Rapper Adolph Thornton Jr., known as Young Dolph, pictured at a concert in Aug. 2020, was gunned down in Memphis on Wednesday. Rapper Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., better known by his stage name Young Dolph, was shot and killed in Memphis on Wednesday, according to police. Memphis Police Department Chief CJ Davis said officers responded to a shooting at a cookie shop at around 12:30 p.m. where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. “The preliminary information indicates that...
Kyle Rittenhouse waits for the jury to enter the room to continue testifying during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool) KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse testified Wednesday he was under attack when he killed two men and wounded a third with his...
The emblem for Facebook’s new parent company is built for the metaverse, even if it disappoints in the real world. When Mark Zuckerberg announced last month that Facebook was changing its name, the company published a sleek animation online that showed logos of all its apps and products fusing together to form a shimmering vision of the future: a two-tone blue infinity symbol next to the word “Meta.” The new symbol and name change were nods to Mr. Zuckerberg’s plans to...
Travis Scott’s fans describe scenes of chaos and tragedy at Astroworld Festival By Alaa Elassar, CNN Updated 11:19 AM ET, Sun November 7, 2021TK Tellez knows that festivals can get crazy. But nothing, he says, could have prepared him for the tragedy that unfolded Friday night at the Astroworld Festival in Houston.It began an hour before Travis Scott was set to perform, as Tellez and his girlfriend stood near the stage in hopes of getting a better view of the rapper.But before...
Mr. Adams, a Democrat and former police captain, will be the second Black mayor in the city’s history. Eric Leroy Adams, a former New York City police captain whose attention-grabbing persona and keen focus on racial justice fueled a decades-long career in public life, was elected on Tuesday as the 110th mayor of New York and the second Black mayor in the city’s history. Mr. Adams, who will take office on Jan. 1, faces a staggering set of challenges as the nation’s largest city grapples...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was accused in a criminal complaint Thursday of committing a misdemeanor sex crime, two months after he resigned under pressure in a sexual harassment scandal. But prosecutors said Thursday they didn’t know the document had been filed, and the woman’s attorney said she hadn’t been given a chance to decide whether she wanted to go through with a case. The one-page complaint, filed by an investigator with the Albany County...
By Hannah Knowles and Mark Berman Yesterday at 8:12 p.m. EDT The killing itself was shocking to Georgians — three White men chasing a Black man in pickup trucks and then shooting him on a residential street. So was the local authorities’ response: 74 days without charges. While many killings that sparked racial justice protests in 2020 cast a harsh spotlight on police actions in places like Minneapolis and Louisville, Ahmaud Arbery’s killing in the coastal community of Satilla Shores near...
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Updated 5:00 PM ET, Mon October 25, 2021Rapper Megan Thee Stallion dressed up as Pinhead from “Hellraiser.” (CNN)From Beyoncé to Heidi Klum, some celebrities always go all out for Halloween. This year, there’s a new contender. Megan Thee Stallion posted her Halloween costume on Sunday, and the rapper is completely unrecognizable as Pinhead from the 1987 horror movie “Hellraiser.” “Pain has a face. Allow me to show you. Gentlemen I am pain,” the rapper wrote in the caption,...
(CNN)Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84.”General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook, noting...
Appearing on KIIS FM’s The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday, the superstar singer was told she’s “just like” the chav character played by Matt Lucas in Little Britain. Kyle Sandilands said: “You’re just like us…. You’re Vicky Pollard but with an amazing voice. “Vicky Pollard is a bad example. But I love Vicky Pollard!” Adele brushed off the negative comparison, instead taking the high road. She said: “I’ve had that comparison before, all good. I am glad you...