Zhang Weili helped welcome the UFC to Beijing in 2019, and she put on a strong performance in front of her hometown crowd, securing a first-round finish against Jessica Aguilar. Now the strawweight champion, she looks to defend her title against former champion Rose Namajunas in the co-main event at UFC 261 on Saturday, April 24.
Rising artist Jfk Fetti just dropped a hot new video titled "Personal" off his upcoming album "Ivo" (Immaculate Vibes Only) dropping 4-30-21. Check it out below!
Hot Ones legend Steve-O is back for the Season 14 finale! He’s a comedian, author, and YouTuber. His latest special, Gnarly, is currently available on Steve-O.com, and while you’re there check out his memoir Professional Idiot, his skateboard decks, and—as fate would have it—his own hot sauce, Steve-O’s Hot Sauce for Your Butthole. But how will he fare in his second round with the wings of death? Watch as he shares stories about 50 Cent, reminisces about his Jackass days, and closes out the season in the most epic fashion possible.
Two teens have been apprehended in Utah days after allegedly killing a man whose burned remains were found inside a garage.
One of the suspects in the brutal murder, according to police, is the victim's daughter.
PEOPLE learns that Daniel Halseth, 45, was found stabbed to death on Friday, after Las Vegas firefighters extinguished a small but intentionally-set fire at his home.
Police had also been contacted by Halseth's mother, who told them that she hadn't heard from him for days.
Investigators say that Halseth's body was located in the garage. Later, inside the home, authorities found evidence of both an extensive clean-up as well as a large burn area in the living room and accelerants.
The slain man's body had been placed in the garage prior to the start of the blaze, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police alleges in a statement.
Police also found a chainsaw, a circular saw and a hand saw inside the residence. The latter, they allege, was covered in blood, and authorities found tissue in between the teeth of the saw.
Two bloody knives were also allegedly recovered.
Authorities believe that the fire was started to cover up Halseth's homicide.
At this point, investigators are not commenting on a motive, but have alleged that Aaron Guerrero, 18, and Halseth's 16-year-old daughter, Sierra Halseth, carried out the killing.
The two were arrested in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Tuesday, and are already being extradited back to Las Vegas, where they're each charged with open murder.
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Four Muncie police officers have been indicted on charges accusing them of using excessive force during arrests or of trying to cover up that misconduct, a federal prosecutor announced Wednesday.
Officers Joseph Chase Winkle, 34, & Jeremy Gibson, 30, & Sgt. Joseph Krejsa, were initially charged in a 12-count indictment in March 2020.
But acting U.S. Attorney John Childress announced Wednesday that a 17-count superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury charges all 3 with additional counts while also charging Officer Corey Posey, 28.
Winkle now faces 11 felony offenses for alleged excessive force that includes kicking, punching, knee-striking & using a Taser without justification on 7 people during arrests, injuring them. He is also accused of writing false reports about that alleged excessive force.
The allegations stem from events that took place between March 2018 & February 2019, when Joe Winkle — Joseph Chase Winkle’s father — was police chief.
Joseph Chase Winkle is on administrative leave without pay & has also been suspended by the Muncie Police Merit Commission. Gibson & Posey are on administrative leave, while Krejsa is in the process of retiring from the department.
Gibson faces 2 counts alleging he used excessive force on 2 people, including punching them without justification during arrests & 1 count alleging he wrote a false report about 1 of those arrests.
Krejsa faces 2 counts alleging that he wrote false reports related to 2 allegations of excessive force against Winkle, while Posey faces 1 count of obstruction & 1 count of writing a false report about 1 of Winkle’s arrests.
The maximum penalty for the deprivation-of-rights offenses is 10 years in prison. The maximum penalty for false report offenses is 20 years.
The Muncie Police Department’s current leader, Chief Nate Sloan, said in a statement Wednesday that the department “continues to focus on community engagement, policy revision, officer accountability & continuing education & training for officers.”
Muncie’s current mayor, Dan Ridenour, said in a statement that “we believe that the city administration and the police department have a zero tolerance for these types of actions. We will continue to hold to that and work with anything the justice department needs during their investigation.”
Magicc, an artist originally from Columbia South Carolina, currently residing in Albuquerque New Mexico is making some serious waves.
From a young age Magicc was surrounded with music. His parents sang professionally in a gospel group as well as volunteered in the church choir/band. Around the age of 5 Magicc began playing drums in the church and later transitioned to singing in the church as well. In May of 2017 Magicc began to experiment with his voice and music artist dreams.
