Crime

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Pop Culture Jussie Smollett Indicted On New Charges From Alleged Attack Jussie Smollett has been indicted in Chicago by special prosecutor Dan Webb, stemming from last year's alleged racist attack on the former "Empire" star. By Alex Zidel February 11, 2020
Crime K-Pop Star Goo Hara Found Dead At 28 There's no cause of her death yet, but police are suspecting suicide. By Kevin Goddard November 24, 2019
Crime Italian Nurse Strangles Girlfriend Doctor Claiming She Gave Him Coronavirus An Italian nurse strangled his girlfriend, a doctor, claiming she gave him coronavirus. By Cole Blake April 05, 2020
Crime Akon Understands Why Tekashi 6ix9ine Snitched: "You Really Can't Blame Him" Akon thinks that, as long as 6ix9ine is telling the truth, he's not necessarily in the wrong. By Alex Zidel November 06, 2019
Crime George Zimmerman Sues Elizabeth Warren & Pete Buttigieg For Defamation George Zimmerman is suing Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren for defamation over tweets they posted on Trayvon Martin's birthday. By Noah C February 19, 2020
Crime Nicki Minaj Heads To Court Over Fear Of Taped Deposition Leaking: Report Nicki Minaj asks a judge to prohibit the release of her deposition. By Kevin Goddard September 26, 2019
Politics St. Louis Couple Who Pointed Guns At BLM Protestors Receive Mayoral Pardon The lawyer-couple went viral last summer for pointing an AR and handgun at Black Lives Matter protestors. By Joe Abrams August 04, 2021
Crime Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs To Mac Miller Sentenced To Nearly 11 Years In Prison One of the dealers who sold fentanyl-laced drugs to Mac Miller prior to his death has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison. By Cole Blake April 18, 2022
Crime Kodak Black's Lawyer Requests That A Third Party Tests The Alleged Drugs Found By Police Kodak Black's lawyer wants an independent party to inspect the substances found by police during the rapper's recent arrest. By Cole Blake July 18, 2022
MMA Nate Diaz Jokes About New Orleans Chokehold Incident Nate Diaz isn't sweating the consqeuences of his viral chokehold video. By Ben Mock May 10, 2023
Life Young Lo Dead After Miami Nightclub Shooting: Report The 37-year-old was best known for working with Chris Brown on songs like "Stars" and "In Love With the Bitches." By Hayley Hynes May 08, 2023
Sports Deion Sanders Demands NCAA Compensate Colorado Players For UCLA Robbery Sanders wants to see his players get something back. By Ben Mock November 01, 2023