighting on display at NRA as president Oliver North steps down
North’s departure comes amid a heated battle with Wayne LaPierre, chief executive officer and the longtime spiritual leader of the NRA.
Boy Thrown From Mall Of America Balcony Is Now ‘Alert And Conscious’
The 5-year-old who was hospitalized earlier this month after a stranger threw him off the third-floor balcony at the Mall of America is now improving and out of critical condition. The boy, named Landen, is now “alert and conscious,” according to a family statement read by their lawyer, Stephen Tillitt, at a news conference on […]
College admissions scandal has California lawmakers taking aim at ‘side doors’
Other proposals include denying Cal Grants — the state’s financial aid program — to schools that offer preferential decisions for donors, and phasing out standardized tests.
Spain General Election: Far-Right Vox Party Poised To Enter Parliament
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — An uncertain outcome and the likelihood of the far-right entering Spain’s Parliament looms over national elections on Sunday, when nearly 37 million Spaniards are called to cast ballots in the most highly polarized election in decades. A look at why Spain is voting and what to expect from the general election: […]
University Of Virginia Men’s Basketball Team Declines White House Invite
The University of Virginia men’s basketball team has said it won’t celebrate its national championship win at the White House with President Donald Trump. The Cavaliers’ head coach Tony Bennett said his side “would have to respectfully decline an invitation,” in a statement shared to Twitter on Friday. “We have received inquiries about a visit […]
Serena Williams Gets Lost In A Beyoncé Song, Proves Beyhive Membership Beyond Doubt
The tennis star admitted to getting “lost” while singing and boogying down to Queen Bey’s 2011 hit “Love On Top” in footage shared to Instagram Friday. Check out the video here: Williams famously appeared twerking next to her friend Beyoncé in the music video for her 2016 track “Sorry,” from the “Lemonade” album. “I know […]
Sting And Jimmy Fallon Remake ‘Walking On The Moon’ And It’s Out Of This World
Well, wasn’t this an unexpected celestial-themed treat! Sting stopped by “The Tonight Show” and on Friday’s episode gave host Jimmy Fallon a helping hand in recreating a hit he had with his former rock band, The Police. The duo donned astronaut suits, and Fallon rocked a Sting-esque hairstyle to put a comedic spin on the […]
Picturing himself in the future helped one man lose 100 pounds
This visualization technique encouraged Dustin Worth to lose 100 pounds in six months.
Hours After Mass Escape In Mexico, Cuban Migrants Chant For Food, Freedom
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 600 mostly Cuban migrants who were part of a mass escape from a southern Mexico immigration detention center a day earlier remained at large Friday evening, immigration authorities said. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said in a statement that rather than the 1,300 escapees it reported Thursday night, only 645 migrants […]
Sri Lanka Troops Raid Militants Linked To Bombings, Find 15 Bodies In House
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan security forces found 15 bodies, including six children, early Saturday after militants linked to the Easter bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid on their house in the country’s east, police said. The gunbattle began Friday night after police tipped off soldiers to a suspected […]
Amnesty, Watchdog Group: U.S.-Led Coalition Killed 1,600 Civilians In Raqqa
BEIRUT (AP) ― The U.S.-led coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in the northern Syria city of Raqqa during months of bombardment that liberated it from the Islamic State group, hundreds more than the number the U.S.-led coalition claims over the entire four-year campaign against IS, Amnesty International and a London-based watchdog group said Thursday. […]
Prince William Draws Upon Princess Diana’s Death In Powerful Speech Against Extremism
Prince William made a powerful call to defeat extremism “in all its forms” in a poignant speech at a New Zealand mosque that was targeted in the March terror attack by an alleged white supremacist gunman. “The global ideology of hate will fail to divide us,” the Duke of Cambridge said during his address at […]
China tries to allay fears over BRI, says it’s not an exclusive club
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping on Friday sought to ease global concerns over debt traps and regional hegemony by China using the BRI project, saying his ambitious infrastructure project “is not an exclusive club” and vowed that it will have complete transparency and “zero tolerance” for corruption.In his inaugural address to the 2nd Belt and Road […]
Sri Lanka Easter Attack Leader Died In Hotel Bombing, Officials Say
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The suspected leader of the militant group Sri Lankan authorities said carried out a series of Easter Sunday bombings died in the blast at the Shangri-La hotel, one of six hotels and churches targeted in the attacks that killed at least 250 people, officials said Friday. Police said on an […]
Kyler Murray goes to Cardinals with top pick
Oklahoma’s Heisman-winning quarterback will forfeit a baseball contract worth millions to join an NFL coach ideally suited to his style of play.
Multiple fatalities in fiery crash involving semis, cars in Denver area
A police official said there are multiple fatalities in a wreck that occurred after a semi crashed into stopped traffic on I-70.
Officer says he fatally shot unarmed woman to save partner’s life
In tearful testimony, Mohamed Noor said that if he had known something like this would happen, “I would never have become a cop.”
Fox News Legal Analyst Unloads On Trump: ‘Unlawful, Defenseless And Condemnable’
Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano fired off one of his sharpest critiques yet of President Donald Trump based on allegations outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. In a column on the Fox News website and in an accompanying video, Napolitano lit into Trump’s claim that he was exonerated by the Mueller report. […]
Lieutenant accused of compiling hit list may be released before trial
Lieutenant Christopher Hasson, 50, is awaiting trial on firearms and drug charges.
Fake Heiress Anna Delvey, Who Tricked New York’s Elite, Found Guilty In Fraud Trial
A woman who posed as a fake German heiress to scam hotels, restaurants and a Vanity Fair employee out of tens of thousands of dollars while living lavishly in New York City was found guilty on Thursday. A jury in Manhattan found Anna Sorokin, who was known in New York social circles as Anna Delvey, […]
Muslim woman poses for photo in front of anti-Islam protesters in viral photo
“Kindness is a mark of faith. Those who aren’t kind have no faith,” Shayma Ismaa’eel captioned the image taken outside an Islamic convention.
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin convicted for scamming her way into a life of luxury
Using the name Anna Delvey, Sorokin told people her father was a diplomat or an oil baron and went to extraordinary lengths to have others pay her way.
Whitey Bulger’s Chilling Death Certificate Confirms How He Spent His Final Moments
Boston mob kingpin James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death in a West Virginia prison cell just one day after his arrival at U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton, according to his death certificate, obtained Thursday by several news networks. The document, which was published by Boston’s WHDH-TV, states that Bulger, 89, was found unresponsive at 8:21 a.m. Oct. […]
Zarif: Trump pressure will fail because Iran has a ‘Ph.D. in sanctions busting’
President Trump “believes that the maximum pressure policy will bring Iran to its knees,” said Iran’s Javad Zarif. “Iran will not accept pressure.”
Government Must ID Thousands More Separated Children Within 6 Months: Judge
The U.S. government must identify how many families it separated before it instituted a zero tolerance immigration policy last April, according to an order issued by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw on Thursday. The deadline comes three months after an internal watchdog report found that the Trump administration could have separated thousands more children from […]
Trump administration has 6 months to identify separated migrant children
The White House previously argued that it would take up to two years to be able to identify potentially thousands of children.
Maine Legislature OKs Bill To End ‘Food Shaming’ Students Who Can’t Afford Meals
State lawmakers in Maine approved a bill on Thursday meant to end “food shaming” students who cannot afford to pay for meals at school. The bill forbids public schools to identify or in any way stigmatize a student who either cannot pay for a school meal or owes money for previous meals. It bans the school […]