The music critics of The New York Times share their picks for the best songs of the year. 1. Rihanna featuring Drake “Work” (Roc Nation/Westbury Road) The year’s ultimate earworm: nagging, insinuating…
Ex-Teacher Gets 10 Years for Having Sex with 8th-Grader
HOUSTON – The Stovall Middle School teacher who got pregnant by her eighth-grade student was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday. Judge McSpadden told Alexandria Vera this case will serve as an example…
5 accused of helping suspect evade capture after killing of L.A. sheriff’s sergeant
James Queally Contact Reporter Sheriff’s detectives have arrested five people they say helped a man evade police after the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant last year. The…
Chicago police officers have pattern of using excessive force, scathing Justice Dept. report says
During a press conference on Jan. 13, Attorney General Loretta Lynch condemned the Chicago police department for engaging in a “pattern” of using “excessive force.”(Reuters) By Mark Berman and Matt Zapotosky January…
DPS Trooper Ambushed, Suspect Dead
TONOPAH, Ariz. – An Arizona state trooper stopped to help at a car wreck along a remote highway Thursday when he was shot and wounded in an ambush by a man who…
Baltimore Agrees to Stop Unconstitutional Police Practices like Unlawful Stops and Arrests (News Video)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND The city of Baltimore agreed to stop its police force from illegally stopping and arresting people and making officers more accountable for violating police policies, federal officials announced Thursday. The…
Feds: Michigan City Discriminates Against Blacks By Violating Voting Rights Act
MICHIGAN Blacks have never been elected to city council, school board or the legislation in the city of Eastpointe, even though one-third of its electorate is black, according to the federal government….
Volkswagen Guilty, Fined $4.3 Billion, Six Officials Indicted
MICHIGAN Volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty as a result of the company’s long-running scheme, according to officials. The car…
The Brother of the San Bernardino Terrorist Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Syed Raheel Farook, the brother of deceased San Bernardino attacker Syed Rizwan Farook, plead guilty Tuesday in federal court in an immigration fraud case stemming from the investigation of the…
Former Alabama Police Chief Sent to Prison for Beating Suspect
ALABAMA A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a 56-year-old police chief who was convicted for his role in the brutal beating of a burglary suspect last year to two years and three months in…
Neurosurgeon Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison for Performing Unnecessary Spinal Surgeries
MICHIGAN Detroit-area neurosurgeon was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for his role in $2.8 million health care fraud scheme in which he caused serious bodily harm to patients by convincing…
Just Saying: Trump Nominee Show, Putin’s Struggling Economy, and “A Lie is a Lie is a Lie…”
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@gmail.com Trump and his unabashed crew of political gangsters would make Tony Soprano and his mob proud in the way they are bulldozing their way through the White House…