(WHDH) — A daycare operator has reportedly been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 2-year-old girl who passed away while in the suspect’s care last year.
Jessica Anne Cherry, 37, of Virginia, is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Kaylee Thomas, according to a news release obtained by WAVY-TV.
Officers responding to Cherry’s in-home daycare in Norfolk on Aug. 18, 2020, found Thomas unresponsive, the news outlet reported.
Cherry was initially charged with attempted malicious wounding, abuse, neglect of a child, and child endangerment when she was arrested in September.
Authorities recently added the charge of second-degree murder after a medical examiner ruled Thomas’s death a homicide.
A Ring camera inside Cherry’s unlicensed daycare facility reportedly showed “horrific crimes” against other children just days before Thomas died.
Cherry is currently being held without bond at the Norfolk City Jail.
Bezzeled Gang Records presents “Da Man On Tha Low” music video series. Season 1 / Episode 2 features the second single "Mistakes" off the up and coming album “Da Man On Tha Low”. Produced by Fate Eastwood. Directed by Charles M Robinson and written by Willie Curtis Robinson.
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Against the backdrop of political corruption, rabid community gentrification and an often overlooked musical scene, Washington D.C.'s hip-hop artists have been working hard crafting a sound like no other. Enter Styles-N-Mob, a duo featuring D.C.'s Young E-Class and Brooklyn-born, DC transplant DJ Furious Styles, working to broaden perceptions of the District of Columbia strictly consisting of Go-Go Music and Mumbo Sauce.
Fresh off the heels from their acclaimed 2020 release, Concrete Monster, comes the lead single "City On Fire". Featuring a gritty, nouveau boom-bap soundtrack produced by DJ Furious Styles, Young E-Class trades bars with DC rhyme master, Uptown XO, last heard on his heralded albums, Culture Over Corporate Volumes 1 & 2.
Cicely Tyson, who forged a path for scores of Black actors on Broadway and in Hollywood, has died.
Tyson was a force in entertainment for decades, but in her early years she had few role models because there were few people of color who were at the top of the Hollywood game.
She won 2 Emmys for Lead Actress in 1974, for "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." The year before she was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for the movie "Sounder."
Tyson started her career as a model in NYC. She was on the covers of Ebony, Jet, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Still, her mom was none too pleased, telling her she couldn't live in the family house if she pursued entertainment. Her mom didn't speak to her for several years.
Younger audiences would know Cicely from "The Help" and "Fried Green Tomatoes."
She also made her mark on Broadway and won a Tony for Best Actress in a Play in 2013's "The Trip to Bountiful." That made her the oldest recipient ever of a Best Actress Tony.
President Obama bestowed a Presidential Medal of Freedom award to Tyson in 2016, saying, "Cicely made a conscious decision not just to say lines, but to speak out. Cicely's convictions and grace have helped for us to see the dignity of every beautiful member of the American family -- and she's just gorgeous."
Earlier in her career, Cicely starred in a play called "The Blacks." It was an off-Broadway play in the '60s and some of her co-stars were Maya Angelou, James Earl Jones and Louis Gossett Jr.
Black Soprano Family recording artist Vino La Mano is back like he never left with a new EP titled "Circle of Trust." The Corpus Christi native goes solo over six-tracks, produced entirely by The Soul Monsters.
"Circle of Trust" is available now wherever music is streamed and sold:
Brooklyn born, Harlem raised, hip-hop is an integral part of Hugh.
He infuses a plethora of sounds into his production, molding songs from scratch to finish. After leaving NY to pursue a higher education and a career, he decided to make a move geared in the direction of his true passion. Music.
Picking up the engineering bug along the way is a byproduct of learning the creation process step by step. He’s been producing music since the age of twelve.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted & later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The court also dismissed an appeal of Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh’s acquittal filed by Pearl’s family & the Pakistani government.
A minister in the Sindh province where Sheikh is being held said the government had exhausted all options to keep him locked up. The “Supreme Court is the court of last resort,” said Murtaza Wahab, Sindh’s law minister.
“The Pearl family is in complete shock by the majority decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to acquit & release Ahmed Omer Sheikh and the other accused persons who kidnapped & killed Daniel Pearl,” the Pearl family said in a statement.
