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LAKE BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man is facing firearm charges after he told officers he accidentally shot himself in the leg while dreaming that an intruder was breaking into his home.

The Lake Barrington man was charged about 2 months after Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were called to his home on April 10 on a report about a person with a gunshot wound.

Deputies who found the 62-year-old man with a gunshot wound to 1 of his legs applied a tourniquet to the limb because he “was losing a significant amount of blood” before being hospitalized.

The man told investigators he “had a dream that someone was breaking into his home” & during that dream, he “retrieved his .357 Magnum revolver & shot at who he believed was the intruder.”

“When he fired, he shot himself & apparently woke up from the dream,” police said Tuesday.

Investigators determined there was no burglary attempt at the man’s home. But they found that his state firearm owner’s identification card had been revoked & he was still in possession of a firearm.

A warrant was issued June 9 for the man on charges of possession of a firearm without a valid FOID card & reckless discharge of a firearm, both felonies.

He was arrested Monday & released after posting bond & is scheduled for a June 29 court status hearing.

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CHANNELVIEW, Texas (KTRK) -- Deputies say a man confessed to strangling his girlfriend while having sex in the Channelview area on Tuesday.

Jaaron Thomas, 27, faces manslaughter charges in the strangling death of his 24-year-old girlfriend.

Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 800 block of Ashland Boulevard near Woodforest at about 2:20 a.m. in regard to an unknown medical emergency.

When authorities arrived, they found a woman unresponsive from "unknown causes."

She was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Thomas, identified as the woman's boyfriend, told deputies they were engaged in a sex act described as "erotic asphyxiation" when she went unresponsive.

Thomas has posted bond and is out of jail.

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NBC News — Ye, the artist previously known as Kanye West, paid a settlement to a former employee who alleged that he had used antisemitic language in the workplace.

In addition, 6 people who have worked with Ye or witnessed him in professional settings over the past 5 years said they had heard him praise Adolf Hitler or mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people. 3 of them are former employees or collaborators & they said they recalled multiple instances of Ye’s using antisemitic language. The 3 other people said they recalled a 2018 incident in which Ye went on an antisemitic tirade in an interview at TMZ’s offices.

Their accounts, as well as the settlement, suggest that Ye has used such language for years in more instances than previously known to the public.

Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist who worked with Ye on & off from 2014 to 2018, said he recalled multiple times when Ye spoke positively about Hitler & the Nazis or mentioned anti-Jewish conspiracies during meetings in the summer & fall of 2018. Ripps, who is Jewish, said he pushed back against Ye’s comments at the time but thought they “didn’t seem that dangerous.” After Ye’s most recent wave of statements, however, Ripps said he sees things differently. “This is dangerous & disgusting & actually violent,” he said.

In the settlement reviewed by NBC News, Ye paid a former employee who alleged having witnessed more than 1 incident in which Ye praised Hitler or Nazis in business meetings. Ye denied the claims made by the former employee in the agreement.

CNN reported last Thursday that a business executive who worked for Ye had accused him of creating a hostile work environment through an “obsession” with Hitler & had received a settlement.

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A Michigan man is being sued after a technician who didn't know how to drive a stick shift accidentally killed a mechanic from behind the wheel of the defendant's car.

Although Sergio Enrique Diaz-Navarro wasn't behind the wheel of the Jeep Wrangler on that day in March 2020, the family of the employee who was killed is suing him for negligence & is hoping to receive more than $15 million in damages.

Jeffrey Hawkins, 42, a father of four who worked as a mechanic, was killed when 19-year-old Daniel Thompson, a lube technician, attempted to operate the vehicle after the service was finished. Thompson started the vehicle because he was trying to ensure there were no leaks in the car's filter, but the car then lunged forward & crushed Hawkins.

"Thompson reached into the vehicle and pressed brake with his right foot, keeping his other foot on the floor," read the court documents. "He pressed the start button. When the vehicle did not start, he took his foot off the brake & depressed the clutch pedal. He again hit the start button. This time the Jeep started. He removed his foot from the clutch, still standing outside the vehicle. The vehicle lurched forward."

