Featured Blog Posts – February 2013 Archive (104)

Bahsid McLean, 23 (right), posed in front of the bathroom mirror holding the bloody head of his slain mother, Tanya Byrd (left), like a trophy and used his phone to snap the grisly photo as a keepsake. McLean has been charged with killing Byrd, 45, earlier this week after an argument in which the mother told her son to grow up and move out of her apartment in the South Bronx.

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Having been incarcerated for nearly 17 months on murder and conspiracy charges, Adidja 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer has unleashed his fury on Jamaican police forces in a new letter from prison, alleging they have done everything imaginable to keep him behind bars.

The five-page handwritten letter, publicized via…

The Antigua and Barbuda government is offering an EC$100,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the brazen daylight murder of a mother on Tuesday…

Jermaine Dupri made his So So Def 20th Anniversary concert at The Fox Theater in Atlanta on Saturday night (Feb. 24) a memorable one.

JD brought out So So Def family members Da Brat, Bow Wow, Kris Kross, Jagged Edge and more. In addition to those acts, Mariah Carey, Monica, Jay-Z, Usher, Ludacris and Young Jeezy also…

Darryl Heeralal

Journalist Darryl Heeralal was dismissed Monday after he posted racist remarks on his Facebook page regarding protest action by residents of a poor neighbourhood following a fatal traffic crash that left four people dead Sunday

Police have identified those killed as 27-year-old Hady Paul, her children eight-year-old Akasha and seven-year-old Shakira. One unidentified person later died…

As Caricom leaders meet in Haiti this week with rising crime and economic problems on their minds, a murder spree and a bloody weekend in Trinidad and Tobago are underscoring the peril the region faces and emphasizing why the issue is considered so important.

During a three-day weekend that ended on Sunday, at least seven people were killed, many of them murdered by unknown…

Swedish meatballs with lingenberry jam sold by Ikea.

Sweden's Ikea stopped nearly all sales of meatballs at its furniture store cafeterias across Europe after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed some contained horsemeat.



The world's No. 1 furniture retailer, known also for the signature restaurants at its huge out-of-town stores, said it was…

Soca ambassador, Machel Montano has been ordered to pay a total of $27,200 in fines and compensation in the assault case which saw victim, Russel Pollanais hospitalized for some time. The entertainer was found guilty on five charges- four of which were for assaulting Zen nightclub patrons Gerard Bowrin, Brandis Browne, Janelle Lee Chee, and…

 

Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington has described as “shameless, heartless and senseless” the murder of retired deputy superintendent of police, Denzil Boyd, 63, who…

Angry Sea Lots residents and other onlookers are kept at bay by police officers in riot gear shortly after Hadeey Paul and her two daughters—Shakira and Ruthie—were struck and killed by a car driven by an off-duty policeman. Three other residents were also hit. PHOTO: ANDRE ALEXANDER

A Russian woman recently searched the surprise of her life when she came across a visual of her boyfriend locking lips with one of his side-chicks on Google Maps (Russian version Yandex Maps)!

Marina Voinova wanted to get a closer look of a building using the street view feature. After zooming in, she noticed he boyfriend Sasha hugging on another woman!

To prove…

A prominent Maryland gynecologist who was recently fired for secretly videotaping his female patients during examinations wrote a letter apologizing to his wife before committing suicide, it was revealed today. 

Dr Nikita Levy was found dead in his suburban Baltimore home Monday, just…

There was an air of anticipation as the many passengers and dignitaries await at Kennedy Airport in New York, the arrival of FLY JAMAICA, for its inaugural flight. There were the usual greetings as Jamaicans gathered, but there was genuine excitement that the Jamaica Brand would be flying. There was also the genuine goodwill for the success of the venture.

When FLY JAMAICA landed at Kennedy…

Pistorius 'DID beat model girlfriend with a cricket bat' police tell horrified family and show them photographs of her extensive head injuries to prove it

A judge has dramatically agreed to release graphic pictures of Reeva Steenkamp's gunshot wounds after her parents begged for the 'world to see' the pain Oscar Pistorius had inflicted on their daughter.…

{VIDEO} Lil Wayne Disses Lebron, Wade, Bosh, the Miami Heat and Says he SLEPT with Chris Bosh's Wife…

We were truly appalled by how long it took us to work these out.

A furor over slavery has erupted at a Midtown elementary school, after a teacher handed out math homework that include questions asking kids to tally the killing and beating of slaves.

The shocking questions were given to at least one class…