Irv Gotti, Def Jam hip-hop exec and Murder Inc. co-founder, dies at 54
Irv Gotti, the Def Jam record executive behind the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. In a statement posted to Gotti’s Instagram, his family wrote that “It …
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More Kenyan cops arrive in Haiti as US assures support for anti-gang security mission
As he visits the Dominican Republic on the final stop of his five-day overseas mission to the region, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sending strong assurances that …
Ban those involved in Jan. 6 riot from Chicago government jobs, City Council veterans say
A group of Chicago aldermen want to ban people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Building — including the ones recently pardoned by President …
All major wreckage from midair collision near Reagan airport removed, military says
All the major pieces of the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 and the Black Hawk army helicopter that crashed over the Potomac River last week have been removed as of …
To detect contagious bird flu, can genomic surveillance shift to sewers?
When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing …
Blue states fear invasion by red-state National Guard troops for deportations
There’s an emerging blue-state nightmare: Inspired by President Donald Trump’s call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, Republican governors would send their National Guard troops …
Former US Federal Reserve adviser pleads not guilty in spy case
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. An economist who advised the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, pleaded …
Blake Lively sued by crisis PR firm she accused of smear campaign
The crisis PR firm Blake Lively alluded to in her California Civil Rights Department complaint — in which she first accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign — has …
Trump buyout at 50,000 takers as focus shifts to poor performers
President Donald Trump’s offer for federal employees to resign from their posts has already been accepted by more than 50,000 workers, according to a person familiar with the effort. …
DEA dismantles Massachusetts fentanyl mill; illegal operator ‘faces deportation’
An illegal immigrant who operated a now “dismantled” fentanyl mill in Lawrence “faces deportation,” the Drug Enforcement Administration has announced. DEA New England posted on social media Thursday that …