Flooding on a scale rarely seen in New England forced hundreds of residents from their homes Wednesday, overwhelmed sewage systems and snarled traffic as major East Coast routes washed out or transformed into a soaked labyrinth of detours and closures.



As three days of record-breaking rains tapered to a drizzle, forecasters warned the worst of widespread flooding from Maine to Connecticut was still ahead…

(AP) D.C. police say a fourth person has died after a drive-by shooting in southeast Washington.

Police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said early Wednesday the person was among the nine hit Tuesday when a gunman sprayed bullets into a crowd of people.



Officials say three people were arrested and a weapon was recovered after six men and three women were shot around the 4000 block of South Capitol Street southeast.…

My vegan soul dinner with Erykah Badu

The United Nations has put the rebuilding price tag of Haiti at some $11.5 billion, just $2.5 billion less than the Rene Preval administration.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow`s global donor conference for Haiti at the U.N., Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the `smart` rebuilding of Haiti after January`s earthquake will require some $11.5 billion of spending over the next 10 years.

`That is our challenge…

Congratulations to Miss Dominica Marcia Baptiste who was Crowned Miss …

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- 1:20pm – Grand Bahama was left damaged and residents in shock after two suspected tornadoes touched ground along the southern portion of the island around noon today.

One tornado struck the Freeport Container Port, setting off a domino-effect of toppled cranes. There have been reports of…

At schools across the island, the videos are causing a stir. The wireless internet is abuzz with footage of school children, some of them under 14 years of age, committing sex acts with multiple partners. Children from two different schools were involved. In one video, a fifth form girl in school uniform is exposed on camera as the hands of unseen persons play with her vagina. In another two videos, one underage girl from a Castries school performs fellatio on a younger…

After years of keeping quiet about his personal life, pop star Ricky Martin has announced that he is gay.

"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Ricky said in a message posted on his…

Erykah Badu went for a stripped-down approach for her new “Window Seat” video. Literally: As the standout tune from New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (out tomorrow) plays, Ms. Badu walks through downtown Dallas gradually removing all of her clothing until she is 100 percent nude. If that sounds familiar, Badu credits…

He is known as the "Caribbean's Pablo Escobar" although his nickname in the criminal world is "Junior Capsula". Nevertheless, he is the most wanted man in the Dominican Republic and he is Puerto Rican.



For the past ten years he has managed to evade the police in such incredible ways that his movie-like escapades make him almost legendary.

The hunt for alleged narc boss José Figueroa Agosto has intensified, after a police intervention located a laptop full of…

Check out her Window Seat Video here.

Check out this article that appeared in today’s Observer. It maad!! Just had to bring it to your attention. After reading it tell us which of the titles you would give Kartel, DJ, porn star, or gangsta!



Kartel: Deejay, gangsta, or porn star?



Deejay Vybz Kartel surely knows how to grab head lines (no pun intended.) He has positioned himself as the top deejay locally and last year released a slew of songs which ensured that he claimed the coveted DJ of the…

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has been accused by his critics of increasingly using the courts to prosecute his opponents. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- The arrests of an opposition politician and the owner of a television network for statements critical of the government of President Hugo…