Featured Blog Posts – June 2016 Archive (123)

• The woman was walking through Manhattan while talking on her phone
• The suspect, who is in his 40s approached his victim stealthily from behind
• He grabbed the woman and shoved a bag of feces down her pants…

Zurlon Tipton has passed away after accidentally shooting himself.

According to ESPN, the 26-year old was at a car dealership in Roseville, Michigan, when he reached into his duffle bag that contained two guns.  A.45-caliber semiautomatic went off, firing a round into his stomach. 

He was rushed to the hospital where he later…

PRIME MINISTER ANDREW HOLNESS (CENTRE) WITH (FROM LEFT) BRUCE GOLDING, NEWLY APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM REVIEW COMMISSION, ECONOMIST DAMIEN KING, PROFESSOR ALVIN WINT, AND CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADOR ANDRE MARIOTT-BLAKE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE COMMISSION. (CREDIT: JIS)

Don’t mistake the recently created CARICOM Review Commission for any plan by Jamaica to pull out of the 15-member regional grouping.

That…

Can you believe that Grey's Anatomy fans demand Jesse Williams be FIRED after BET remarks calling his words 'racist hate speech against law enforcement and white people' Actor and activist Jesse Williams filed to divorce his wife Aryn Drakelee-Williams after five years of marriage, and ten years into their relationship. The couple has two children together, a son named Maceo and daughter named Sadie.…

• Black students at Boston Latin School say there have been racist incidents
• They claim that students using racial slurs towards others aren't punished
• Once incident saw a white student threaten to lynch a black classmate…

• Som Lisaius, 42, and Krystin Sorich Lisaius were arraigned on three criminal charges in Tucson on Monday
• Krystin Lisaius allegedly snorted cocaine with her husband on May 14
• The next day the 26-year-old mother breast-fed the baby, who became…

THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT IS TRYING TO PREVENT THE YELLOW FEVER VIRUS FROM REACHING JAMAICA, WHERE THE DISEASE DOES NOT OCCUR BUT WHERE THE MOSQUITO VECTOR AND HUMAN HOSTS ARE PRESENT.

Nine passengers who flew into Jamaica yesterday were refused entry, while another eight were quarantined because of yellow fever concerns.

The 17 were among travellers who flew into the…

BREAKING NEWS: Up to 50 dead, 238 injured. 3 suicide bombers attack Istanbul airport with explosive vests and AK-47s - despite hero policeman 'wrestling bomber to the ground'

• WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT 
• Three explosions rocked Istanbul's Ataturk airport in a co-ordinated suicide attack at 8pm GMT last…

• Video shows Genele Laird, 18, being arrested outside Madison mall
• She struggles with officers who then wrestle her to ground and kick her 
• Laird had been threatening a Taco Bell employee with a knife before arrest…

• Angela Costa filed a complaint with police after students at Urban Action Academy in Brooklyn hacked her Facebook and posted a conversation 
• Costa, a second-year social studies teacher, claims the school did not punish the students after they hung dozens of copies of the conversation …

HUNTING THE MOUNTAIN CHICKEN FROG, OR CRAPAUD AS IT IS KNOWN LOCALLY, IS NOW ILLEGAL IN DOMINICA AND MONTSERRAT IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE SURVIVING FEW.

Dominica and Montserrat’s Mountain Chicken frog, long prized as a delicacy for its succulent meat, is on the verge of extinction.

The species has suffered from years of over-hunting as well as habitat loss on several eastern Caribbean…

Rihanna Premieres Single 'Sledgehammer' In New 'Star Wars: Beyond' Movie Trailer (Video)

Beyonce opened the 2016 BET Awards in rousing fashion Sunday, June 26, by delivering a fantastic performance of "Freedom" featuring a brand new verse from surprise guest Kendrick Lamar.…

Rapper Big L, real name Lamont Coleman, was on his way to making it big when he was shot to death on February 19, 1999.

The 24-year old was a part of the Diggin' in the Crates crew that included Lord Finesse,…

The results of yesterday’s referendum showed a clear “no” vote for both same-sex marriages and same-sex unions in Bermuda, but with less than half the registered voters turning out to cast their ballots, the government says the referendum questions were “unanswered”.

The island’s 44, 367 registered voters were asked to vote on two questions yesterday: Are you in favour of same-sex marriage in Bermuda? Are you in…