SAN FRANCISCO – A co-host of “Ear Hustle,” the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast produced behind bars, was released from San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, a year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted his sentence. Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, 52, left the lockup near San Francisco and …
LONDON – Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. The 79-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was freed from a prison …
DUBAI – An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of anti-government protests. Jafar Panahi, whose films have thrilled critics and …
JACKSON, Miss. – Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and other entertainers have ended two lawsuits they filed on behalf of Mississippi inmates in 2020 over what they said were squalid living conditions at the state’s oldest prison — a facility that came under Justice Department scrutiny after …
MADRID (AP) — Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel …
NEW YORK – R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, prosecutors said in a memo filed Wednesday in advance of his sentencing later this month. A …
A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, rejecting pleas from the former zookeeper to free him from prison. Joe Exotic — whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage — was convicted in a murder-for-hire case involving animal welfare activist …
Each time lifestyle will get a little overpowering, Victoria Valentino heads out to her garden in Altadena for a instant of calm. “Nature has generally been a healing factor in my everyday living,” she said. What You Need to have To Know Back in 1969, Victoria …
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania’s highest court docket threw out Invoice Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and introduced him from jail Wednesday in a spectacular reversal of fortune for the comic once known as “America’s Father,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the situation was sure by his predecessor’s …
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