Hawkins's family also filed a lawsuit against Thompson in 2021.

Michigan law makes it difficult for a coworker to sue a boss over that because it occurred at work — despite the fact that the Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership owner hired someone who didn't have a driver's license or know how to drive a car with manual transmission. The family is left with little recourse other than targeting Diaz-Navarro, whose insurance company has already doled out $100,000.

Diaz-Navarro is considered liable for giving his keys to the dealership because of a vicarious liability law in the state that holds that owners are automatically liable for the negligence of drivers — a principle that could extend to mechanics, valet attendants & others.

"When you hand your car over to anybody, including the valet or the person at the service desk at your local dealership, you better be able to trust that person," a lawyer for Diaz-Navarro said.

In a separate lawsuit, Diaz-Navarro won indemnity from the dealership, meaning that the dealership will ultimately be on the hook for the bill if a court determines that he was indeed liable. The dealership is expected to appeal that decision.

"So in reality, the owner is going to be held responsible, but the dealership’s insurance company is paying," Femminineo said.

The case involving the lawsuit against Diaz-Navarro will head to trial at the end of May.

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Source: Washington Examiner

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On today's episode on of Undisputed Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless discuss Will Smith slapping Chris Rock over a joke that was made about Jada Pinket-Smith.

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Recent footage has surfaced of an altercation during training that occurred between top-ranked UFC Middleweight Sean Strickland & BJJ Black belt Orlando Sanchez

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CHICAGO - Local rapper G Herbo was accused Tuesday of lying to a federal agent, adding a third federal charge to an indictment that already includes allegations of fraud and identity theft.

Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, allegedly told a federal agent in November 2018 that he never knew or worked with rap promoter Antonio Strong, who was among five people indicted with him in December.

Strong identified himself as Wright's manager when he allegedly used stolen credit card information and IDs to pay for private jets, expensive meals & designer puppies beginning in March 2016, according to the indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Wright allegedly told a federal agent that he had no relationship with Strong, personal or professional, when in reality he paid Strong for work & "received valuable goods from Strong, including private jet charters, luxury accommodations & exotic car rentals," the prosecutor's office said.

He also allegedly had frequent conversations with Strong over the phone, via text and on Instagram, prosecutors said.

Wright faces up to five years in prison if convicted, along with three years of supervised release & a $250,000 fine.

The South Side native has been a staple in Chicago's drill scene since he was a teenager in the early 2010s, helping the local rap genre grow to international prominence alongside frequent collaborators like Chief Keef & Lil Durk.

Wright's last album, "PTSD," peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard charts in March 2020.

Though the rapper has been slapped with weapons & battery charges in recent years, he's most recently made headlines for his community outreach on the South Side, hosting food drives & back-to-school giveaways.

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Source: ABC7 Chicago

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Twista touches on how during the pandemic he became an official Concealed Gun Carry Instructor and being Pro 2nd Amendment. Twista has his own "Gun Camp" and teaches people everything you need to know about handling a gun.

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Brian Windhorst joins Kendrick Perkins and Jorge Sedano on The Jump to discuss that Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James started recruiting Steph Curry during the All-Star break.
0:00​ Windhorst on LeBron recruiting Steph.
1:38​ Perk says that the Golden State Warriors fans can’t be mad if Steph leaves.
3:23​ Windhorst says you’re either with LeBron or against him.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirty-five U.S. Capitol Police officers are being investigated for their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, and six have been suspended with pay, the police department said in a statement on Friday.

Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died in the violence when throngs of former President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol, overpowering security forces.

Two law enforcement officers later committed suicide.

“Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman has directed that any member of her department whose behavior is not in keeping with the department’s rules of conduct will face appropriate discipline,” police department spokesman John Stolnis said.

Details of the investigation were not provided.

A U.S. House of Representatives panel has scheduled a hearing on Feb. 25 to look into Capitol security failures on Jan. 6. Pittman and Acting House Sergeant-at-arms Timothy Blodgett are scheduled to testify.

