Drug Kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Escapes Prison Again Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped through a one-mile long tunnel that was dug under the shower space of his prison cell in central Mexico, authorities said Sunday. After security cameras lost sight of Guzman late Saturday, guards went into the cell and found a hole 10 meters (33 feet) deep with a ladder, said National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido. The hole led to the huge tunnel with a ventilation and light system, Rubido said, adding that its exit was in a building that was under construction. A motorcycle on a rail system was found in the tunnel and is believed to have been used to transport tools and remove earth from the space, which was 1.7 meters high and around 80 centimeters (2.6 feet) wide. Rubido said 18 prison guards will be interrogated by prosecutors in Mexico City. Until Guzman escaped, Rubido said, “the day had gone on normally and at around 8:00 pm he was given his daily dose of medicine.” The maximum-security prison is located 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital in Mexico State. Guzman had been jailed there since February 2014. It is the second time in 14 years that Guzman has broken out of prison. The last time, in 2001, he hid in a laundry basket to escape from a prison in western Jalisco state. El Chapo is back on these skreets! EPA/MARIO GUZMAN
Alabama Man Dies After Cops Pepper Spray Him A Black man in Tuscaloosa, Alabama died after officers used pepper spray to subdue him when he resisted arrest, police said on Saturday. Via RawStory : Police received a call on Friday night that a man armed with a gun was sitting on a porch at an apartment complex in the city, Tuscaloosa police said in a statement on their Facebook page. Police later identified the man as Anthony Ware, a 35-year-old African-American, the Tuscaloosa News reported on its website. When officers arrived, the man ran into nearby woods and was chased by officers who used the pepper spray before placing him in handcuffs as he resisted arrest, police said. He later collapsed as he was walking out of the woods, police said. Police conduct in the United States has been under scrutiny over the past year after a series of deaths of black men in confrontations with police that have provoked protests over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement. The Tuscaloosa News reported Ware was pursued by six police officers, including at least three white officers as well as a black officer and an Asian-America officer. Police plan to release video of the arrest from a vehicle dash cam and body cameras, Tuscaloosa’s assistant police chief, Ronnie Dunn, told a news conference on Saturday, according to the Tuscaloosa News. Police said they tried to revive Ware when he collapsed and that he was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The Tuscaloosa County homicide unit will investigate the death, police said. A representative from the Tuscaloosa Police Department did not return calls for further comment. Police brutality has to end!
You don’t want to be among the 43 percent who inaccurately guessed their significant others’ earnings in Fidelity Investments’ 2015 Couples Retirement Study. And here’s the kicker: Despite the fact that four in 10 clearly have a hazy idea about their partner’s finances, a whopping 72 percent say they communicate “exceptionally” or “very well” with their significant other…“For many, conversations about money can feel uncomfortable. In some cases we don’t know how to start a discussion, so we put it off, even though we know it’s important,” [Kristen Robinson, Fidelity’s SVP of Women and Young Investors] said. [ Madamenoire ] The Tinder For Jobs: This App Lets You Swipe Right Into Employment …Say hello to Switch — the Tinder for jobs, according to USA Today College. Switch was launched in July 2014 and according to Quartz, it was originally centered on the New York City tech job market, but with a few rounds of successful funding campaigns, the app was able to expand. According to the The Muse, it’s similar to how Tinder — the dating app – operates: “Switch allows you to quickly and easily browse through job postings—swipe right to like, swipe left to pass. Hiring managers do the same thing, browsing through candidates’ anonymized profiles and culling information about their professional backgrounds and credentials. Notifications are sent right to your phone whenever an interested employer likes your professional profile.” [ Madamenoire ] Brooklyn’s Susannah Mushatt Jones Is The World’s Oldest Person Susannah Mushatt Jones, confirmed by the Guinness World Records organization as the oldest living person in the world this past June, celebrated her 116th birthday on Monday privately in Brooklyn… Jones was born July 6, [1899] in Alabama, as child of a sharecropper and a granddaughter to former slaves. According to Guinness, Jones moved north to New Jersey in 1922 after graduating high school. She then moved into New York where she worked as a child care provider and housekeeper. Jones retired from work in 1965, and settled in Brooklyn. Although Jones is hard of hearing and lost her eyesight, she is not beholden to a bed and can get around ably. [ HipHopWired ] Chance The Rapper Says President Obama ‘Achieved A Lot’ In Regards To Racial Tension [ VibeVixen ] George Lopez — There Are Enough Racists for Donald Trump to Win [ TMZ ] ‘My Mother Told Me Never To Marry A Black Woman’: How Race Works In The Dominican Republic [ HuffingtonPost ] James And Crystal Driggers: Parents Force Teenage Daughter To Live In The Woods For Eating A Pop-Tart [ StarPulse ]
