Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained for more than three months, pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped his fist in the air with the other as supporters welcomed him home Saturday. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters Saturday at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport a day after … Read more
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Silentó, the Atlanta rapper known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin. The 27-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, … Read more
By KEIRAN SMITH NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An Australian television journalist was hit in the leg by a nonlethal round Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city. Video of the incident released by … Read more
A young single mom who was involved with Sean “Diddy” Combs until his arrest last year said she was habitually sexually exploited by the multimillionaire rap mogul in gut-wrenching testimony at Manhattan Federal Court on Friday. In explicit detail, “Jane,” a pseudonym, described multiple days-long events spent sleeping with strangers in dimly lit hotel rooms … Read more
A man who reportedly set people on fire in Boulder, Colo., on Sunday injured several victims— some critically — triggering the evacuation of a large portion of the city’s downtown. The assailant was arrested, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said at an afternoon briefing, adding that investigators were gathering more information on him before releasing … Read more
A passenger on a flight from Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport had an onboard outburst and allegedly attacked a flight attendant, the Justice Department said. The incident occurred Tuesday around 9:30 p.m. on American Airlines Flight 3359 headed for Chicago. The passenger, identified as Julius Jordan Priester, 24, of Wichita, Kan., allegedly got out of his seat, took … Read more
A Long Island man arrested last year after the body of a woman was found in a suitcase is now facing manslaughter and criminal sexual act charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Ronald Schroeder, 41, had previously been indicted on charges of concealment of a corpse and multiple drug offenses after his arrest in September in connection with … Read more
At least 17 relatives of Ovidio Guzmán López, the youngest son of the notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal with the Trump administration, Mexico’s top security official confirmed Tuesday. Omar García Harfuch acknowledged in a radio interview that members of the El Chapo … Read more
When Sean “Diddy” Combs discovered his ex, R&B artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, was dating someone else, the multimillionaire hip-hop mogul grabbed an employee in the middle of the night for assistance hunting down and murdering the other man, a Manhattan jury heard in a bombshell opening statement from the feds on Monday. “For years, the defendant … Read more
Radar and telecommunications systems for Newark Airport’s air traffic controllers failed Friday morning — the second time the two critical systems went down at the same time in less than two weeks — as delays at the critical hub continue to vex travelers. According to a statement issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, both the … Read more