CHICAGO -- A federal judge has denied a request by singer R. Kelly to be released from jail on bail due to the coronavirus pandemic

Kelly, 53, is in jail at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in Chicago and faces charges in Illinois, Minnesota and New York stemming from alleged sexual abuses of underage girls.

Last month, the singer's attorneys filed a motion calling to be granted his release because of COVID-19.

In her ruling Tuesday morning, Eastern District of New York Judge Ann Donnelly ruled that Kelly, "has not established compelling reasons warranting his release. At present, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the MCC in Chicago."

Kelly was arrested in July on sex charges. He denies abusing anyone.

The federal charges in Chicago accuse Kelly of filming himself having sex with underage girls and of paying off potential witnesses in his 2008 trial - at which he was acquitted - to get them to change their stories.

In December, he pleaded not guilty via a video feed to added charges in New York that he schemed to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15, in a secret ceremony in 1994.

Source: ABC 7

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Rio Rancho, New Mexico – He was an Albuquerque Police officer, but now he’s behind bars, accused of beating up his girlfriend. Newly released police video shows the moment the former officer found himself in handcuffs.

Jeffrey Wharton resigned shortly after he was arrested last month. Rio Rancho police video shows officers arresting the 31-year-old while he was still on duty.

“Right now, we do have a warrant for your arrest. It’s for aggravated battery against a household member, two counts of that. Kidnapping and interference with communication” said a Rio Rancho detective.

According to the criminal complaint, Wharton beat his girlfriend so badly, she had several gashes on her head and face. Police say her injuries were so severe, she had to be taken to the hospital where she was diagnosed with a brain bleed.

Police say a part of the beating was also caught on the couple’s Ring camera and shows Wharton, at one point, dragging her with a chokehold. After police cuffed the former officer, lapel video shows Rio Rancho officers cutting off Wharton’s Albuquerque Police uniform while he’s cuffed.

Officers even tried to get Wharton to tell his side of the story, but he didn’t have much to say after his charges were read to him.

Detective: I do want to give you the opportunity to talk to us and tell us your side of the story. Do you want to take that opportunity?

Wharton: Not after hearing that, no.

Detective: Okay.

Wharton was taken to the Sandoval County Detention Center. Police video shows he still did not have anything to say, but he clearly looked distraught while waiting to be processed in the jail. Earlier this month, a judge decided to keep him locked up until trial.

At the moment, Wharton’s attorney is asking a judge to release him, citing coronavirus concerns. Prosecutors, however, argue his release would not ensure the safety of the community or the victim. A judge is set to hear that motion next month.

APD says Wharton had been with the department since November 2010. He was a senior officer with the department.

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Carrollton police are looking for a woman they say claims to have COVID-19 and is "willfully spreading it."

Police will charge 18-year-old Lorraine Maradiaga with making a terroristic threat, according to a tweet from the department.

"We have no confirmation Maradiaga is actually a threat to public health," the tweet said. "We are, however, taking her social media actions very seriously."

The Snapchat video circulating on social media shows the woman going to what appears to be a drive-thru testing site.

In the video, a nurse is heard telling the person behind the steering wheel that they need to go home while they wait for results.

In a series of videos later, the woman, who police say is Maradiaga, shows herself shopping at what she claims to be Walmart.

"I'm here at Walmart about to infest every (expletive), because if I'm going down, all you (expletive) are going down," she says in the Snapchat video.

The video later shows the woman in her car, coughing into the camera.

"If you want to get the coronavirus and (expletive) die, call me," the person in the video says.

She continues, "I'll meet you up and (cough, cough) and I will shorten your life."

A spokesperson for the Carrollton Police Department said officers went to Maradiaga's home on Sunday, but she was not there.

Police said her family was cooperating with them and hoped the 18-year-old surrenders.

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UFC star Justin Gaethje says he's both excited and terrified about fighting Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 ... saying, "I’m facing my fears right now and I think that’s what we all need to do."

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In the latest episode of Artist Quarantine, TT Torrez & Bobby Trends gets the scoop, and reaction from Scott Storch on his battle against Mannie Fresh last week!

He also opens up about the steps he took to get off of drugs, after it nearly ruined his life.

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King Von comes through with an official music video for the song "3 A.M."

