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Bounty Hunters Charged With Murder After Killing Wrong, Unarmed Man

Bounty Hunters Charged With Murder After Killing Wrong, Unarmed Man

5-4-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Seven bounty hunters who descended on the wrong car outside a Wal-Mart have been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the killing of an unarmed man and the wounding of another, Tennessee police announced Wednesday. This combo of booking photos released by the Clarksville, Tenn., Police Department shows,…MORE

Texas high school football team mourns player killed by police

Texas high school football team mourns player killed by police

5-2-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   The grieving teenage boys gathered Monday at 8 a.m., an hour before class began on what should have been their first day of spring football practice at a school in a state where the gridiron brings people together. But instead of putting on pads and working out, they wept, they seethed and they…MORE

Balch Springs, Texas Police Officer Fatally Shoots 15-Year-Old Boy

Balch Springs, Texas Police Officer Fatally Shoots 15-Year-Old Boy

5-1-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- A Balch Springs, Texas police officer fired at a vehicle Saturday night, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the police, the officers involved were responding to a report about underage drinking. Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said his officers heard gunshots, as the vehicle in which…MORE

Minnesota Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Shooting Black Protesters

Minnesota Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Shooting Black Protesters

4-27-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A white Minnesota man who was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Wednesday for shooting and wounding five black protesters said he’ll live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life, but stopped short of apologizing. Allen Scarsella’s sentence of 15 years and…MORE

NYC House Fire Kills 5, Including 3 Children

NYC House Fire Kills 5, Including 3 Children

4-24-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are scouring for clues about what sparked a deadly, fast-moving house fire that killed five people, including three children, on a sunny spring afternoon. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon, on a street full of single-family homes in the middle class neighborhood of Queens Village, a…MORE

New York Judge’s Death Now Being Investigated As Suspicious

New York Judge’s Death Now Being Investigated As Suspicious

4-21-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   If you thought the possible suicide of a New York judge seemed suspicious last week, you may be right. Now the NYPD thinks so, too. Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, was the first Black female judge to the New York Court of Appeals. She was found dead last week in the Hudson River,…MORE

Three Killed In Fresno By Black Man Who Said He Hated Whites

Three Killed In Fresno By Black Man Who Said He Hated Whites

4-19-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man who shot and killed three people at random on the streets of downtown Fresno shouted “Allahu akbar” during his arrest Tuesday and had posted on social media that he disliked white people, authorities said. Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was arrested shortly after the morning rampage that…MORE

Suspect in Facebook video killing shoots himself to death

Suspect in Facebook video killing shoots himself to death

4-18-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death Tuesday after police chased him down in his car in Pennsylvania, ending a multistate manhunt less than 48 hours after it began. Acting a tip, Pennsylvania State Police…MORE

Manhunt Underway In Cleveland For Facebook Live Killer

Manhunt Underway In Cleveland For Facebook Live Killer

4-17-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   CLEVELAND (AP) — A manhunt is underway for a suspect that police say killed a man while streaming the homicide live on Facebook. Law enforcement is searching the Cleveland area and beyond for Steve Stephens, the suspect police say walked up to an elderly man and shot him while on video,…MORE

United CEO Finally Apologizes After Passenger Was Dragged Off Flight

United CEO Finally Apologizes After Passenger Was Dragged Off Flight

4-12-2017-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-   CHICAGO (AP) — After people were horrified by video of a passenger getting dragged off a full United Express flight by airport police, the head of United’s parent company said the airline was reaching out to the man to “resolve this situation.” Hours later on Monday, his tone turned defensive. He…MORE

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You’ll soon have two chances to learn about the career of Boyz II Men. The legendary group is developing a feature film biopic. Boyz II Men are also working on a long-form documentary about their lives. The best-selling R&B group of all time has over 60 million albums sold.

DICK VAN DYKE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT TRUMP’S TERM

DICK VAN DYKE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT TRUMP’S TERM

Dick Van Dyke is turning 99-years-old next month and says the one good thing about not having much time left is that he won’t have to endure another four years of President Donald Trump. The legendary actor, who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris just before the election, was asked by a reporter if he thinks…

DENZEL IS STILL GOING STRONG

DENZEL IS STILL GOING STRONG

Denzel Washington will visit Wakanda. On Tuesday, Washington announced that he will be starring in the third Black Panther movie. He said, “I’m only interested in working with the best — I don’t know how many more films I’m going to make, probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done.” Washington…

PLIES IS SUING MEG, GLO AND CARDI

PLIES IS SUING MEG, GLO AND CARDI

Now that the election is over, Plies is coming hard for his sisters-in-Kamala Harris — filing a lawsuit against Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, and Cardi B for copyright infringement!!! And according to Plies, Soulja Boy can’t claim “first” to using the beat on one of his big tracks … which he says was taken from…