5-16-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s lawyers have asked the state Supreme Court for another chance to have his criminal sexual-assault case thrown out. The defense argued that the current district attorney cannot go back on the word of a predecessor who has said he promised Cosby wouldn’t be charged in the case.…… MORE
5-13-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NEW YORK (AP) — Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died in New York at age 116. Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Gerontology Research Group, says Jones died at a senior home in Brooklyn Thursday night. He said she had been ill for the past 10 days. Jones…… MORE
5-12-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The pistol former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin is going up for auction online. In an interview with Orlando, Florida, TV station WOFL, Zimmerman said he had just gotten the pistol back from the U.S. Justice Department, which took it…… MORE
5-11-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in the month before his death, including the day before he died, and prescribed him medication, according to contents of a search warrant that were revealed Tuesday even as authorities revisited the musician’s estate. Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince on April…… MORE
5-9-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — UAB running back Gregory Bryant was declared brain-dead Sunday, a day after he was found shot in a car on Interstate 95 in South Florida. West Palm Beach Police spokeswoman Lori Colombino said Bryant was declared brain-dead at 1 p.m. Sunday. Her statement added the investigation…… MORE
5-5-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Sipping filtered city water to show it’s again drinkable, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to ride herd on leaders at all levels of government until every drop of water flowing into homes in Flint, Michigan, is safe to use. He also promised that the aging pipes that contaminated…… MORE
5-4-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination. The conservative tea party firebrand who cast himself as the only viable alternative to Trump announced his exit after a stinging defeat in Indiana’s Republican primary. “It appears…… MORE
5-3-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Afeni Shakur, the mother of legendary rapper Tupac, has died. She was 69. WSB TV reports: The Marin County Sheriff’s Department in California confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Shakur died late Monday night. Afeni, opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in…… MORE
5-2-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys are tackling the complicated job of dividing up Prince‘s estate. The first hearing is scheduled Monday in probate court in Carver County in suburban Minneapolis. Prince’s full sister, Tyka Nelson, filed papers last week saying Prince had no known will. That means under Minnesota law his estate…… MORE
4-29-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- ATLANTA (AP) — Comedian and actor Katt Williams was arrested after he threw a salt shaker at a restaurant manager, police in an Atlanta suburb said Thursday. Officers responded to a call of a fight at Spondivits restaurant just south of Atlanta a little after 10 p.m. Wednesday, East Point police Capt.…… MORE
Chris O’Donnell is headed back to the small screen to star in the 9-1-1 spinoff series, 9-1-1: Nashville on ABC. We don’t know many plot details yet, but the show will follow first responders in the Tennessee-based city. Chris will play Captain Don Sharpe, who Variety describes as “a rugged fire captain and rodeo rider…
Will Smith announced his new album, Based On A True Story, will be released on March 28, 20 years after his last album. The album features DJ Jazzy Jeff, Teyana Taylor, and Smith’s son Jaden. The tracklist is divided into “episodes” instead of songs. He also recently revealed that he and Prince discussed launching an…
SZA is feeling speechless after her album SOS managed to tie Michael Jackson’s classic Thriller. The two artists are officially tied at 79 total non-consecutive weeks spent in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. According to Luminate, that’s the most for a Black artist. TMZ Hip-Hop caught up with SZA after her appearance on…
Angie Stone’s catalog received a hefty boost following her recent death. Billboard reports that Stone’s streams have increased by 1,300 percent to 8.4 million. Stone’s sales have risen by 10,700 percent. Her 1999 hit “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” got the biggest bump in listens. Stone died in a car accident in Alabama on…