PHOENIX – If there was any concern that Nate Diaz‘s star power has waned in the 19 months since he’s stepped into a UFC cage, it likely vanished in a puff of marijuana smoke at Thursday’s UFC 263 pre-fight press conference.

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With a raucous crowd at Arizona Federal Theater, Diaz was every bit as in-demand as headliners Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori, or co-headliners Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno – if not more.

Diaz (20-12 MMA, 15-10 UFC) meets top w...

As Darian Simon was walking his dog with his girlfriend last June, he heard a critical voice yelling at them to not let the dog go to the bathroom in the alley of a Denver apartment building. The man in the ground-level apartment asked the couple if they were going to train the dog or just command the pet to “go poop,” according to a probable cause statement. Simon ignored the man until he saw him point what Simon believed to be a pellet gun at him and his girlfriend, Isabella Thallas.

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Four teenagers in Georgia have been arrested in connection with a murder investigation dating back to February.

According to jail records, Kennedy Collins, 17, and Jocelyn Spencer, 17, were both charged with felony murder and aggravated assault over the death of Faith Burns, 20, who was shot and killed near a home in Dacula, Ga. on Valentine’s Day.

Porsha Williams has raised some eyebrows with the news that she is now engaged to a man "Real Housewives of Atlanta" viewers met this season as the husband of one of her friends.

© From Porsha Williams/Instagram Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia are engaged.

Williams posted about her relationship with businessman Simon Guobadia on her verified Instagram account Monday.

"Our relationship began a month ago -- yes we are crazy in love. I know it's fast but we are living life each day to its fulle...

Authorities in Florida arrested and charged a 14-year-old boy with murder a day after the disappearance and death of a 13-year-old girl.

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The parents of Tristyn Bailey, a student and cheerleader at Patriot Oaks Academy in St. Johns, Florida, reported their daughter missing Sunday morning after she failed to return home the night before.

Archaeologists have discovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals in a cave near Rome, the Italian Cultural Ministry announced.

© Emanuele Antonio Minerva, AP An image released by the Italian Culture Ministry shows a cave near Rome where Neanderthal fossil findings were discovered. The ministry confirmed that the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo is “one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals.”
The oldest remains date from 90,000 to 100,000 ye...

A Pennsylvania man is opening up about the tragic road rage shooting that killed his wife last week.

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Ryan Eberly's wife Julie was shot through her car's passenger door around 11:40 a.m. Thursday, the Robeson County Sheriff's Office said in a press release on Facebook.

Julie and Ryan had been driving southbound on Interstate 95 at the time of the shooting.

They were headed for a getaway on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to celebrate their seventh wedding anniver...

Sydney Therriault, a 22-year-old woman from Maryland, died last week after she got stuck in the window of her hotel in Florida.

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Therriault was staying at the Pelican RV Resort & Marina when she appeared to misplace her hotel key and attempted to enter it through the window, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office revealed in a statement.

© Facebook Sydney Therriault “became stuck and asphyxiated” during the incident, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office revealed

"She ...

Photos of guns released in deadly Hartford police shooting

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC Radio)_ State investigators are starting to release information pertaining to the deadly officer-involved shooting in Hartford.

© Provided by WTIC Radio Hartford Assault rifle, one of two guns the suspect was holding in fatal officer shooting

State Police and the Milford State's Attorney's Office has assumed control over the independent investigation.

Sunday night, police released two photos of the two guns a man wa...

Dr. Susan Moore, 52, died Dec. 20 following multiple hospitalizations for complications from COVID-19, first at IU Health North and later at Ascencion-St. Vincent in Carmel, Indiana.

Her frustrations with the care provided at IU Health were chronicled on Facebook in multiple updates. The first came Dec. 4 when she ...

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Mother of teenager killed by police hit by stray bullet at his funeral: report

The mother of a teen who’d been gunned down two weeks ago by a sheriff’s deputy in Florida was herself shot during her son’s burial service Saturday.

Initial reports were that someone had fired into the crowd mourning 18-year-old Sincere Pierce, who along with 16-year-old Ange...

Police in Georgia are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect who they say shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in front of his family.

© via Clayton County Police Brayan Zavala is seen in this undated photo released by the Clayton County Police in Georgia, Oct. 15, 2020.

Clayton County Police said Brayan Zavala was fixing a lawnmower with his father and brother in the family's front yard in Riverdale, Georgia, Thursday night when a masked person approached him.

The suspect was allegedly...

‘Major’ drug supplier nabbed with 50 pounds of heroin and cocaine sentenced to 8 years behind bars

A Middlesex County man caught with heaping quantities of heroin and cocaine was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday, the state Attorney General’s office announced.