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UFC president Dana White speaks with ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto about putting together the card for UFC 249, calling it the hardest thing he’s ever done. White doesn’t reveal the location for the fight, but says he’s working on securing an island for future events for international fighters. They also discuss the decision to make the new main event, Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje, an interim lightweight title fight.

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Check out the official music video for "Step On Shit" by YoungBoy Never Broke Again.

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Promising West Coast rapper Mac P Dawg was shot and killed in Los Angeles, according to various reports.

Circumstances surrounding the incident are scarce, but it supposedly happened at a laundromat in Koreatown on Monday night.

Shoreline Mafia members Fenix Flexin, Ohgeesy and Master Kato confirmed the news via Instagram posts.

Mac P Dawg was only 24-years old.

Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends.

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YNW Melly is begging a judge to let him out of prison ... because he says he's on the verge of dying from COVID-19.

The rapper's lawyer, Bradford Cohen, filed legal docs, obtained by TMZ, claiming the rapper -- in prison awaiting his murder trial -- is suffering from severe chills, heavy labored breathing, headaches and body aches since he tested positive for the coronavirus.

Cohen says Melly weighs 114 pounds and has NOT been monitored by medical personnel every hour like they're supposed to. And, there's this ... Cohen claims Melly's been holed up in a cell with another inmate who also has COVID-19 ... and there's fear "if the virus can be mutated or passed reoccurring between individuals."

Cohen claims the there's a lack of preparedness by the jail for this type of epidemic ... as "they have not given them masks, or cleaning supplies that would be beneficial regarding his recovery. This is against all recommendations of the Surgeon General and CDC."

Melly's asking the judge if he can get out of prison and be placed on house arrest and treated at a medical facility at his own expense. Melly, of course, has been sitting in a Florida jail for more than a year after being arrested and charged in the double murder of two of his friends.

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Kevin Gates comes through with an official music video for his remix of Fivio Foreign's "Wetty."

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Shenzhen, in southeastern China, has become the first city in the country to ban the consumption of cats and dogs, the government announced Thursday.

Under new rules which will come into effect May 1, the government said it will be illegal to eat animals raised as pets.

In February, following the coronavirus outbreak, China passed a law to ban the consumption of wild animals.

Now Shenzhen will prohibit the consumption of state-protected wild animals and other terrestrial wild animals taken from the wild, as well as captive-bred and farmed terrestrial wild species.

In addition, the consumption of animals raised as pets, such as cats and dogs will also be banned.

Animals that can be consumed include pig, cattle, sheep, donkey, rabbit, chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, quail, as well as aquatic animals who are not banned by other laws or regulations.

"If convicted, they will be subjected to a fine of 30 times of the wild animal's value, if the animal is above the value of 10,000CNY [$1400 USD]," announced authorities.

The coronavirus outbreak is thought to have started at a wildlife market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and authorities have acknowledged they need to bring the lucrative wildlife industry under control if it is to prevent another outbreak.

However ending the trade will be hard. The cultural roots of China's use of wild animals run deep, not just for food but also for traditional medicine, clothing, ornaments and even pets.

This isn't the first time Chinese officials have tried to contain the trade. In 2003, civets -- mongoose-type creatures -- were banned and culled in large numbers after it was discovered they likely transferred the SARS virus to humans. The selling of snakes was also briefly banned in Guangzhou after the SARS outbreak.

But today dishes using the animals are still eaten in parts of China.

Source: CNN

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Check out the official music video for "Don't Slack" by Justin Timberlake and Anderson .Paak.

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Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in Trolls World Tour, an all-star sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s 2016 musical hit. In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Trolls tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.

Trolls World Tour in theaters and at home on-demand April 10. For more information: www.trollsworldtour.com

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he became enraged he didn’t qualify for a COVID-19-related stimulus check and tried to set his wife on fire.

The Albuquerque Journal reports Joe Macias was arrested Wednesday shortly following an argument with his disabled wife, where he allegedly doused her with gasoline.

The wife told police Macias had come home around 5 p.m. with a four-pack of beer and “upset because he did not qualify for the stimulus check.”

According to police, the 63-year-old Macias threw gas on his wife and their mobile home.

The wife told officers Macias then pulled out a cigarette and attempted to light it several times, but was unsuccessful due to the lighter getting gasoline on it.

Police say officers later found Macias walking down the street, his clothes soaked in gasoline. Officers also discovered the victim, her hair and pajamas soaked in gasoline on the floor inside a nearby trailer.