The brutality of Wall Street Journal reporter's killing shocked many in 2002, years before the Islamic State group began releasing videos of their beheadings of journalists.
Sheikh was convicted of helping lure Pearl to a meeting in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, during which he was kidnapped. Pearl had been investigating the link between Pakistani militants & Richard C. Reid, dubbed the “shoe bomber” after his attempt to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami with explosives hidden in his shoes.
Sheikh long denied any involvement in Pearl’s death, but the Supreme Court on Wednesday heard that he acknowledged writing a letter in 2019 admitting a minor role — raising hopes for some that he might remain behind bars.
Sheikh has been on death row since his conviction — even after his subsequent acquittal & is currently being held in a Karachi jail. A 3-judge Supreme Court ruled 2 to 1 to uphold Sheikh’s acquittal & ordered him released.
DJ Absolut went digging in the crates and came up with an absolute gem titled "If It Ain't One Thing," featuring the late, great Prodigy of Mobb Deep, AZ, Tragedy Khadafi and Capone of Capone-N-Noreaga.
Drill ain't dead are the words utter by the drill Music's best kept secret thats about to be told,Str8 from the Eastside of CHIRAQ (Chicago) hails Mubu Bubble eye who has been a pillar on the Drill scene for a while but gained real notoriety with the release of his "Mubu Kush God" mixtape since then it has been a consistent release of Bar's and underground anthem's, while putting the finishing touches on his touches on his soon to be released "Bar's,Backwoods,& Bellaire," Bubble Eye gives a few visual warm up bar's over the Megan the stallion made famous track "Body" and tap in with Bubble Eye on daily via @bubbleeye_ (IG) @_bubbleeye (Twitter)
HURST, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Haltom City Detectives arrested two 14 year old boys in connection to the slaying of Ryan Munsie, 31, at an apartment complex in the 4200 block of Northern Cross.
Both of them were taken into custody on Jan.27.
Detectives said robbery appears to be the motive in the case, and Munsie sustained a fatal stab wound to her neck during the attack. She was working as a delivery driver for Uber Eats when she was killed.
Haltom City Detectives and Officers said they worked on-stop since Saturday to develop leads and identify any suspects in this case. Detectives were able to discover evidence that linked the two juveniles to the offense.
SWAT team members took the juveniles into custody without incident at an apartment complex in the 3600 block of Tanacross in Fort Worth. Both juveniles were transported to the Tarrant County Juvenile Justice Center in Fort Worth after their arrest. They face charges of Capital Murder.
Munsie is survived by her husband and three children.
South Carolina native Nyketown Ju releases his new album titled Extra Gramz. The project features 11 new tracks with no guest features. Listen below along with his new music video for “Letters N Numbers” shot by BowMugz.
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A judge denied Brooklyn rapper Casanova’s bid for bail Thursday, ruling that he presented a danger to the community if released from jail.
Manhattan Federal Judge Philip Halpern said Casanova’s criminal history, along with the evidence against the accused Gorilla Stone Bloods member, made it too risky to grant him $2.5 million bail pending trial. Casanova’s real name is Caswell Senior.
“The fact that violence seems to be perpetuated by associates of Mr. Senior ... it’s plausible to interpret that as evidence ... Mr. Senior doesn’t have to get his hands dirty,” Halpern said.
“(Casanova) is a full fledged, committed leader of the gang,” Assistant U.S. Attorney David Felton said, citing “rampant evidence of guns, drugs & violence centrally involving this defendant.”
Defense attorney James Kousouros unsuccessfully argued that the government’s case boiled down to comments by other accused gangsters about Casanova, as well as photos of him with large amounts of weed.
Casanova faces a minimum of 15 years in prison on charges of toting firearms and dealing drugs in connection with the gang. Prosecutors say he held a position near the top of Gorilla Stone, which was founded by incarcerated gangster Dwight “Dick Wolf” Reid.
The judge cautioned that was difficult to “fully understand” Casanova’s status within the gang.
UGP (UnderGround Princes) is an Indian-American alternative hip-hop group consisting of rapper/singer/tabla player Sambrum and rapper/producer/songwriter Rohiit. Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, the duo releases music in English, Hindi, and other Indian languages incorporating American and Indian cultural styles.
