Santa Monica police today were investigating the killing of a Grammy-nominated opera singer inside his home in the city’s Pico neighborhood, and one of the performer’s sons was in custody. […]
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Shooting kills man in his 20s, Rapper YCA Eighty Bandz
An investigation was under way this morning in the shooting death in South Los Angeles of a man identified on social media as a rapper known in hip-hop circles. The […]
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George Floyd five years later
None of us can forget the moment we saw the murder of George Floyd unfolding before our very eyes. The sight of a white officer’s knee squeezing the life from […]
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Atlanta rapper fatally shot by brother
Atlanta rapper Archie Eversole, best known for his stadium anthem “We Ready,” was fatally shot, and his brother has been accused in the slaying, police said Thursday, reports NBC News. […]
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Community leader murdered
Jacqueline Avant of Neighbors of Watts Jacqueline Avant, the 81-year-old wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, was shot to death early Wednesday morning in a home invasion robbery in […]
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Iowa man guilty of murdering Black man whose body was found burning in ditch
A jury convicted an Iowa man of first-degree murder Tuesday in the killing of Michael Williams, a Black man whose body was found burning in a ditch last year, reports NBC News. […]
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Palmdale woman loses appeal in 2001 murder of her mother
Cites recent change in state law A state appellate court panel has dismissed the latest appeal filed on behalf of a Palmdale woman who was convicted along with her husband […]
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Canyon Country man arrested for alleged murder of infant
Following lengthy investigation A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and child abuse for allegedly killing his 2-month-old daughter on Sept. 26 inside an apartment in Canyon […]