Investigators have been looking into the response by the Capitol Police officers and whether any of the officers may have aided the rioters, according to congressional aides and some lawmakers.

Just days after the attack, it was disclosed that two officers had been suspended, according to Democratic Representative Tim Ryan. One had taken a selfie with a protester, while another wore a Trump-supporting hat and was directing protesters around the building, Ryan told reporters.

It was unclear whether the two were among the 35 now being investigated or whether they were trying to quell the crowd by establishing personal contact with rioters.

The right-wing protesters went to Capitol Hill shortly after Trump addressed a crowd near the White House, telling them: “We fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

The rioters went to the seat of the U.S. Congress, temporarily blocking lawmakers from formally certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election, following repeated attempts by Trump to reverse that outcome.

One week after the riot, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives impeached Trump on a charge of inciting an insurrection. The Senate failed to convict him when most Republicans voted for an acquittal.

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A monthlong mission in Ohio recently turned up 45 missing children and led to 179 arrests, authorities said.

In an operation dubbed Autumn Hope, the US Marshals Service in Ohio and Virginia tracked the children, including a “high-risk” 15-year-old girl from Cleveland who was linked to suspected human trafficking, authorities said Monday.

Twenty other children were also located as authorities checked on their well-being.

During one of the missing children recoveries, a loaded gun was recovered. A 15-year-old boy had two warrants and is suspected in multiple shootings and a murder, authorities said.

Two other juveniles were found in West Virginia during a traffic stop, leading to the arrest of an adult male who was charged with concealment/removal of a minor child in Jackson County.

Autumn Hope was conducted by the marshals in conjunction with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, as well as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and state and local agencies in Ohio.

“My thanks to all personnel who have stepped up for this operation,” said Peter C. Tobin, US Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio. “These are the same personnel who hunt down violent fugitives every day. I’m incredibly proud of them and pleased that they were able to apply those same skills to finding missing children. I know Operation Autumn Hope has made a difference in a lot of young lives.”

The US Marshals have conducted similar operations before, including in Ohio.

Last month, they said 35 missing children, between the ages of 13 and 18 from the Cuyahoga County area, were located during Operation Safety Net. Just over 20 percent of the found cases were tied to human trafficking.

That same month, the marshals also announced the arrest of 262 suspects, including 141 gang members, and the recovery of five missing children in Oklahoma.

Thirty-nine children were found in Georgia during Operation Not Forgotten in August and eight missing kids were recovered in Indiana in September as part of Operation Homecoming.

The marshals have found missing children in 75 percent of cases the agency has received — and 72 percent of those cases were recovered within a week, officials said.

Since 2005, the agency has recovered more than 2,000 missing kids.

Source: New York Post

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Were Michael Jordan's rookie teammates part of a "Traveling Cocaine Circus"???

The NBA's G.O.A.T. didn't exactly deny that ... confirming during his 1984-85 rookie year -- he caught his Chicago teammates having a party with blow, weed and women out in Peoria, Ill.

"I walk in, and practically the whole team is in there," Jordan said as part of one of his sit-down interviews for ESPN's "The Last Dance" documentary.

"It was things I had never seen in my life as a young kid. You got your lines over here, you got your weed smokers over here, you got your women over here.”

Jordan -- who had spent the previous three years at the University of North Carolina -- says the incident caused him to be an immediate loner on his new team.

"The first thing I said is, 'I'm out,'" Jordan said. "Because all I can think about is if they come raid this place right now, I am just as guilty as everyone else in this room. From that point on, I was more or less on my own."

Jordan's teammate at the time, Rod Higgins, confirmed MJ never partook in the partying that year ... saying the guy didn't even drink with his new NBA squadmates.

"Whatever somebody else might have been doing off the court, if it was partying or whatever, that wasn’t part of what he wanted to do,” Higgins said. "Orange juice and 7-Up was his go-to."

Turned out to be a pretty good move for Jordan ... he went on to change the culture of the Bulls and win SIX championships.

