Deonte Hoard was only 17, but he already had a clear idea of what he wanted to do in life: Go to college and play basketball, according to the Chicago Tribune. He was on the right path to achieve his academic goals as a senior at Urban Prep Academy, the nation’s first all boys charter […]
On Sunday, a Rutgers University freshman collapsed and died during a basketball game at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center in New Jersey, school officials said. Lifeguards on duty at the center immediately began CPR on Patrick Awosogba when he collapsed around 2:00 p.m. Rutgers EMTs arrived to administer electronic defibrillation and the 18-year-old was rushed to […]
America’s Next Top Model contestant Mirjana Puhar was killed in a triple homicide at her boyfriend’s home in Charlotte, NC. The 19-year-old was murdered on Tuesday along with her boyfriend Jonathan Alvarado, 23, and his friend Jusmar Gonzaga-Garcia, 19. The victims were all roommates and Puhar was only dating Alvarado for a few months. According to TMZ: We’re told the friend […]
Former Portland Trail Blazers player and 17-year NBA veteran Jerome Kersey has died at the age of 52. The Trail Blazers released a statement stating Kersey passed on Wednesday. Kersey was a favorite among Blazers fans and known for his kind heart. Kersey remained close to the league as a team ambassador. On Tuesday, he […]
Former NFL Chicago Bears running back Adrian Peterson posted a heartfelt goodbye via Facebook to his 7-year-old son A.J., who lost his battle with brain cancer on Tuesday. “#Ajsoars is in Heaven, where he belongs…#ajsoars #P3 #MyFirstSuperHero,” said Peterson about his little boy who was first diagnosed with the disease last June. Peterson and his wife, Angela were then […]
A 17-year-old boy has died after shooting himself in a game of Russian roulette in the California apartment where he lived with his older brother and sister-in-law, authorities say. Officials believe the unidentified teenager was playing the game early Monday with friends. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responding to a call about a gunshot in […]
Dozens were reportedly injured and at least 20 killed by electrocution when a float hit a low-hanging power line during Haiti’s Carnival parade early Tuesday. The coordinator for the Department of Civil Protection, Nadia Lochard, said that at least 46 were injured in the accident that occurred in downtown Port-au-Prince. From the Associated Press: The […]
UPDATE: 2/11/2015 11:05 A.M. Police have charged Craig Stephen Hicks with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of North Carolina University students Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. A preliminary investigation revealed that a long running parking dispute may have been the motive behind the shooting. — A shooting […]
Cleveland police have charged an 11-year-old girl with murder after she beat a 2-month-old baby who was staying with her and her mother to death, authorities say. Following the incident, the infant, identified as Zuri Whitehead (pictured below), was rushed to the hospital with a badly swollen head. She was flown to a children’s trauma […]
A high school football player has been arrested after he shot his classmate in the face and posted with the teen’s lifeless body on Snapchat. The shooting took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week, when Maxwell Marion Morton (above) shot 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in the Jeanette area. Mangan was found by his mother in their home on Friday. A […]
After being involved in a fatal car accident that left one woman dead over the weekend, Bruce Jenner is sending his condolences to the victim’s family. The former Olympic athlete and reality star released a statement through his publicist on Sunday. The 65-year-old reportedly rear-ended a Lexus on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Saturday afternoon. The multi-vehicle accident […]
This is extremely sad. Two Michigan parents are facing a “double tragedy,” after they were both diagnosed with cancer this past year. 31-year-old Shelby Offrink was told about her Stage IV glioblastoma right after giving birth to her second child, and her 34-year-old husband Ben got sick just months into her radiation and chemotherapy treatment. […]