Jeffrey Groth, 38, of Dunellen, was pulled over by police in 2014 as par...

Gordon, who has not been criminally charged in his girlfriend's death, was found liable in September by Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford. Brown, the daughter the late singer Whitney Houston, was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her suburban Atlanta townhouse in January ...

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Zachary R. Wuester, of the Haskell section of Wanaque was taken into custody Monday night in Willits, Calif, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Wednesday night.

A United States deputy marshal had been in contact with Wuester a...

Golden Williamson, 30, appears in court in Jersey City today, Nov. 17, 2016, on the charge of attempting to murder a man by shooting at him in Jersey City on Nov. 4, 2015.


JERSEY CITY -- A 30-year-old Jersey City man already facing charges in Ocean and Monmouth counties has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at a man in Jersey City on Nov. 4, 2015.

Golden Williamson, of Belmont Avenue near Monticello Avenue, is also charged with weapons offenses related to a handgun, incl...

This past Friday (Sept. 23), rumors swirled about Beanie Sigel allegedly getting jumped at a Bad Boy Reunion show in Philly. The incident was said to stem from the fact that Beanie and The Game had communicated about Game’s beef with Meek Mill after Beans got on Meek’s “OOOUUU” diss. Beanie also went on radio and said he’d “helped” some of the Dreamchaserswith their lyrics on the diss, which apparently didn’t help the situation.

Many people believed that Dreamchasers affiliate ...

CLEVELAND — The father of a woman killed by a convicted sex offender dove across a courtroom table to attack him Thursday, shortly after a judge announced the defendant would be sentenced to death for killing three people and wrapping their bodies in garbage bags.

Van Terry, the father of Shirellda Terry, had walked to the front of the courtroom to give a victim-impact statement and turned toward Michael Madison, who gave him a malicious smile. Terry...

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the state of the Black Union in America. In part 2 of this panel discussion, Dick Gregory shares his thoughts on...a variety of things in a way that only he can.

When it was all said and done, Novak Djokovic had a better tennis season than Serena Williams. Not even a fan with the biggest Serena blinders could say otherwise. He also won three Slams, but he dominated everywhere else — almost having double the rankings points of the second-best player. He didn’t bail on his sport after losing two matches shy of immortality. He didn’t stop talking to the press after those losses, initially refusing to answer questions about his desires to...

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Suspension proceeding for eight cadets at the Citadel began in Charleston, D.C. on Thursday after social media pictures of a group of white men in white pillo...

This is Amazing! Props! Jadakiss and Styles P know the importance of healthy eating and healthy living. It may have taken them some years to make it their own lifestyle but now they are making sure to be advocates for the juicing lifestyle.

Juices For Life is a juice bar providing fresh fruits, greens and more to fuel the body and give it the nutrients it needs. The NYC hip-hop stars know what kind of impact they have and this is their way of giving their community a healthi...

Craig Schweisinger opened the doors to Skateland U.S.A. on Saturday, Nov. 16, 1984. High schoolers mingled with gangbangers and roller skaters who took their choreography seriously. A sign reading NO CAPS — NO COLORS greeted attendees at the door.

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Sources say Scott Jamal, 35, of Jamaica, Queens, fatally shot Mazaradi Fox, 42, whose real name was Jamal Green, as pay back for the 16-year-old slaying.

The CD album cover photo for 'Mazaradi Fox Presents the Whole Bag or No Bag.' Fox had parted company with 50 Cent and started his own rap label, Dumout.

The January murder of Mazaradi Fox — a Queens rapper who counted 50 Cent as a lifelong friend — was 16 years in the making, cops said Tuesda...

NeNewark high students converge on City Hall after walking out of their schools to protest the designation of eight public schools as "turnaround" schools. They then marched to the Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Federal Building before ending their protest with a sit-in on McCarter Highway. Newark, NJ (Robert Sciarrino | NJ Advance Media )

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So today 50 Cent put his editing skills to the test as he played guest editor for Wednesdays New York Daily News and its Confidential column.

According to the papers managing editor of features, Raakhee Mirchandani, the Power producer will be the “man in charge.” From choosing photographs to attending the news meeting; he’ll even get in on some writing for the paper.

Fif is clearly excited about it as he shared the news with his fans today on instagram posting photos of his day to...

.Trenton police are investigating a reported shooting Wednesday on Market Street near the Route 1 overpass.
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Randy Washington faces charges in two homicides and five armed robberies.

TRENTON — The Trenton man accused in two killings at least five armed robberies in a four-month span "was a terror and was spiraling out of control" before authorities arrested him in October, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Authorities are still trying to determine if Randy Karee...

