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Only July 3, 1984, less than a month after my 16th birthday, and my best friend Vanessa’s 19th, she was stabbed 32 times by her ex-boyfriend, in her parents’ home. His butchery of her was so savage that it included the removal of her vagina. Yes, you read that...

Unbelieveable! Back in March of 2012, Kit Darrant had an argument with his mother. Over what? Only God and this disturbed teenager knows. According to the Miami Herald, he strangled her. Then because he wasn’t sure she was dead, he stabbed her over a hundred times with a butcher...

              Written By Cynthia Rogers         The one year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown at the hand of police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri has come and gone.  There are still unanswered questions and upheaval in Ferguson....

This is the type of stuff I am getting so sick of reporting. Shortly after 1am this past Friday morning, Arlington Police down in Texas shot and killed Christian Taylor. Christian Taylor was unarmed. And as usual, most media outlets are attempting to Criminalize or Thugify the promising college...

Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden doesn’t beat around the bush when it comes to her son’s killer Darren Wilson. When asked about Wilson she proceeded to say,  “The devil. That’s what comes to mind.”She proceeded to call him “evil” and “a waste of space.” “All I can say is vengeance is...

  Today is a very special day! 39 years ago God allowed a genius to come to this Earth. I’ve never met a person that dreams so big… So outside of the box! Even as a kid you shined like  a star and today nothing can hold you back. You’ve...

Shreveport (AP),Police in northwest Louisiana have identified an officer who was killed Wednesday night and the suspect wanted in his slaying. At news conference Thursday, Shreveport Police Chief Willie Shaw said Thomas LaValley, 24, a four-year veteran of the force, was shot multiple times while answering a call about...

This is the third DUI for the talented linebacker. He was suspended 9 games last season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Back in 2013, he underwent a 5 game suspension and checked himself into a treatment facility. Smith has continuously had problems off the field. But who...

NBC announced on The Today Show this morning that 18-year-old Shanice Williams had won the part of Dorthy on the “The Wiz” After casting big names like Queen Latifah as the Wiz and Mary J. Blige as Evillene–and now David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion–the network announced that it would...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson and patriarch of the musical family, has been discharged from the Brazilian hospital where he was treated after he had a stroke in late July while visiting Brazil. The Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo said...

DETROIT (AP) — Mel Farr, a former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who rushed for more than 3,000 yards in seven pro seasons with the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 70. Farr, a running back, played college football at UCLA and finished seventh in the voting for...

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a defendant outside a Mississippi courthouse remained jailed early Wednesday, a day after his bail was set at $300,000. William B. Wells, 24, is charged with murder in Monday’s fatal shooting of Kendrick Armond Brown outside the county courthouse...

HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail three days after a confrontation with a white state trooper filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the officer and other officials, saying it was a last resort after being unable to get enough information...

Sources report that gunfire rang out Monday night outside a concert featuring J. Cole and Big Sean in Holmdel, New Jersey, and it may have been triggered by the victims trash talking a woman. According to the NY Daily News, a witness claims the two victims had been talking...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The man accused of killing a Memphis police officer had a few words for the department’s director when he turned himself in, ending a manhunt that dragged on for two days. “I want you to know that one, I’m not a cold-blooded killer,”Tremaine Wilbourn told...

Hey JaeListers! It’s your Chicago Aficionado, Mz. Jae checkin’ in on an issue that we rarely ponder. This country is obsessed with celebrities. Cray-cray for the famous. We want to know what they are doing, how they are doing it, who they are doing it with, and how much...

WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — A hearse is carrying the body of Bobbi Kristina Brown to her final resting place. The hearse left a funeral home in Newark Monday followed by two SUVs carrying relatives, including cousin Dionne Warwick. This is the same funeral home that handled arrangements three years...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee police officials on Sunday identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer, and an intense search for the man is underway. Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Officer Sean Bolton, 33, on Saturday night,...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The top boss over the Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland said there was reason to pull her over for failing to signal a lane change and told lawmakers Thursday that the trooper remains on the state payroll because the investigation is still playing out....

Ok so this chick has lost her damn mind. Lindsay Blanc a 29 year old elementary school music teacher decided that she was going to threaten and discipline her unruly students by taping their eyes and mouths shut with duct tape. LBVS! Lindsay Blanc would also threaten misbehaving students,...