“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman, who was given a 14-day sentence last month for her role in the college admissions cheating scandal, reported to prison Tuesday, her representative said in a statement. Huffman, 56, reported to the federal prison in Dublin, California, and “is prepared to serve” the sentence, her representative …
Read More »Cardi B: Rapper rejects plea deal today in New York City strip club fight
Cardi B has rejected a plea deal in a case stemming from a New York strip club melee last August. The rapper is due back in court next month on misdemeanor reckless endangerment and assault charges. Police said Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, and her entourage were …
Read More »LeBron James interview on Nipsey Hussle with CBS Los Angeles; NBA star talks about rapper’s death, murder suspect Eric Holder
Basketball superstar LeBron James is speaking out about the recent loss of his friend, rapper Nipsey Hussle, to murder in Los Angeles last month. Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in South Los Angeles on March 31. Police have arrested 29-year-old Eric Holder and charged him with murder. …
Read More »Nipsey Hussle vigil: “Mass panic and chaos”; police name suspect they’re seeking in rapper’s slaying
Several people were injured Monday night when some 300 who’d gathered outside Nipsey Hussle’s clothing store in South Los Angeles to pay their respects to the slain rapper suddenly stampeded from the area, authorities said. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department, Meghan Aguilar, told reporters there was “mass panic …
Read More »R. Kelly interview: R. Kelly denies sexual abuse allegations in explosive interview with CBS This Morning’s Gayle King (exclusive)
In an exclusive interview that aired Wednesday, singer R. Kelly told “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King that the sexual abuse allegations against him are lies. The charges involve four women, three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged events. King also sat down with two young …
Read More »Bill Cosby, housed in a single cell, was assigned inmate number NN7687
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby will serve his sentence at a new state prison in the Philadelphia suburbs where he’s being housed in a single cell near the infirmary, according to Pennsylvania corrections officials. The prison system assigned Cosby inmate number NN7687. The Department of Corrections provided details of Cosby’s …
Read More »Rob Rogers, cartoonist who cited political conflicts with Pittsburgh Post
PITTSBURGH — A longtime newspaper cartoonist who says his work has been banished from the editorial page lately because of “political differences” with his editors says he’s been fired. Rob Rogers tweeted Thursday he’s been fired after 25 years as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorial cartoonist. The paper has declined to …
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