You don’t want to be among the 43 percent who inaccurately guessed their significant others’ earnings in Fidelity Investments’ 2015 Couples Retirement Study. And here’s the kicker: Despite the fact that four in 10 clearly have a hazy idea about their partner’s finances, a whopping 72 percent say they communicate “exceptionally” or “very well” with their significant other…“For many, conversations about money can feel uncomfortable. In some cases we don’t know how to start a discussion, so we put it off, even though we know it’s important,” [Kristen Robinson, Fidelity’s SVP of Women and Young Investors] said. [ Madamenoire ] The Tinder For Jobs: This App Lets You Swipe Right Into Employment …Say hello to Switch — the Tinder for jobs, according to USA Today College. Switch was launched in July 2014 and according to Quartz, it was originally centered on the New York City tech job market, but with a few rounds of successful funding campaigns, the app was able to expand. According to the The Muse, it’s similar to how Tinder — the dating app – operates: “Switch allows you to quickly and easily browse through job postings—swipe right to like, swipe left to pass. Hiring managers do the same thing, browsing through candidates’ anonymized profiles and culling information about their professional backgrounds and credentials. Notifications are sent right to your phone whenever an interested employer likes your professional profile.” [ Madamenoire ] Brooklyn’s Susannah Mushatt Jones Is The World’s Oldest Person Susannah Mushatt Jones, confirmed by the Guinness World Records organization as the oldest living person in the world this past June, celebrated her 116th birthday on Monday privately in Brooklyn… Jones was born July 6, [1899] in Alabama, as child of a sharecropper and a granddaughter to former slaves. According to Guinness, Jones moved north to New Jersey in 1922 after graduating high school. She then moved into New York where she worked as a child care provider and housekeeper. Jones retired from work in 1965, and settled in Brooklyn. Although Jones is hard of hearing and lost her eyesight, she is not beholden to a bed and can get around ably. [ HipHopWired ] Chance The Rapper Says President Obama ‘Achieved A Lot’ In Regards To Racial Tension [ VibeVixen ] George Lopez — There Are Enough Racists for Donald Trump to Win [ TMZ ] ‘My Mother Told Me Never To Marry A Black Woman’: How Race Works In The Dominican Republic [ HuffingtonPost ] James And Crystal Driggers: Parents Force Teenage Daughter To Live In The Woods For Eating A Pop-Tart [ StarPulse ]
Pastor Accused Of Killing Wife To Have Gay Affairs Before she was killed in 2013, Karen Shahan sent an email saying she knew of her pastor husband’s sexual preferences and his attempts to carry on affairs with two men outside of Alabama, according to prosecutors. Via AL reports: Richard Shahan, formerly a pastor in Homewood, was charged last January in connection with his wife’s murder. He is set to appear in court for a pretrial hearing Thursday morning before Jefferson County Circuit Judge Laura Petro. In a document filed Wednesday, prosecutors responded to a request from Shahan’s attorneys, Wendell Sheffield and John Lentine, seeking specific facts necessary to prepare the defense. Witnesses, numerous emails and statements from Shahan himself demonstrate that he was involved in romantic relationships with a man in Nashville and another in Europe, Deputy District Attorney Patrick Lamb wrote. In an email sent to an unidentified recipient in February 2012, Karen Shahan wrote that she told Richard that he had to choose between the two lives he was trying to maintain, according to the prosecution’s filing. “I told him that he cannot keep both lives. That he will have to lose one of them. I said that if he was having any interactions that were not right before God that he should go to God and be completely honest with him because he knows anyway. I told him that God will reveal it to me. I told him that any texting or gmailing that does not bring glory to God has to go…” Karen Louise Shahan’s body was discovered about 11:15 a.m. July 23, 2013, inside the family’s Hugh Circle home. She was stabbed to death and had several small defensive wounds, according to court filings. In the document filed Wednesday, prosecutors say that email and text message conversations between Richard Shahan and his two “paramours” include explicit sexual statements, as well as a reference to Karen’s death: “I’m in a legal marriage contract [sic]. There is not an acceptable way for me to dissolve that and continue with the things that are important to me (my job and children)…There is only one way I could become legally ‘single’ and I have to wait until God grants me that gift. It will come; the woman I live with is slowly killing herself – she is diabetic and refuses to take care of herself physically. Her mother died early with the same disease and did the same thing to her body. So I pray and wait. It will happen in God’s timing.” The filing states that Shahan also wrote emails noting that, because of his job, his sexual preference had to be kept secret and he could not get divorced. In a November 2011 message to his European paramour, Shahan mentions his hopes for the future. You going to jail today!
