A prominent figure in the hip-hop community has been hit with RICO and other charges for the alleged extortion of sports stars, kidnapping, robbery and the murder of a young rapper under his tutelage. Eugene “Big U” Henley, a longtime leader of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips, and multiple associates were named in an affidavit … Read more
Police announced a $50,000 reward Wednesday in its year-and-a-half-long investigation into the brutal killing of a 50-year-old man who was set on fire while he sat inside his vehicle in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident, described as a murder by investigators, occurred around 1:30 a.m. as Clay Buchanan was seated in … Read more
It’s been a rough couple of years for dollar stores, which have struggled with shifting consumer demand and inflation. Most, if not all, have decided to raise their prices above the one-dollar mark, compromising their competitive advantage. Major chains, including Family Dollar and Dollar Tree, have closed hundreds of locations. Now, you can add another … Read more
Live Reporting Edited by Jacqueline Howard and Malu Cursino, with Brian Wheeler reporting from the House of Commons Spring Statement and welfare top today’s agendapublished at 19:01 That wraps up another week of Prime Minister’s Questions. This iteration mainly revolved around the economy and the government’s reforms to the welfare system. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch … Read more
Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) was arrested for soliciting a teen on Monday, authorities said, hours after he introduced a bill proposing “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS) as a form of mental illness. Detectives with the Bloomington Police Department had communicated with Eichorn, who was under the assumption he was talking to a 17-year-old female, police said. He arrived Monday … Read more
As the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department mourns the loss of Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr. in a crash during a pursuit in Victorville, a neighboring law enforcement agency claims the man who was being sought “has a history of fleeing from law enforcement and putting the public’s safety at risk” and believes he should have … Read more
Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships. They were right at home in Tokyo facing the Los Angeles Dodgers and megastar Shohei Ohtani in a two-game series to open the Major League Baseball regular … Read more
(The Hill) — The SpaceX capsule tasked with bringing back two NASA astronauts that have spent months on the International Space Station (ISS) after thruster issues following the launch of Boeing’s Starliner mission last year have returned to Earth. The SpaceX capsule carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the … Read more
A jury awarded $3.3 million to the family of a man who overdosed on fentanyl in an Orange County jail in 2022 on Tuesday. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department stated that Joshua James Campos was found unresponsive in his cell at the Theo Lacy Facility in the city of Orange on Mar. 7, 2022. He … Read more
The story of skateboarding can’t be fully told without mentioning the city of Malibu, and now those who continue to carry on the rich tradition of the sport’s pioneers will have a new playground to continue their legacies. After a yearslong community effort featuring public comment, meetings and surveys conducted half a decade ago, the … Read more