Source: TMZ

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Khabib Nurmagomedov is set to defend his UFC lightweight title against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on April 18th. During the presser for the event today, things got heated. Watch the two men jaw at each other and Khabib kick Tony's interim belt.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov is set to defend his UFC lightweight title against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on April 18th. During the presser for the event today, things got heated. Watch the two men jaw at each other and Khabib kick Tony's interim belt.

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Two people were killed and at least seven others injured in a drive-by shooting Friday night at a warehouse complex in north Harris County.

It happened in the 500 block of Smart Street. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the victims were Hispanic men in their 20s. They were ambushed while making a rap music video in the parking lot.

Among the six injured, one was shot in the head and the other in the rear. Two were pronounced dead at the scene and one was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. The condition of the other victims is not known, but they remain hospitalized.

Dozens of numbered crime scene markers were placed around the scene, which is near the corner of Smart Street and Berwyn Drive.

According to the Sheriff's Office, there may be more victims who left the scene looking for medical help. And at this point, it's not clear if the victims knew the suspects or what may have motivated the shooting.

Investigators haven't released any suspect descriptions yet.

Source: KHOU 11

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Quando Rondo sat down with @NajiChill for some Cigar Talk. Watch as they talk about his latest project 'From The Neighborhood To The Streets', Quando Rondo's lean habit, process of creating of music, 22 Gz, raps his new song, & much more.

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Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe discuss Drake's antics during the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks series after Bucks' head coach Mike Budenholzer called out the artist. Shannon says it's 'too much', while Skip has no problem with it.

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Report via NBC Bay Area -- Rio Vista Police Department started an excessive force investigation after one of its police officers was captured on camera slamming 31-year-old Cherish Thomas to the ground following a traffic stop.

Officers stopped a vehicle with four people inside on Harris Drive on Sunday for a suspended registration, NBC-affiliate KCRA first reported. All four refused to leave the car which prevented officers from impounding it, according to police, and that's when Tyrone Clayton Jr. called relatives to come to scene and they recorded the incident on a phone. 

"Just being pulled over, I fear for my life every time as an African American in Rio Vista," Clayton told KCRA.

Thomas and Deshuanna Payne, who are Clayton's stepsister and stepmother, arrived to the scene when things escalated, Police Chief Dan Dailey said. Dailey said Thomas and Payne obstructed police investigation.

Chief Dailey also said a third vehicle arrived on the scene with even more family members who were "confrontational and uncooperative"

The recording showed only a short part of the incident, according to police. Officers said Thomas pushed one of them and Payne tried to hit another officer. Dailey said that's when the officer picked up Thomas and slammed her to the ground.

"(The) officer tackled her to the ground in order to gain control of her while his partner stepped in to take Deshaunna Payne into custody," Dailey said in a news release.

But Thomas says she didn't push the officer and Payne says she wasn't trying to attack anyone. They were both charged with resisting arrest and obstructing an investigation, KCRA reported.

"I wasn’t trying to attack them. He slammed my baby," Payne told KCRA. "I went in mother mode to protect my child."

Thomas went to the hospital for her injuries and returned home on Monday. She said she suffered from headaches, sore legs and arms since the arrest.

Two people who were detained during the traffic stop were charged with felony vandalism after police said they tried to escape the patrol car by banging on the doors and windows.

Payne says she would like to see the officer fired. So far, no actions have been taken against the officer, KCRA reported.

Chief Dailey says he will release the officers' camera videos by the end of the week to "show the totality of this situation."

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Adam Grandmaison -- better known as Adam22 -- was in the middle of taping an episode of his "No Jumper" podcast when someone pulled out a gun and pointed it at his head. No shots were fired and the gunman was subdued. Peep the video below.

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A hurricane may be hitting the East Coast at the moment, but that won't stop the on air hilarity as Kevin Hart hangs out with DJ Whoo Kid at the On Air White Party on Sirius XM.

Other guests expected to pop in include Mac Miller, Rob Dyrdek, and Busta Rhymes.

Tune in today between 12-30 PM - 5 PM on Channel 45 Sirius to catch all the action. Overseas listeners can hear the show on Sirius.com.