Bob Burns, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at 64. The drummer, who played on the band’s first two albums, was killed in a car crash. A Georgia State Patrol spokeswoman said Burns, who was not wearing a seat belt, was killed when his car left the road , striking a mailbox and a tree. He was alone in the car, and no other cars were involved in the fatal Friday crash. Police are trying to establish if weather was a factor in the accident. Burns performed alongside singer Ronnie Van Zant, bassist Larry Junstrom and guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins in Skynyd from 1966-74. Named after their childhood P.E. teacher, Leonard Skinner, the band recorded such songs as “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Simple Man” and “Free Bird.” Burns left the band after becoming exhausted by touring, and Artimus Pyle subsequently replaced him as drummer for 1975’s Nuthin’ Fancy album. He was not aboard the plane that crashed in 1977, killing three of the band’s members, including Van Zant, and disbanding the band until a decade later. The surviving members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, at which point Burns rejoined the group for a one-off performance. “Well, today I’m at a loss for words, but I just remember Bob being a funny guy,” Rossington said in a message posted on the Lynyrd Skynyrd Facebook page. “He used to do skits for us and make us laugh all the time, he was hilarious!” “Ironically, since we played Jacksonville yesterday, Dale, my daughter and I, went by the cemetery to see some of the guys in the band and my parents’ grave sites.” “On the way back, we went by Bob Burns’ old house. It was there in the carport where we used to first start to practice with Skynyrd. My heart goes out to his family.” “God bless him and them in this sad time. He was a great, great drummer.” Celebrities We Lost in 2015 1. Stuart Scott View Photo ESPN’s Stuart Scott (1965-2015) will forever be missed. The beloved anchor and personality passed away after a long battle with cancer in January at the age of 49. 2. Donna Douglas View Attachment Donna Douglas of the Beverly Hillbillies passed away in early 2015. She was 81 years old. 3. Mario Cuomo View Photo Mario Cuomo has passed away at the age of 82. He was New York’s Governor from 1983-1994. 4. Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle View Attachment Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle, both U.S. ski team prospects, have been killed in an avalanche. R.I.P. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 5. Andrae Crouch View Photo Andrae Crouch has died at the age of 72. The gospel music great passed away in January 2015. 6. Rod Taylor View Attachment Actor Rod Taylor (Time Machine, The Birds) died at the age of 84 in January. 7. Taylor Negron View Attachment Taylor Negron, a comic and actor is perhaps best known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, died at the age of 57. 8. Anita Ekberg View Attachment La Dolce Vita actress Anita Ekberg has passed away at the age of 83. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 9. Kim Fowley View Photo Kim Fowley has passed away. The producer and one of the legendary names in punk music was 75. 10. Greg Plitt Greg Plitt was a Bravo reality star. He was 37 years old when he was struck by a train in Burbank, California. 11. ASAP Yams View Photo ASAP Yams died at the age of 26. The Harlem native played/producer a key role in creating hip hop artists from that area of New York. 12. John Sundahl John Sundahl, a former boyfriend of Britney Spears, has been killed. He was shot down in a helicopter in Afghanistan. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 13. Dallas Taylor View Attachment Dallas Taylor, the drummer for Crosby, Stills & Nash, has passed away at the age of 66 in January 2015. 14. Darren Shahlavi View Photo Darren Shahlavi is seen here on the NBC drama Constantine. The actor sadly passed away in early 2015. 15. Violetta Degtiareva View Photo Violetta Degtiareva suddently died of heart failure January 12. The Russian tennis star was just 23 years old. 16. Monty Oum View Photo Monty Oum, an animator best known for his work with Rooster Teeth, has died at the age of just 33. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 17. Kayla Mueller View Video U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller was confirmed dead at the hands of ISIS in February. R.I.P. 18. Dean Smith Dean Smith retired from coaching in 1997 as the winningest coach in college basketball history. He passed away at the age of 83 in February of 2015. 19. Bob Simon The Emmy-winning reporter was killed in a NYC car accident in February. 20. David Carr View Photo David Carr, a popular columnist for the New York Times, died February 12 after collapsing in the newsroom. He was 58. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 21. Lesley Gore View Photo Lesley Gore passed away today at the age of 68. She is best remembered for her song “It’s My Party.” 22. Lorena Rojas Rest in peace, Lorena Rojas. This Mexican soap opera star lost her long battle with cancer in February. 23. Jerome Kersey Jerome Kersey, a 17-year NBA power forward, passed away at the age of 52 in February. 