Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip-hop performers, has died. He was 88. McCann died Friday in Los Angeles a week after […]

At least two people were killed and five others were injured in a possible terror attack less than an hour into 2024. A Ford Explorer filled with at least a dozen gas canisters smashed into a Mitsubishi Outlander around 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 1, as concert attendees left the Kodak […]

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell had a chance to simmer down on Monday following the team’s controversial Week 17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The Lions’ go-ahead 2-point conversion was negated by an ineligible receiver penalty. Taylor Decker was thought to have reported as eligible to an official, but […]

A former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas plans to ask a judge on Tuesday to release him to house arrest ahead of the trial in June. Court-appointed lawyers for Duane “Keffe D” Davis say their 60-year-old client is […]

The family of a mother of eight who was a huge “Star Trek” fan has ensured the final frontier will be her ultimate resting place. Gloria Knowlan was 86 at the time of her death 12 years ago. A small quantity of ashes from her cremated body are to be […]

If you’re reading this, you might have gotten a new PC for the holidays or you’re considering buying one in the new year. Thaddeus from Ellenton, Florida, reached out to us with this question after purchasing a new PC. “I just bought a new PC laptop for the first time […]

“Beverly Hills, 90210” actor Ian Ziering confirmed he was the victim of a violent attack on New Year’s Eve. Ziering, 59, updated fans on his condition after he and his 12-year-old daughter were “aggressively” attacked by bikers.  “I experienced an alarming incident involving a group of individuals on mini bikes. […]

A Russian aircraft accidentally bombed a village in the Voronezh region of the country as the Kremlin continues an all-out assault on major Ukrainian cities. The warplane responsible for the friendly-fire was reportedly forced to make an “emergency release” on Tuesday while flying over the Russian village of Petropavlovka. “At […]

As a record number of migrants invade the U.S., wreaking pain on New York City and other communities, one group is winning big time: the public advocacy lawyers. Their business is to constantly sue to win more so-called rights for migrants. Rights to shelter, rights to meals, rights to health […]

Buried at the edge of a Chicago Catholic cemetery are an elderly person’s remains marked only by a cement cylinder deep in the ground labeled with the numbers 04985. The person died in 2015 at a nursing home not remembering much, including their own name. They went by Seven. Now […]