FBI to Assist in Probe of Texas Football Player's Death

The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of a Texas college football player who was fatally shot by an officer during a burglary call at a car dealership, a suburban Dallas police chief said Saturday.

During a news conference Saturday night, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said he had spoken to the FBI's Dallas field office after the death early Friday of Christian Taylor, a 19-year-old African-American who was unarmed when shot by a white police officer. Johnson stressed the move "in no way diminishes my confidence" in local officers to

Lol. Illinois jail guard caught watching porn with 2 prisoners

Oscar Taylor is the one in the middle

An Illinois jail guard has resigned after 22 years on the job and it's all because of porn.

Investigators said surveillance video shows Oscar Taylor, 53, watching a porn video on his cellphone with 2 inmates inside the Cook County Jail's barbershop.

An internal investigation was launched at the jail, after authorities received word that contraband was being brought into the Division 6 barbershop. Taylor was supposed to be monitoring inmates while they had their hair cut, the sheriff's office said.

Sheriff's investigators caught Taylor watching the

Nigeria:3 die as thugs loyal to monarchs clash in Ogun State

3 people were killed during a clash between hoodlums reportedly loyal to 2 rival monarchs in the Ijoko, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The two monarchs, Oba Abdulfatahi Matanmi and Oba Lasisi Ogunseye, had been at loggerheads for years over who had sovereignty over the community, with both sides attacking each other.

It was learnt that the community was thrown into turmoil around 3pm on Wednesday by the thugs, who reportedly wielded guns, cutlasses among other weapons.Policemen from Sango-Ota Police Division were said to have intervened and restored

'#Empire' Spin-off Is 'Without Question,' Says Co-Creator

Lee Daniels says there will be a spin-off of his smash hit "Empire."Without question, the series' co-creator and executive producer said to a panel of TV critics Thursday. "There's so much ripe story that we've talked about already, about Cookie's family, what makes her her. That in itself is fascinating to me."

Executive producer Brian Grazer told The Associated Press the agenda before a spin-off can happen is to "never get corny. Completely stay authentic. ... As long as it stays dangerous, we're cool. As long as we can stay that way for this season, these guys

Two Additonal Executives Pull Out Of Music Streaming Company; TIDAL

Jay Z continuously hints that there is nothing wrong within the walls of the TIDAL streaming service. However, executives’ quit exits tell another story.

Peter Tonstad, TIDAL’s second CEO in six months, had decided to leave the business venture behind him; and now two additional executives pull out of the music streaming company.

Senior Vice President of Label and Artist Relations, Zena Burns decided to leave TIDAL in June, after her bid of only two months. Following right behind was Roc Nation’s Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Geisler. Word it that Geisler will be making his way over to Saatchi & Saatchi; the company will be giving him

NY Workers Building Altar, Lectern for Pope Francis' Visit

Carpenter Hector Rojas tried to explain the emotion behind cutting, sanding and assembling a wooden chair that Pope Francis will use during a Mass at Madison Square Garden in his first U.S. visit.

"It's a beautiful feeling, when people count on you," said Rojas, who is from Mexico but lives in Port Chester, north of New York City.

Rojas, 30, Francisco Santamaria, 61, of Nicaragua and Fausto Hernandez, 51, of the Dominican Republic are day laborers from Don Bosco Workers and Obreros Unidos de Yonkers, chosen by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New

Football Is Coming: 'Game of Thrones' Author at Jets Camp

George R.R. Martin took his rightful place on the sideline at New York Jets training camp and — spoiler alert! — everyone survived.

The "Game of Thrones" author, a big Jets and Giants fan, watched the two-hour-plus practice Wednesday at the Jets' facility with his wife Parris McBride and general manager Mike Maccagnan — playing the role of the kingsguard, of course — at his side.

Decked out in a black Jets hat, black pants, T-shirt and suspenders decorated with skulls and crossbones, Martin chatted with players, fans and Jets officials who surely wanted to know the fates of characters Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark and Daenerys Targaryen, among others. He also sat down for a video interview with Jets left tackle,

Children spending less time in front of the TV as they turn to online media.

Children are watching less broadcast television as they turn to online activities and services such as YouTube, according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market Report.The number of minutes of TV watched on a TV set – including through catchup services – by children aged between four and 15, fell by 17 minutes, or 12.4%, between 2013 and 2014, to just under two hours per day.

“There are more demands on their time, more things they can do with their time,” said Ofcom director of research, James Thickett. “A lot of this will be stuff they are doing on the internet, but not necessarily TV-like stuff. Watching video clips on YouTube for instance

The Game sued for sexually assaulting a contestant

TMZ reports that The Game is being accused of sexually assaulting a contestant on his reality show, and the alleged victim is suing for $10,000,000.

According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Illinois, Priscilla Rainey says she was cast on Game's show, "She's Got Game" earlier this year -- and on May 22, she was shooting a scene in a sports bar.

In the docs, Rainey says Game was "out of control," drunk, and on drugs. She says over the course of the evening,

Ghana: Otumfuo Warns Mahama - Over IMF Prescriptions

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene , has cautioned the government to work around the clock to ensure that the prescription of the IMF , which has direct adverse effects on the living standards of the citizenry in the short term, does not create undue hardship for the ordinary Ghanaian.