Macias charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, and aggravated battery against a household member.

No attorney was listed for him in online court records.

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Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill are helping protect inmates and prison staff from coronavirus with the generous donation of 100,000 surgical masks.

The pair, through their Reform Alliance organization, were able to procure the highly sought out supply to put in the hands of some of the most vulnerable during the pandemic. Masks will be distributed to the Tennessee Department of Corrections with an allotment for the state, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, with the bulk going to New York's Riker's Island Correctional and their medical facility as one of the country's largest prisons.

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In this episode of People’s Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper, author, producer, and one of the most influential and respected figures around the world in all of culture. The leader of the iconic group Public Enemy -- "Mista" Chuck D.

Over the course of two hours, we get an insightful and exclusive discussion highlighting the life and career of a man who helped shape the course of music history. Public Enemy and their pull-no-punches approach to attacking politics and addressing social injustices was the beginning of a true movement in every sense of the word. With Chuck "trending like a chicken sandwich" after his fallout with Flavor Flav, he, Kweli, and Jasmine discuss the rapper's early childhood, coming up in the middle of the civil rights era, PE following Run DMC's footsteps to success in the industry, Chuck designing the PE logo, Yo! MTV Raps co-host Andre "Doctor Dre" Brown's huge contribution to hip-hop, and PE's signature sound. Chuck also speaks to the current generation, giving advice on use of their smartphones.

Later in the episode, Chuck reflects on the producing the demo 'Public Enemy No.1' by using two tape decks, which were called 'pause tapes' back in day, by those who didn't have access to a sampler. He touches on the struggles of getting radio play, even during the height of PE's popularity, the origins of his 'louder than a bomb' rapping style being inherited from his father, his mother forcing him to take part in plays that she put on at the local theater, and the process of coming up with the impactful titles of PE's records. Chuck also talks about mentoring a young Busta Rhymes and Leaders of The New School, all of them being from the Roosevelt neighborhood of Long Island, as well as what it was like being the first hip-hop group to perform in Ireland while the IRA was fully active.

As the conversation crosses the 1:30 mark, the discussion moves to Flavor Flav and his essential role in Public Enemy as the greatest hype-man in history. Kweli, Chuck, and Jasmine discuss the origins of the clock necklace, Chuck fighting to keep Flav, and the rest the members in the group when Def Jam wanted them dropped. They talk about Flav and his move to doing reality TV with "Flavor Of Love", despite the inevitable objections from long-time PE fans, including Talib himself. Chuck details the reasons why he didn't show up for his Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, he discusses Pop Smoke's murder, and clears the air about Flavor Flavs supposed firing after Chuck performed at a Bernie Sanders campaign event. Chuck also reflects on his feelings when Obama was elected, shares his views of Donald Trump, and discusses the issue of lack of black ownership in black industries. Chuck finishes with a story about his experiences with Tupac Shakur, who he states was like a little brother to him, and talks about how he felt mentoring young emcees like Pac, Ice Cube, and Treach was like a calling. Chuck also tells about his friendship with Prince, and as the interview comes to a close, Talib states that we will definitely be seeing a part 2 of Chuck D at the People's Party -- as even that sprawling discussion had barely scratched the surface of a long and fascinating career of one of hip-hop's greatest of all-time.

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Rigz and Symph have released the 2nd installment of their "Death 2 All Haterz" series.

The 9-track EP features fellow Da Cloth members Illanoise, Rob Gates, Mooch and M.A.V.

Check out this official music video off of it for "Secure"

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Tracklist:

1. Lukey Cage
2. Overdose feat. Rob Gates & Illanoise (Prod. by Speed)
3. Tired (Prod. by Milano Constantine)
4. Secure (Prod. by G.U.N Productions)
5. Glocks and Techs (Prod. by Vinny Idol)
6. Early Morn Crack Sells (Skit)
7. Willie Hutch feat. Mooch & M.A.V. (Prod. By Milano Constantine)
8. What You Expect (Prod. by Chup)
9. Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupree

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UFC fighter Cynthia Calvillio trains at the American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), as well as lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Calvillio was asked by The Score if it bothered her that Khabib won't train directly with woman because of his Muslim faith and she said it doesn't.

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again aka NBA YoungBoy delivers an official music video "Al Nash."

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