“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reportedly auditioned for a role in a play which mirrored the purported hate crime attack against him late last month. According to the Daily Mail, Smollett, 35, participated in two readings of Tony-winning play “Take Me Out” in New York City on January 28, a day before the reported attack in …
A New Jersey mother who claimed her 23-month-old son was abducted is accused of killing the toddler because he wouldn’t eat or listen. According to KYW, Nakira Griner, 24, is accused of killing, dismembering, and burning Daniel Griner Jr., whose body was found under a shed at the family’s home in Bridgeton, a day after she reported his disappearance. …
The wife of one of five employees shot and killed Friday at an Illinois industrial warehouse revealed the final text he sent her before succumbing to his injuries. USA Today reported that Josh Pinkard, 37, was a plant manager at the Henry Pratt Co., where he and four of his co-workers were killed by a 15-year …
Criminal charges for singer R. Kelly may be imminent as an Illinois grand jury reportedly met and is scheduled to review a tape allegedly depicting the singer sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Unidentified sources confirmed to The Blast that a grand jury assembled last week at the Cook County State’s Attorney Office in Chicago. They also …
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A Pennsylvania man who confessed to trying to rape his 14-year-old cousin before stabbing her 160 times and shooting her in the head will spend the rest of his life in prison for last year’s murder. According to WXTF, Colin Haag, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder, attempted rape, and related charges in the March …
Video and multiple 911 calls have emerged following country singer Miranda Lambert’s alleged altercation at a Nashville, Tennessee, restaurant over the weekend. TMZ reportedly obtained footage of the moments after Lambert, 35, allegedly dumped a salad on the woman, with the footage apparently showing the woman’s husband yelling at Lambert’s male friend. The last part …
A Dutch court ruled that the DNA of a late fertility doctor who possibly fathered up to 200 children by switching donors’ sperm with his own can be tested to confirm paternity. The Guardian reported that, in 2017, 22 children conceived at Jan Karbaat’s Blijdorp medical center went to court and sought a DNA test. Karbaat, 89, …
Police in Texas announced the arrests of four suspects in last month’s beating of a gay couple—and said that they’re currently treating the case as a hate crime. The Austin American-Statesman reported that four men—Frank Macias, 22; Miguel Macias, 20; Quinn O’Connor, 21; and Kolby Monnell—were arrested Tuesday in connection with the January 19 attack on Spencer Deehring …
Authorities in Texas are asking for the public’s help in locating a 10-year-old boy who reportedly ran away while in Child Protective Services’ custody eight months ago. KTRK reported that Ma’Lik Bates was last seen on June 21 on the 6300 block of Rosemary Lane in Houston. Officials said the agency was caring for the boy at the time …
Authorities in Canada are seeking information regarding a human foot that reportedly washed ashore in September–making it the 15th foot that has been discovered along the region’s shoreline since 2007. This week, the British Columbia Coroners Service asked for help identifying a human foot that washed ashore in West Vancouver in early September. DNA testing …
The family of a Tennesee kindergartener is speaking out after they say a teacher slapped her in the face with a ruler for “tattle-tailing” on another student. Speaking with the Daily Beast, mother Ciara Morgan, 23, claimed the Cummings Elementary teacher only got a two-day suspension for a January 25 incident involving her 5-year-old daughter, Hailey …