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The Chinese Northeast is flooded with meth from North Korea. But with crackdowns from the authorities, Chinese chemists are now cooking up their own batches. Many of the raw ingredients are produced domestically. Motherboard previously reported on the state of meth in China: just like in the US, there are plenty of open spaces in rural areas that are perfect for setting up makeshift meth labs. In a labor-intensive country where blue-coll...

Barbara Crowley, a St. Francis Hospital nurse and the mother of seven children, sustained injuries to her right arm and right leg when she was arrested in December of 2011 by an Enfield police officer. She has since undergone surgery on her arm and continues to suffer from a torn ACL in her right leg. Her lawyer has filed their intent to sue the town over the incident. (STEPHEN DUNN / Hartford ...

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A Las Vegas attorney invoked events in Ferguson, Mo., in a call Tuesday for federal prosecutors in Nevada to take over the investigation of the February slaying of a 20-year-old man by Bureau of Land Management rangers in a chaotic scene on a state highway.

Jacob Hafter, representing the family of D'Andre Berghardt Jr., said Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has the results of a...

UPDATE: (Aug. 26, 9:43 p.m.): A rep at BET confirmed with XXL that it was a planned hiatus. Relax everyone.

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UPDATE: (Aug. 26, 9:13 p.m.): BET’s 106 & Park will not be on air for the rest of the week. At this moment there is no confirmation if this was preplanned or is the result of Blue Ivy comment and The Carters’ divine power.  It should be noted that on TVGuide.com has BET running movies instead of 106 & Park.

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UPDATE: (Aug. 26, 6:28 p.m.): BET President of Music Progra...

DETROIT - A suburban Detroit homeowner who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch was found guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter Thursday afternoon.

The jury began deliberating shortly before noon Wednesday.

Theodore Wafer, 55, said he shot 19-year-old Renisha McBride in self-defense when she showed up drunk on his porch before dawn on Nov. 2. Several hours earlier, McBride had crashed her car into a parked car on a De...

The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that 35-year-old Brianne Altice is now charged with four counts of rape and two counts of sodomy. The new charges were filed last month.

Altice is accused of engaging in sex...

Well, Charlamagne brought the pain once again. The Breakfast Club provided another explosive interview, this time in the form of Onyx. The storied rap group went head-to-head with Charalmagne over a slew of topics, including Fredro Starr’s relationship with former co-star Brandy from their time together on Moesha.

Initially, the interview began calmly highlighting the group’s origin and being discovered by hip-hop pioneer DJ Jam Master Jay. Then Charlamagne decided to push the en...

Atlanta, GA- Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member, Mimi Faust, has finally confessed that her alleged “leaked sex tape” featuring her boyfriend, Nikko Smith, was staged. Faust claims the sextape was filmed in a hotel downtown Atlanta with a professional film crew of about five. As most have already suspected, Faust claims the sextape was produced with the hopes of acclaiming fame like the leaked sextapes of socialites Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. Initially, Faust and Smith cla...

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Rapper 50 Cent is making boxer Floyd Mayweather feel the burn after posting an intimate photo of "Hot in Here" rapper, Nelly with his ex-fiance Shantel Jackson on his Instagram page.

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The controversial rapper posted the photo of Nelly hugged up with Floyd's smiling ex captioning the photo, "Nelly put this up @floydmayweather DAMN da ni**a really took your lady Champ. It's @missjacksonbirthday. Smh"

In another post, the rapper continued to...

Wiz Khalifa calls Tyga out for not reaching out to him directly when he dropped out of the "Under The Influence" tour.

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Wiz Khalifa just kicked off the 3rd annual Under The Influence Tour, which features the stacked lineup of Jeezy, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Mack Wilds, Sage The Gemini, Iamsu! and DJ Drama. The bill also boasted Tyga's name initially, but the rapper has since dropped out of the tour.

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Meek Mill had a few choice words for MMG label mate, Wale. And, of course, the best place for him to do it was Twitter. Fed up with the lack of support he has seen on social media, the Philly rapper let everyone know how he felt.

Shall we break this down? You know we have to say things like ‘no shade’ nowadays before we talk about anything, so there’s that…

Whether or not Wale is on the same label, he can do what he wants. And just because something isn’t visible to yo...

On Monday, NASA's Cassini probe celebrated ten years of Saturnian exploration – a decade of stunning images and insights about the planet and its moons. But in late 2016, Cassini will begin the dramatic final phase of its mission – a newly annointed "Grand Finale" that will culminate with an intentional dive into Saturn's atmosphere.

