Fire NYC policeman for fatal chokehold in Eric Garner arrest: department judge rules
A white New York City police officer who used a fatal chokehold on an unarmed black man during an arrest in 2014 should be fired, a police department disciplinary judge recommended on Friday.
Singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to New York sex trafficking charges
Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty in New York on Friday to charges that he ran a criminal scheme that recruited women and underage girls to have sex with him, isolating them and often controlling what they ate and when they went to the bathroom.
Robert F. Kennedy’s granddaughter dies at family compound in Massachusetts
One of the granddaughters of the late Robert F. Kennedy died on Thursday after an apparent drug overdose at the family’s compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the family and media reports said.
‘I’m into charity work’: A$AP Rocky says he would accept community service
A Swedish prosecutor called on Friday for six-month jail terms for U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two members of his entourage for beating up a 19-year-old man after an argument in Stockholm, in a case that has aroused the anger of President Donald Trump.
Shut Philadelphia refinery begins risky job of removing toxic chemical
Workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery took the first steps this week toward ridding the plant of roughly 30,000 barrels of modified hydrofluoric acid, a dangerous undertaking that has rarely, if ever, been performed under similar circumstances.
Puerto Rico’s leadership up in the air hours before governor to step down
Hours before Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló is due to resign on Friday after 12 days of street protests, the 3.2 million residents of the bankrupt U.S. territory remained unclear about who would succeed him.
Assault trial witnesses say did not see A$AP Rocky hit teenager with bottle
Witnesses told a Swedish court on Friday they did not see U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky or his friends hit a 19-year-old man with a bottle during a fight in Stockholm.
With Puerto Rico leader set to quit, successor still unknown
With only hours before Puerto Rico’s disgraced governor was set to step down on Friday, the bankrupt U.S. territory still did not know who would succeed him.
Singer R. Kelly makes first New York court appearance on sex trafficking charges
Singer R. Kelly is expected to plead not guilty in New York on Friday to charges that he ran a criminal scheme in which he recruited women and underage girls to have sex with him, isolating them and often controlling what they ate and when they went to…
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky’s Stockholm assault trial enters final scheduled day
The trial in Sweden of U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky on a charge of assault went into what is likely to be its final day on Friday, with the 30-year-old and two of his entourage facing up to two years in prison if they are found guilty.
