If you watched the seventh season of American Idol, or Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance pageant in 2005, then you might remember the beautiful Joanne Borgella. Sadly enough, the plus-sized model and AI alum has just passed away at the age of 32, after a long battle with a rare form of cancer, according to Plus Model Mag. One of the last posts […]
Two suspects are in custody following a Detroit shooting that left a 3-year-old child dead. Amiracle Williams was killed Thursday afternoon and three others hospitalized after the incident on Detroit’s east side. Police say the gunfire was spurred by a big fight at a nearby high school. One person was shot at the high school and three […]
Actress Elizabeth Pena, known for her roles in La Bamba, The Incredibles, Modern Family, and Rush Hour died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 55-years-old. Pena died of natural causes after a brief illness, according to her manager, Gina Rugolo. The actress, who spent a part of her childhood in Cuba, was born Sept. […]
On Aug. 29, a 17-year-old high school football player was found hanging from a wooden swing set, just hours before he was set to take on the West Columbus Vikings on his school’s football field. It was a game the Bladenboro, N.C. teenager had spent hours training for in the gym, at home, and in the school […]
A 10-year-old boy was arrested and charged as an adult in Wayne County, Pennsylvania for beating an elderly woman to death. The child was visiting his grandfather on Saturday when Helen Novak, a 90-year-old woman, yelled at the child for entering her room. The boy then punched Novak in the throat a number of times. Before punching […]
A landscaper is dead and several others injured in Arizona after a swarm of about 800,000 bees attacked them on Wednesday morning. The bees came from a hive in the attic of a Tucson home, fire officials say. The 32-year-old man was taken to the hospital, but died of cardiac arrest shortly after. Seven others […]
A high school football player from Elwood, NY, died Wednesday after colliding with an opponent during a game and sustaining a head injury. Tom Cutinella, a player for the Shoreham-Wading River High School, was pronounced dead at the hospital after he spent some time in the intensive-care unit following a surgery. The guard/linebacker was injured during the […]
A 13-year-old boy described as a “jokester who loved to dance and rap and hang out,” was fatally shot at a playground in Chicago Sunday night. The teenager, Demureye Macon, tried to run after being asked if he was in a gang, but was struck in his chest, according to his mother, Tawana Macon. “Why? […]
North Florida officials are currently looking into why a once-convicted felon killed multiple members of his family, including his daughter and a four-month-old baby. According to CBS News, Bell, Fl. resident Don Spirit murdered his daughter and six children before turning the gun on himself. Before he shot the children – who range in age from 4 months […]
The father of a 6-year-old boy fatally stabbed in South Los Angeles is thought to be the suspect by police, a sheriff official confirmed Thursday morning. The boy died after being stabbed multiple times in the upper torso. Just after midnight, deputies responded to the call of a person screaming in the California neighborhood. When police […]
In an interview in Los Angeles on Monday, rapper Common confirmed that his father, Lonnie “Pops” Lynn, passed away on Friday, Sept. 12. Lynn was 71-years-old. Fans remember Lynn as a staple on Common’s albums, appearing on many of the rapper’s songs, delivering poignant, powerful, and poetic lines to accompany Common’s soulful flow. “He was […]
The 24-year-old who called 911 to report a man pointing a rifle inside of an Ohio Walmart is now retracting his original account, telling The Guardian that John Crawford III didn’t point the gun at all. That 911 call got Crawford, a 22-year-old black man, killed in August. Police shot Crawford to death in the Walmart while […]