After releasing their debut American album, Brown Bulls, a 15-track introduction to their styles and production, in 2021 the group is releasing singles at a staggering pace in preparation for the release of their American follow-up and Indian debut projects (the latter of which features hip hop in Hindi, English, Kannada and Telugu).
Sambrum
Sambrum is an Indian-American artist, rapper, singer, songwriter and tabla player originally from the Washington DC area. Following a musical tradition that started with his great-great-grandfather, Vidwan Borlingaiah of Karnataka, Sambrum and his older brother founded a tabla academy, STAY (Sandesh Tabla Academy for Youth) in 2000, and has been teaching tabla to young Indian-Americans for almost two decades since.
As a hip hop artist, Sambrum has been writing and recording since 2012, releasing his first two independent projects in 2016. Since then, the artist has been building his fan base organically through performances on college campuses and releasing singles since graduating university himself. In 2018, Sambrum co-founded the group UGP (UnderGround Princes), with current plans to release two upcoming projects with the group in 2021, two American albums and another Indian album incorporating four languages, as well as his own solo project to follow.
Rohiit
Releasing several projects between 2010 and 2017 under different stage names, Rohiit has collaborated with rappers from around the country and continues to expand his fan base through the release of new material, performances, and features on albums released by multi-genre artists.
Following the formation of UGP (UnderGround Princes), Josh plans to release three upcoming projects with the group in 2021, two American albums and another Indian album incorporating four languages, as well as his own solo project to follow.
Dominant UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will face one of his toughest tests to date on February 13, as he meets former teammate Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 258. On a 16-fight win streak, Usman has defeated Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal in defense of the title he took from Tyron Woodley in 2019, and now he puts his belt on the line against the surging “Durinho,” who has won six in a row on his way to the biggest fight in his career.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is one of the world's most famous and successful actor/producers. Her latest film, The White Tiger, is currently streaming on Netflix—ditto for We Can Be Heroes—and her memoir Unfinished is set to release on February 9th. But how is she with spicy food? We got a sneak preview when she joined Sean Evans and Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show for a mini Hot Ones gauntlet, but find out what happens when she tries to run through the full 10 wings. Along the way, the international star discusses the difference between Indian food in New York and LA, explains why she met Larry Bird, and much more. It's the Season 14 season premiere—let's go, spice lords!
SEATTLE (AP) — Former Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman Chad Wheeler was charged with first-degree domestic violence assault on Wednesday following his arrest last weekend.
Wheeler was additionally charged with domestic violence unlawful imprisonment and resisting arrest by King County Prosecutors. Wheeler is scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 9. The first-degree domestic violence assault charge is a Class A felony in Washington. The domestic violence unlawful imprisonment charge is a Class C felony.
Prosecutors also asked a judge to require Wheeler be placed on electronic home detention, and wear an ankle monitoring device be equipped with GPS monitoring.
The charging decision by prosecutors ended a whirlwind day that included Wheeler being waived by the Seahawks, according to the NFL’s official transactions wire after details emerged of the alleged assault and his arrest.
“The Seahawks are saddened by the details emerging against Chad Wheeler and strongly condemn this act of domestic violence. Our thoughts and support are with the victim. Chad is a free agent and no longer with the team,” the Seahawks said in a statement.
Wheeler joined the Seahawks in 2019 and appeared in five games this season. His contract with the team was set to expire with the start of the new league year in March.
Wheeler was arrested by police in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington, and booked into the King County Jail early Saturday for investigation of felony domestic violence. He had an initial court appearance Monday and was released from jail Tuesday after posting $400,000 bond.
Officers went to a residence in Kent on Friday night after the victim and family members called 911 and reported the victim had locked herself in a bathroom after being attacked, according to the case file.
Arriving officers heard a woman screaming, forced their way into the apartment and broke down the door to the locked bathroom, documents said. Police found Wheeler with the woman, who was crying with her face covered in blood and her arm hanging limply at her side, court records say.
The officers eventually detained Wheeler, who was uncooperative and yelled, “Sorry!” and “I don’t beat women!” according to court documents. A Taser was also used against Wheeler, which the charging documents said had little effect.
