UPDATED Monday, April 20, 2015 at 12:45 p.m. Police in the St. James parish of Jamaica have ruled out foul play in the death of Johnny Kemp, according to the Gleaner. The Jamaican newspaper reports that Kemp was found face down in the water at a beach in Montego Bay on Thursday morning. The Jamaica Constabulatory Force released a […]
Percy Sledge, the soul singer behind the iconic hit “When A Man Loves A Woman,” died early Tuesday morning at the age of 73. Sledge passed away in Louisiana in hospice care after a lengthy battle with cancer, according to his longtime manager. “He was one of my first acts, he was a terrific person and you […]
The Georgia teenager who was first denied a heart transplant due to “non-compliance” and then given one in 2013, died Tuesday in a car crash while trying to flee from police, authorities say. According to CBS, the police chase occurred after 17-year-old Anthony Tremayne Stokes kicked in the door of an elderly woman’s home in Roswell and fired his […]
A Detroit mother of four was arrested on Tuesday after police found two of her children frozen to death in their apartment building’s deep freezer. The 36-year-old mother was taken into police custody after a bailiff arrived at her home to issue an eviction notice. She also confessed to killing her children, but didn’t explain […]
The state of Utah just reinstated execution by firing squads by way of a bill signed Monday, CNN reports. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, who signed the bill, said in a statement that lethal injection will remain the “primary method for carrying out executions in the state.” Surprisingly, firing squads were permitted in Utah until as late […]
Authorities have yet to confirm if a missing man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi last week was killed or committed suicide, but the FBI is now consulting with the Behavioral Analysis Unit (or “profilers”) to break the case. Otis Byrd, 54, was found with a sheet around his neck near his Port Gibson […]
Walmart is slated to pay $10 million to the estate of James McNair in a settlement reached with his family after one of the company’s trucks crashed into Tracy Morgan’s tour van, killing the comedian, reports DNAinfo New York. The McNair family’s lawyer said the retail giant reached the settlement in order to avoid potential losses […]
A medical examiner has determined more tests would be needed to find out the cause of death of a Syracuse University student who was found unresponsive in her hotel room over the weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Sabrina Cammock was found dead at Hotel Edison in New York Sunday morning. The student was in the city celebrating Spring Break […]
Minnie Minoso, the first black Latino player in the majors, died on Sunday. According to the Chicago Tribune, Minoso died shortly after leaving a friend’s birthday party Saturday night. He was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of his car. Experiencing chest pains, Minoso reportedly pulled over, suffering a tear in his pulmonary artery caused by “chronic obstructive pulmonary […]
Charmayne Maxwell, a member of the 90s group Brownstone, passed away after falling in Denmark on Saturday. The singer (left) was reportedly at a soccer…
Earl Lloyd, who was the first African-American to play in NBA while playing for the Washington Capitols, has died at the age of 86 in…
