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Rapper Antwain Steward, also known as “Twain Gotti”, was arrested earlier this month and charged with the double murder of two friends after he bragged…

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I’m throwing down a gauntlet. And I’m throwing it right at the feet of NAACP CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. Protocol says that it’s Jealous who’s…

At least 19 people were injured with non-life threatening injuries when gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New…

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According to the Chicago Tribune, at least three people were killed and 17 injured in shootings across Chicago on April 29, 2013. The ages of…

Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student in Chicago slain in a park just days after returning from the inaugural celebration in Washington, D.C., will be buried on Saturday. The family of the teenager has announced that visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Calahan Funeral Home, located at 7030 Halstead. A […]

An elderly man accused of gunning down a Georgia woman after his motorized wheelchair and her car bumped is a military veteran and church deacon who has suffered strokes in recent years, his attorney said Thursday. Frank Louis Reeves, 73, is accused of killing 65-year-old Linda Hunnicutt at a Macon gas station on Tuesday. His […]

The president address the Colorado shooting. WATCH

A heavily armed gunman tossed tear gas into the darkness of an Aurora, Colorado movie theater Friday and then sprayed the audience with gunfire during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie, killing 12 and wounding 38 others, authorities said. One of the injured was just 3 months old, according to hospital workers. […]

A 24-year-old gunman opened fire on a packed theater of moviegoers during “The Dark Knight Rises” premiere in Aurora, Colorado last night, killing 12 people…

Jeff Johnson talks about the Trayvon Martin case… LISTEN

A billboard overlooking a busy Durham street is the latest way authorities are trying to keep people safe during a New Year’s Eve tradition. The message is direct; “Have fun, but don’t shoot a gun” – a reference to the idea of celebrating by firing shots into the air. What goes up must come down […]

Three of the four suspects charged in the shootings of a man and two children in East Durham last month were in police custody Thursday night. Arthur Clendenning, 24, turned himself in Wednesday night, and Jaunarais King, 23, turned himself in Thursday night, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said. Police filed charges against King, Clendenning, Tavarez […]