With influences from the greats of Drake, Boyz 2 Men, New Edition, Bryson Tiller, and so on Magicc began honing in on a sound that was familiar to the ear of many but unique to the over all sound delivery.
In his new track Rewind, Magicc hits a romantic rhyme and tells of the true love in his heart, asking the center of his affections remember the value of their connection, a beautiful song from a great artist.
Red INF and frequent collaborator UFO Fev are back at it once again on "Opium Fields." Inf lays the lyrical groundwork while Fev handles the hook, over fire Vanderslice production.
GREEN LEVEL, N.C. (WTVD) - A popular Charlotte-area teacher was killed in an Alamance County shootout with a Mexican drug cartel last week, the Alamance County Sheriff's Office said during a news conference Wednesday.
Barney Harris, a basketball coach at Union Academy in Monroe was well-loved & respected, but Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said, on the side, Harris was involved in the "dangerous & deadly" drug world.
"I can tell you right now, when we are dealing with the Mexican drug cartel, someone is going to die as a result of this," Johnson said.
Police said Harris & his brother-in-law Steven Alexander Stewart, of Wadesboro, went to a mobile home park on Wyatt Road in Green Level in the early morning hours of April 8 to steal money & drugs from a Mexican cartel's stash house.
Authorities said the duo broke into a trailer & a member of the cartel, 18-year-old Alonso Beltran Lara, showed up while they were inside. Johnson said the men questioned Lara about the stash & when he didn't give them the answers they wanted, they shot him in the head.
"And they were trying to find the money & drugs & apparently he didn't give them the information to do that & he was technically close range, two bullets to the back of the head, he was executed," Johnson said.
After the shooting, other cartel members showed up & gunfire erupted -- killing Harris, who was found dead in a bedroom.
"Mr. Harris, he had a bulletproof vest on, but it did not work with the kind of ammunition that was used," Johnson said. "He had gloves on & he, they went there to do what was done except they did not think it was going to backfire on them."
Stewart, who is married to Harris' sister, was arrested & has since been charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder.
Former Brooklyn Park, Minn. Police Officer Kimberly Ann Potter, 48, is now behind bars at the Hennepin County Jail, according to records reviewed Wednesday by Law&Crime. She was booked into the facility at 12:07 p.m. Central Time.
Potter is accused of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon. During the stop, Potter drew her service weapon and fired. Wright, who was attempting to flee from custody, took off in a white sedan, crashed nearby, and subsequently died.
Potter had warned she was going to use a Taser on Wright but instead fired a bullet. She yelled “holy shit! I just shot him” as Wright sped away.
Since-resigned Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon earlier this week characterized the shooting as an “accidental discharge” of a gun. He said Potter appeared to have made a mistake when she drew her gun, rather than her Taser, in an altercation with Wright which lasted only a few seconds. Gannon believed Wright didn’t realize she pulled the wrong weapon until after the gunshot rang out.
Potter’s body camera footage released Monday shows Potter drawing her weapon and threatening to pull the trigger for less than 10 seconds before Potter pulled the trigger and Wright drove away.
Santana Fox, the daughter of the late, great Prodigy of Mobb Deep is spreading her wings and showing the world the apple didn't fall far from the tree when it comes rapping skills.
Santana drops bars over the instrumental to Eminem's classic song "The Way I Am" in her latest music video, which she directed and edited herself.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A lawyer and his 26-year-old client told Pittsburgh police Wednesday that Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald and others assaulted the man at a nightclub last weekend, causing multiple injuries.
Attorney Todd J. Hollis said his client, De’Vincent Spriggs, needed 16 stitches and suffered a broken orbital bone in his head, a broken nose and a sprained or broken arm at a bar on East Carson Street in the city’s South Side.
“We believe there was a misunderstanding that Mr. Spriggs bumped into Mr. Donald and Mr. Donald escalated the matter, leading to my client’s assault moments later,” Hollis said.
Hollis said Spriggs, who lives in another state, was taken by a friend to a hospital for treatment. The alleged attack occurred around 3 a.m. Sunday, he said. Hollis released a photo that showed Spriggs with facial injuries and swelling.
Hollis and Spriggs filed a criminal complaint with Pittsburgh police on Wednesday.
“They did a preliminary investigation and they’re going to look into the matter and get back to us as soon as they have more information,” Hollis said.
A message seeking comment was left with Pittsburgh police. It wasn’t immediately clear how many others Spriggs believed attacked him.
Donald, 29, was named the Associated Press NFL defensive player of the year in February, the third time he has received the distinction. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, igniting days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police.