At a hospital, the woman told investigators Wheeler told her to stand up and bow to him and when she refused, he threw her on the bed, choking her and trying to smother her, court documents say.
She began to lose consciousness and tried to fight back but Wheeler grabbed her arm and twisted it, the court file says. She then lost consciousness for an unknown length of time.
When she regained consciousness, the woman saw Wheeler by the bed and he said, “Wow, you’re alive?” Then she ran into the bathroom, where she called her family and 911, according to the case file.
Wheeler picked the lock to the bathroom and entered, then began apologizing. Officers arrived at the scene and arrested Wheeler.
Charging documents say the woman had a fractured humerus bone and dislocated elbow in her left arm. She also had lesions on her neck, some in the shape of fingermarks.
Doctors also said they believe the swelling and bruising to the victim’s face was the result strikes and punches, according to the charging papers. The victim said she did not remember Wheeler striking her.
Prosecutors say if convicted on the charges, sentencing range can be anywhere from eight to 12 years.
HOUSTON -- Quarterback Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from the Houston Texans, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Thursday.
Watson made the request to the team weeks ago, sources told ESPN.
The Texans' new head coaching hire, David Culley, has not and will not alter Watson's thinking, sources told ESPN.
Watson hasn't spoken to new Texans general manager Nick Caserio or executive Jack Easterby, sources told ESPN.
Watson, who signed a four-year, $156 million contract extension in September, is under contract through the 2025 season. He has a no-trade inclusion in his contract, but given the length of his contract and the possibility of franchise-tagging him for three years, the Texans could choose not to trade him and would have control of his rights through the 2028 season.
The trade request comes after Watson was reportedly unhappy with the process used by the team to hire Caserio in early January.
After Watson signed his contract extension last year, he was emotional as he discussed how happy he was to commit to the franchise and the city.
"It's just an amazing moment for me to be able to extend my career in a location, in a place, in a home, I would say, that my family loves, that I love," Watson said in September. "I want to continue to dive into the community most of all and just continue to build my legacy, just build our legacy as a whole and do something that we've never done before."
Watson set career-highs this past season in passing yards, touchdowns and completion percentage. He also threw a career-low seven interceptions. His 33 touchdowns and 4,823 passing yards were also single-season franchise records.
The quarterback's best individual season came in a season where the team went 4-12 and fired head coach and general manager Bill O'Brien after an 0-4 start.
Although he has played only four seasons (54 games), Watson's 104 passing touchdowns and 14,539 passing yards rank second in Texans franchise history behind Matt Schaub (124 touchdowns and 23,221 passing yards in 90 games).
Watson is currently the NFL's all-time leader in completion percentage behind New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. In 2020, he became just the 11th player in NFL history to complete at least 70% of his passes in a single season.
Manny Pacquiao has already moved on from a Conor McGregor mega-fight as the demand for such a match is no longer there, one of his managers said.
McGregor competed in an MMA bout Saturday at the Etihad Arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, in a fight that could have re-announced him as an elite fighter.
However, the No.2-ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier shellacked McGregor against the fence, beat him to the floor, & then left him bloodied, defeated & concussed on the canvas midway through the second round of a wild fight.
Prior to the UFC 257 headliner, there had been talks that McGregor & Pacquiao would fight but now that the Irishman's lost for the third time in as many years, the Filipino fighter has left the discussion table.
"It looked like Conor looked past Dustin & got knocked out," Pacquiao's manager Sean Gibbons told The Sun. "Maybe he had the Senator on his mind. I think the demand for the fight is not there presently."
McGregor first told reporters he'd held "ongoing talks" with Pacquiao for a prospective fight ahead of his UFC 246 thrashing of Donald Cerrone in 2020.
When Pacquiao signed another managerial contract with McGregor's talent agent Audie Attar, the founder of Paradigm SM, it appeared to put them both on a collision course for a bout that could generate $250 million.
Attar said earlier this month that a Pacquiao vs. McGregor super fight in 2021 is "inevitable" because "both fighters want it."
Pacquiao even said he wanted to fight an MMA fighter like McGregor "right now."
But now, McGregor has to kiss that $250 million fight goodbye.
"Conor has some business to clean up and handle in the UFC," said Gibbons. "It's a bummer, it could have been fun for as long as it lasted."
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