He noted that increases in utility tariffs and retrenchment of public sector manpower could worsen the

10 Hip-Hop Beefs That Left Some People Broke, Angry, Or Even Dead

Hip-Hop beefs have been a hot topic this week, after things jumped off between Meek Mill and Drake over some discouraging remarks Mill made on Twitter. So far, Drake has released two responses and Meek one, with most people crowning Drake the winner. Of course, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a hip-hop beef gain a ton of attention. Over the years, beefs have often beeen one of the most interesting parts of the music. In this list we break down 10 hip-hop beefs the left some people broke, angry

Chris Brown's Baby Mama I Don't Trust Him Alone With Royalty

Chris Brown's baby mama fears for the safety of their daughter when she's alone with him ... so she's asking a judge to ONLY allow him to see 1-year-old Royalty when someone else is around.

We're told Nia Guzman just filed the legal docs for supervised visitation. Chris has filed his own docs to establish paternity so he can fight for joint custody, but so far the judge has not ruled.

We're told Guzman wants full custody because she thinks Chris is simply too irresponsible to care for a kid on his own and she believes he and his friends all have

Nigeria:Boko Haram will be defeated by the end of this year so says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Boko Haram will be defeated hopeful by end of this year.
Buhari made this statement in Cotonou, during a gala lunch held in honour by the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi. He expressed optimism that the Multi-national Joint Task Force, MNJTF launched in Cameroon on Thursday would start yielding fruits soon.

This is as Yayi who described his country as the 37th State of Nigeria assured president Buhari that 800 troops would be contributed to the Joint Task Force by his country in the all-out-assault on insurgents.
While commending the gesture by Yayi, Buhari said “I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year”.

President Buhari who was on a one-day official visit to Cotonou as the special guest of honour at the 55th independence anniversary of Benin Republic was bestowed with

Anti-doping agency 'alarmed' by claims of suspect testing by 800 athletes

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said it was “very alarmed” by claims that a third of Olympic and world championships medals, including 55 golds, for endurance events were won by athletes who recorded suspicious doping tests.

The data, claimed to be represent the biggest leak of blood-test data, covers 12,000 tests from 5,000 athletes and was given to the Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD by a whistleblower at the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The newspaper says none of the athletes involved was stripped of their medals and that the leak lifts the lid on “the extraordinary extent of cheating by athletes at the world’s most prestigious events”.

The report also claims that at least that at least 800 athletes – one in seven of those named in the files – have recorded blood-test results described by an expert as “highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal”.

Responding to a documentary highlighting the claims broadcast by ARD, the president of Wada, Sir Craig Reedie, said: “Wada is very disturbed by these new allegations that have been raised by ARD, which will, once again, shake the foundation of clean athletes worldwide.”

He said that given the nature of the allegations, they

PureLeef body enhancement company claim they didnt pay Kylie Jenner to promote them

A couple of days ago, Kylie said she got her curve butt and fuller breasts by using an enhancing product called PureLeef, well she got tons of backlash for what some say is an inappropriate Instagram photo promoting the company’s butt enhancement and breast plumping creams.

A lot of people didn't believe her asstes were real, saying she got her butt and boobs from surgical knives, not the enhancing cream.

However, the company insists the endorsement was unsolicited. They say they didn't pay Kylie a dime for the promotion.

PureLeef says, “We feel

Nigeria:New head of Multinational Joint Task Force on Boko Haram, appointed

A new head of the multinational Joint Task force on Boko Haram has been appointed. He is Major General Iliya Abbah.

Until his appointment, Maj. Abbah was the head of operations in the Niger Delta. He takes over from Brig-Gen. T. Y. Buratai who was recently appointed the Chief of Army Staff by President Buhari.

Stonebwoy loses Mother!

Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has lost his mother, a report on nydjlive.com says. Cause of the death of Mrs Catherine Satekla is not known yet but the late died on Wednesday evening July 29 2015 at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after the mother had been admitted at the hospital since Sunday.
Stonebwoy on Mother’s Day released a song to honour his mother for the good things she has done for him

. RIP to Mrs Catherine Satekla.

What Drake and Meek Mill's feud over ghostwriting says about hip-hop today

Last week, the Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill dissed Drake, insisting that the Canadian MC uses ghostwriters, in particular on their recent collaboration R.I.C.O. Mill is a high-profile rapper; R.I.C.O. is from his latest album, Dreams Worth More Than Money, which hit No 1 last week. He also happens to be dating Nicki Minaj, a pop-rap colossus and Drake’s labelmate. But if Mill is hot, Drake is perhaps the biggest thing going in hip-hop in the recent years, and his cultural influence has only expanded with his recent partnership with Apple, thought to be worth $19m.
It was on his Apple radio show on over the weekend that Drake responded to Mill’s allegations with a track called Charged Up, rapping: “Wow, I’m honored that you

Drake Unloads on Meek Mill ... You're Nicki Minaj's Bitch!

Drake is going after Meek Mill and this time with a vengeance, ripping on his manhood for being girlfriend Nicki Minaj's opening act.

The song -- titled "Back to Back" -- is actually his second diss song against Meek, but this one is way more vicious. In it, Drake raps ...

Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?

I know that you gotta be a thug for her

This ain't what she meant

when she told you to open up more

Drake also makes fun of Meek for not being the breadwinner in the relationship ...

Shout-out to all my boss bitches

Efya Is A Legend – Sarkodie

Michael Owusu Addo aka Sarkodie has described “One of Your Own” singer Efya as a legend. The BET award-winner over the weekend honoured an invitation by the singer to be at #TheLoadedParty which happened at the Lizzy Sports Complex in Accra.

Minutes into Efya’s performance, Sarkodie joined her on stage on the night of the event to perform their “I’m In Love With You”. Sarkodie after their performance said that Efya is the best and quickly added that she is a legend.

“Normally ano dey come out to watch shows but as I hear say e be Efya I said no afor come watch am and she killed it. Efya is the best”

The “Illuminati” hitmaker then asked the crowd to clap for Efya for the mind blowing performance