Kim Potter will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
The announcement came a day after Potter resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, where she had served for 26 years. Police Chief Tim Gannon also resigned Tuesday.
Gannon had released Potter’s body camera video the day after the Sunday shooting. It showed her approaching Wright as he stood outside of his car as another officer was arresting him for an outstanding warrant. Police said he was pulled over for having expired registration tags.
As Wright struggles with police, Potter is hearing shouting “I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!” before firing a single shot from her handgun.
Gannon has said he believed Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun when she was going for her Taser. However, protesters and Wright’s family members say there’s no excuse for the shooting and it shows how the justice system is tilted against Blacks, noting Wright was stopped for expired car registration and ended up dead.
The charging decision was announced as the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin progresses. George Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck.
Philadelphia emcee and BlockstarNation CEO, Dot Stacks, links with J Philly for his new single and accompanying music titled "Bad Day." This is off of Dot's "Faded" album.
A former Louisiana sheriff’s dispatcher was busted for allegedly refusing to return more than $1.2 million that was accidentally deposited into her account — and splurging some of it on a new car and house, according to a local report.
Kelyn Spadoni, 33, who worked for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, was seeing green when Charles Schwab accidentally deposited the hefty sum into her brokerage account back in February — when it meant only to transfer about $82, according to court records obtained by nola.com.
When Charles Schwab staffers attempted to stop or reclaim the transfer, they couldn’t — Spadoni had already allegedly moved the funds into another account, the outlet reported, citing sheriff’s office spokesman Capt. Jason Rivarde.
She spent some of the cash on a house and new car, a 2021 Hyundai Genesis sport utility vehicle, which can range in price from $48,000 to over $70,000, authorities told nola.com.
Although the money was placed in Spadoni’s account, “it’s not her money,” Rivarde told the outlet.
“She has no legal claim to that money,” he said. “Even if it was put in there by mistake. It was an accounting error.”
Spadoni was arrested Wednesday and booked on charges of theft valued over $25,000, bank fraud and illegal transmission of monetary funds, according to Rivarde.
She was fired by the sheriff’s office — where she had worked in the 911 center for four-and-a-half years — after she was booked, the outlet reported.
Charles Schwab & Co. also sued Spadoni in federal court, accusing her of ignoring their calls, texts and emails attempting to recover the money, according to the report.
So far, about 75 percent of the money has been recovered, Rivarde said.
Schwab argued that Spadoni’s account contract includes an agreement that if a client receives an overpayment of funds, that person must return the funds in full.
“If someone accidentally puts an extra zero on a utility payment, they would want that money returned or credited to them,” Rivarde said. “This is no different.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A one-time California man who bilked wine collectors out of millions by selling cheaper booze he rebottled in his kitchen has been deported to his native Indonesia, U.S. immigration officials said Tuesday.
Rudy Kurniawan, 44, was deported last week on a flight from Dallas to Jakarta.
Kurniawan came to the U.S. on a student visa in the 1990s. He unsuccessfully sought political asylum & was ordered to voluntarily leave the country in 2003 but stayed on illegally.
Kurniawan was convicted of mail & wire fraud in 2013 in a New York federal court & spent 7 years in prison. He was deported after being released from prison into immigration custody last November.
In a public black eye for the wine industry, prosecutors at Kurniawan’s New York trial said he made millions of dollars from 2004 to 2012 by putting less-expensive Napa & Burgundy wines into counterfeit bottles at his home in Arcadia.
The scheme was recounted in the 2016 Netflix documentary, “Sour Grapes,” & in a March episode of ABC’s “The Con.”
Kurniawan’s trial featured testimony from billionaire yachtsman, entrepreneur & wine investor William Koch, who said he was conned & cheated by Kurniawan into paying $2.1 million for 219 fake bottles of wine.
In one auction in 2006, Kurniawan sold $24.7 million of wine, a record for a single consignee.
However, the scheme began to unravel after several consignments he submitted for auction were found to be fake. In 2007, Christie’s auction house in Los Angeles pulled a consignment of what was supposed to be magnums of 1982 Château Le Pin after the company said the bottles were fake.
In all, Kurniawan may have sold as many as 12,000 bottles of counterfeit wine, many of which may still remain in collections.
Prosecutors said money from the fraud funded a lavish lifestyle in suburban Los Angeles that included a Lamborghini & other luxury cars, designer clothing & fine food & drinks.
UTG Yoppa links up with Blacc Zacc for his latest music video "Digit Scale Jimmy." The track is featured on the South Carolina native's Dealers N Associates album which is out now on all music platforms. Directed by FoolWithTheCamera.