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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James doesn’t like that former Full House star Lori Loughlin gets to choose which Big House she’ll be incarcerated in. On Friday, James posted on Instagram his disapproval of Loughlin's upcoming prison sentence, his remarks coming a day after it was revealed that Loughlin can choose…

President Donald Trump this morning tweeted that “animals” shot two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies last night in Compton, California. The two sheriffs were ambushed at point-blank range by an unknown shooter on Saturday night in Compton, a city in South Central Los Angeles. Trump said the shooter, who fired…

Frank Cullotta, a veteran mobster who later became a Las Vegas attraction for his in-depth knowledge of organized crime’s history in Sin City, has died. He was 81 and passed from complications caused by COVID-19. Cullotta was the right-hand man to Anthony “The Ant” Spilotro, portrayed by Joe Pesci in the film Casino.…

Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the "Golden State Killer" who terrorized California during a two-decade, six county rape, murder and robbery spree, was sentenced Friday to 11 consecutive terms of life without parole. The subject of an HBO documentary series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, which was based on writer Michell…

Two New York men were arrested for the murder of RUN DMC’s Jam Master Jay nearly 18 years after his death. On Monday, the Eastern District of New York arrested and charged Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr. for the musician’s, born Jason Mizell, long-unsolved slaying. The famed DJ was killed on Oct. 30, 2002 at his…

R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell has been charged in New York with threatening to shoot up a Manhattan screening room that was showing the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly in 2018. The charges were announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI. Russell was one…

UPDATE, AUGUST 7: A transient sex offender has been charged in connection with the death of poker player Susie Zhao. Jeffrey Bernard Morris was charged by White Lake Township, Mich. police with first-degree premeditated murder. Police are still trying to piece together the circumstances. Police said Zhao met Morris at…

Twitter said that a high-profile hack earlier this month first targeted a small number of employees through a phone "spear phishing" attack, using their credentials to access the system and contact other staffers who had access key support tools. "Using the credentials of employees with access to these tools, the…

Actress Spencer Grammer wanted to stop a situation from escalating. She got more than she bargained for. Grammer is best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science fiction series Rick and Morty and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college comedy-drama series Greek. She…

UPDATE: LAPD now says four individuals were arrested during Saturday night’s protests that resulted in a citywide tactical alert. Three protesters were arrested for battery on a police officer. One was arrested for possessing a machete and causing a disturbance. A total of four officers and three protesters were…

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie actor Johnny Ortiz is in a very bad place today, facing attempted murder charges that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Arrested back in late May, the 24-year-old Ortiz and 18-year old co-defendant Armando Miguel Navarro appeared in court in downtown Los Angeles this…

Four people threw blue paint on the “Black Lives Matter” mural on New York City’s Fifth Avenue on Friday, the second attack on the artwork in a week. The vandals were arrested after the 4 PM Friday incident, police said. The mural is located near Trump Tower on the famed street. Earlier in the week, a man dumped red…