The NBA said they are “investigating” a social media video posted early Saturday morning that appeared to show Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant brandishing a firearm while inside a nightclub. The Instagram Live video — reportedly uploaded onto Morant’s account just hours after the Grizzlies’ Friday night road loss to …
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Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on two counts of murder at his trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. The disbarred lawyer was convicted of killing his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, on the family’s hunting compound in June 2021. Murdaugh, 52, was also indicted and …
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Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison Friday, a day after he was found guilty of the murder of his wife and son. Murdaugh, the scion of South Carolina’s Lowcountry legal dynasty, was convicted of two counts of murder and two counts of possession of …
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In many ways, there has never been a better time to be an independent artist. Up and comers can build their own audiences from the ground up on social media without going through gatekeepers and climbing industry ladders. Fans also get a front row seat to see their favorite artist …
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“I’ll wipe my hands on my penis.” Essayist and activist Sophie McAllister is confident she’d never uttered those words before this week. Now, she tells Rolling Stone, she must have said them over a hundred times, thanks to a quick encounter in a London pub, which she believes made her …
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Closing arguments in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh ended on Wednesday. Prosecutors sought to convince the South Carolina jury that Murdaugh murdered his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, and that the disbarred lawyer was a “family annihilator” who used the killings as a way to halt …
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Lawyers for Jussie Smollett have filed to appeal the former Empire actor’s conviction for lying to police, the latest chapter in the legal battle relating to Smollett’s alleged role in a hate crime hoax. Smollett was sentenced to 150 days and 30 months in prison in March 2022 after being …
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Los Angeles County agreed to pay Vanessa Bryant and her three daughters a $28.85million settlement in exchange for ending a lawsuit over the sharing of graphic photos of the Jan. 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA star Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others, according to …
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Maegan Hall — the 26-year-old patrol officer fired along with several colleagues from a police department in La Vergne, Tennessee after incidents of workplace sex came to light in January — is now suing the city and three of her former superiors. Hall’s 51-page federal complaint alleges that they and …
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The New York Police Department’s violent tactics during the 2020 protests against police violence and racial injustice could cost New York City and its taxpayers between $4 and $6 million thanks to a new settlement. New York City has agreed to pay $21,500 each to the approximately 300 people who …
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