According to Dizaster, the reason he initiated the fight was due to Math repeatedly interrupting his verse and d...

Investigators want to speak to the woman, who is between 18- and 25-years-old, about the shooting of Xavier Logan in Parkchester on May 11.

Cops want to speak with a Hispanic woman (left) and a black man (right) in relation to the fatal shooting Xavier Logan on May 11.

New surveillance images have surfaced of a woman cops want to talk to in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year old Bronx man, police said Wednesday.

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Visible on the morning of May 24, for the first time ever, the Earth will cross through the debris field left by Comet 209P/LINEAR. (Photo : FLICKR)

Stargazers around the world will get to witness the event of a lifetime next week when the debris tail of Comet 209P/LINEAR unleashes a myriad of cosmic explosions to lighten up the sky next week, Daily Digest News reported.

A meteor shower happens when the Earth pass...

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Now: Photo of #Manhattan collapse. #FDNY has 39 units and 168 members responding. The scene is developing.

A building collapsed in East Harlem on Wednesday morning and authorities were responding to reports of people trapped in the rubble, according to fire officials.

Witnesses reported hearing what sounded like an explosion before the building collapsed. Flames and smoke could be seen billowing from the street, and video from the scene showed broken window...

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'Basketball Wives LA' Draya Michele and Sundy Carter are spilling their feuds onto red carpets events and was caught on camera during a major fighting match.

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HipHollywood caught the loud argument at the Uptown Magazine's pre-Oscar party in Los Angeles, where the women seemed to get into it over their VH1 differences. Co-star Malaysia Pargo stood by close to prevent fists from flying as Michele yelled Carter, "You came to my job!"

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When the Fever Was Mecca-The Legacy of Disco Fever

As we celebrate Hip Hop Appreciation week we wanted to help people get a slice of history by reading about the legendary night club Disco Fever. back in the pioneering days of Hip Hop this was the club of clubs where all the ballers went…

When the Fever Was Mecca-The Legacy of Disco Fever

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If Hip Hop was your thing in the early 80′s there were a few things you understood: The hottest ...

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NEWARK — One of the city’s “Most Wanted” was arrested Wednesday by...

Newark police arrested a supermarket owner accused of unloading $6,500 worth of stolen meat into his store on Wednesday night, authorities say.Star-Ledger file photo 

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Hilbert Thomas was convicted of two felony counts of murder as well as robbery, burglary and car theft. (Orange County district attorney's office) ...

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Essex County corrections officer Carlton Clark (left), shown here with attorney Anthony IIacullo, faces 20 years in prison on aggravated assault and official misconduct charges.John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger 

NEWARK — An Essex County corrections officer told jurors today she lied to protect a fellow officer accused of pummeling a female inmate in 2...

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A Neptune Township teen was hospitalized after being shot on Milton Avenue early Monday morning.Google Maps 

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Akbar Muhammad, the 36-year-old son of a longtime leader in Newark's Muslim community, was likely the target of a spray of gunfire that left two dead and three others hurt in the city on Tuesday, law enforcement sources told The Star-Ledger. Muhammad died at the scene. (Courtesy Muhammad Family)

NEWARK — A Newark imam’s son was the likely target of a gunman who opened fire on five people in a vehicle parked on a city...

A 39-year-old Ewing man was shot dead yesterday afternoon at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Chambers Street, police said. (Alyssa Mease/ The Times of Trenton)

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TRENTON — The identity of a 39-year-old man who was shot dead yesterday afternoon at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Chambers Street in Trenton has been releas...

Exceptional dryness brings the hazy days of winter

A high-pressure zone that has been warding off rain for months has worsened air pollution across California and the Southwest.

A band of sooty brown haze cloaks downtown Los...

A Newark police officer was shot at during a foot pursuit in the Central Ward Thursday night, authorities say.Star-Ledger file photo 

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Two California police officers who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a homeless man during an arrest were acquitted Monday of killing him.

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Contrary to popular thought, athletes can't sully great legacies by staying in the game too long and not knowing when to retire or stay retired.

They can damage their bodies and brains, perhaps, by not knowing when to quit but loving your craft so much you don't know when to stop is not a character flaw. Making excuses and vainly trying to diminish the accomplishments of your opponents, however, is a sure-fire way to tarnish even the shiniest legacy.

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Andre Mells, 29, faces 30 years to life in prison for the May 2011 killing of Idris Denmark, 27, when he is sentenced next month.

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Police Suspect Murder of 50 Cent Associate Mazaradi Fox To Be Gang Related 

We told you about the death of a longtime friend of 50 Cent and G-Unit affil...

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