24. Betty Lou Motes View Attachment Betty Lou Motes, the beloved mother of Julia Roberts, died at the age of 80 in February. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 25. Harris Wittels Rest in peace, Harris Wittels. The comedian and TV producer died from a likely drug overdose at the age of 30. 26. Ahmad Givens View Photo Ahmad Givens was better known to VH1 fans as “Real.” He died of colon cancer in February of 2015. 27. Ben Woolf View Photo Ben Woolf appears here on American Horror Story: Freak Show. The actor passed away at the age of 34. 28. Ariel Camacho Ariel Camacho, a Mexican singer/songwriter, was only 22 years old when he was killed in a car accident. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 29. Anthony Mason View Attachment Former New York Knicks star Anthony Mason passed away in February at the age of 48. 30. Charmayne Maxwell View Photo Charmayne Maxwell was a Grammy-nominated singer who tragically died at the age of 46. According to report, she passed away from wounds suffered after accidently cutting herself at home. 31. Sam Simon View Photo Sam Simon is best-known for helping to create The Simpsons. He passed away from colon cancer st age 59. 32. Windell D. Middlebrooks Windell D. Middlebrooks died suddenly at the young age of 36. Yup, he’s the Miller High Life guy! Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 33. Andy Fraser View Attachment Bassist and songwriter Andy Fraser of the rock band Free (“All Right Now”) died at the age of 62. 34. Lisa Colagrossi View Photo Lisa Colagrossi has passed away after suffering a brain hemorrhage on the job. The veteran NYC news reporter was just 49 years old. 35. Alberta Watson View Photo Alberta Watson has died. The veteran actress perhaps best known for her role on 24 was 60 years old. 36. Lil Chris Rest in peace, Lil Chris. The former reality star and British pop star died suddenly at the age of 24. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 37. Gary Dahl View Attachment Gary Dahl, the inventor of the pet rock, died in early 2015 at the age of 78. 38. Cynthia Lennon View Photo Cynthia Lennon was the first wife of Beatles legend John Lennon. She passed away April 1, after battling cancer. 39. Robert Schuller View Photo Reverend Robert Schuller passed away today at age 88. He is best known for helping to start the televangelist movement. 40. Fredric Brandt View Photo Fredric Brandt passed away in March 2015 at the age of 65. The dermatologist worked on a number of big-time celebrities. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 41. Bob Burns View Photo Bob Burns of Lynyrd Skynyrd has died at the age of 64. The drummer will be missed. The End. 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Lisa Colagrossi, a 49-year-old New York TV news reporter for WABC, has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage while covering a story on Thursday. The veteran TV news reporter and anchor was remembered for her professionalism, compassion and reliable reporting after her death in NYC. Fans and colleagues started sharing tributes within hours of the news. Even her hockey team, the New York Rangers, shared condolences on Twitter. To them, the death of a morning news fixture felt like losing a loved one, many said, a testament to the role of local news in an age of global media. Her employer, WABC said in a statement that “Thursday seemed like just another morning, with Lisa Colagrossi doing what she did so well, reporting live.” “She was an amazing reporter, committed to Eyewitness News. She was dedicated to telling a story with honesty, a working woman, a hockey mom.” “She was gutsy and fearless. We here at Eyewitness News are still in shock and we’re trying to cope with the loss of someone we loved and valued.” It’s what New York came to know and expect from Lisa Colagrossi: “authentic, steady, reassuring reporting,” the station continued of “the ultimate pro.” Journalist Colagrossi, they said, could seamlessly “go from tackling crimes to financial news; Lisa could find humor even at the expense of herself.” “She covered some of the biggest stories in the Tri-State for almost 14 years. She started working at WABC the Sunday after the World Trade Center disaster.” Like most journalists, she made a few stops on her way to New York, starting in her native Cleveland before moving onto Alabama, West Virginia and Orlando. In a news town that’s notoriously tough to break into, Colagrossi “out-hustled other New York reporters from the very beginning,” anchor Lori Stokes said. “It’s hard to imagine mornings without Lisa. We here at Eyewitness News are still in shock and we’re trying to cope with the loss of someone we loved and valued.” She leaves behind two sons and a husband. Celebrities We Lost in 2015 1. Stuart Scott View Photo ESPN’s Stuart Scott (1965-2015) will forever be missed. The beloved anchor and personality passed away after a long battle with cancer in January at the age of 49. 2. Donna Douglas View Attachment Donna Douglas of the Beverly Hillbillies passed away in early 2015. She was 81 years old. 3. Mario Cuomo View Photo Mario Cuomo has passed away at the age of 82. He was New York’s Governor from 1983-1994. 4. Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle View Attachment Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle, both U.S. ski team prospects, have been killed in an avalanche. R.I.P. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 5. Andrae Crouch View Photo Andrae Crouch has died at the age of 72. The gospel music great passed away in January 2015. 6. Rod Taylor View Attachment Actor Rod Taylor (Time Machine, The Birds) died at the age of 84 in January. 7. Taylor Negron View Attachment Taylor Negron, a comic and actor is perhaps best known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, died at the age of 57. 8. Anita Ekberg View Attachment La Dolce Vita actress Anita Ekberg has passed away at the age of 83. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 9. Kim Fowley View Photo Kim Fowley has passed away. The producer and one of the legendary names in punk music was 75. 10. Greg Plitt Greg Plitt was a Bravo reality star. He was 37 years old when he was struck by a train in Burbank, California. 11. ASAP Yams View Photo ASAP Yams died at the age of 26. The Harlem native played/producer a key role in creating hip hop artists from that area of New York. 12. John Sundahl John Sundahl, a former boyfriend of Britney Spears, has been killed. He was shot down in a helicopter in Afghanistan. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 13. Dallas Taylor View Attachment Dallas Taylor, the drummer for Crosby, Stills & Nash, has passed away at the age of 66 in January 2015. 14. Darren Shahlavi View Photo Darren Shahlavi is seen here on the NBC drama Constantine. The actor sadly passed away in early 2015. 15. Violetta Degtiareva View Photo Violetta Degtiareva suddently died of heart failure January 12. The Russian tennis star was just 23 years old. 16. Monty Oum View Photo Monty Oum, an animator best known for his work with Rooster Teeth, has died at the age of just 33. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 17. Kayla Mueller View Video U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller was confirmed dead at the hands of ISIS in February. R.I.P. 18. Dean Smith Dean Smith retired from coaching in 1997 as the winningest coach in college basketball history. He passed away at the age of 83 in February of 2015. 19. Bob Simon The Emmy-winning reporter was killed in a NYC car accident in February. 20. David Carr View Photo David Carr, a popular columnist for the New York Times, died February 12 after collapsing in the newsroom. He was 58. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 21. Lesley Gore View Photo Lesley Gore passed away today at the age of 68. She is best remembered for her song “It’s My Party.” 22. Lorena Rojas Rest in peace, Lorena Rojas. This Mexican soap opera star lost her long battle with cancer in February. 23. Jerome Kersey Jerome Kersey, a 17-year NBA power forward, passed away at the age of 52 in February. 24. Betty Lou Motes View Attachment Betty Lou Motes, the beloved mother of Julia Roberts, died at the age of 80 in February. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 25. Harris Wittels Rest in peace, Harris Wittels. The comedian and TV producer died from a likely drug overdose at the age of 30. 26. Ahmad Givens View Photo Ahmad Givens was better known to VH1 fans as “Real.” He died of colon cancer in February of 2015. 27. Ben Woolf View Photo Ben Woolf appears here on American Horror Story: Freak Show. The actor passed away at the age of 34. 28. Ariel Camacho Ariel Camacho, a Mexican singer/songwriter, was only 22 years old when he was killed in a car accident. Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 29. Anthony Mason View Attachment Former New York Knicks star Anthony Mason passed away in February at the age of 48. 30. Charmayne Maxwell View Photo Charmayne Maxwell was a Grammy-nominated singer who tragically died at the age of 46. According to report, she passed away from wounds suffered after accidently cutting herself at home. 31. Sam Simon View Photo Sam Simon is best-known for helping to create The Simpsons. He passed away from colon cancer st age 59. 32. Windell D. Middlebrooks Windell D. Middlebrooks died suddenly at the young age of 36. Yup, he’s the Miller High Life guy! Advertisement A message from our sponsor. 33. Andy Fraser View Attachment Bassist and songwriter Andy Fraser of the rock band Free (“All Right Now”) died at the age of 62. 34. Lisa Colagrossi View Photo Lisa Colagrossi has passed away after suffering a brain hemorrhage on the job. The veteran NYC news reporter was just 49 years old. The End. Up Next: ” Celebrities We Lost in 2015 .” We’ll be redirecting you shortly…
#39;Despicable!#39;: People have hit out at this poster erected this week by Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where hundreds were attacked on Bloody Sunday in 1965. It features KKK founder Nathan Forrest. Today, the President will commemorate the hundreds of people brutally attacked on a bridge in Selma 50 years ago during a peaceful protest for racial equality. But just this week, a billboard was erected within sight of the historic location in memory of a Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan B
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