WASHINGTON – One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of Washington's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others as cars of the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first.
District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out in what he described as a "mass casualty event." Rescue workers propped… Continue
Video footage of the heated confrontation between Perez Hilton and Will.I.Am -- in which Perez can clearly be heard calling the Black Eyed Pea a "f**king f*ggot."
The footage begins in the middle of the verbal altercation outside an after-party for a music award show in Toronto -- moments after Hilton claims Will went after him like a "heat-seeking missile" and unleashed a verbal tirade at him.
With a crowd surrounding Perez, Will and Will's manager,… Continue
It's the last place he thought he'd catch a bullet.
A drug suspect being transported in a police van was hit by random gunfire sprayed across a Brooklyn street early today, cops said.
Edward Espinal, 26, was with two other prisoners in a van driven by cops from the Brooklyn South Narcotics squad when shots rang out at Atlantic Avenue and Saratoga Avenue in Brownsville.
One of the bullets struck Espinal in the back, cops… Continue
New York City was speaking diva last night, and to the luck of thousands, the Diva spoke back.
Beyonce ignited America last night as the firecracker of pop kicked off her "I Am" world tour at Madison Square Garden. Complete with a roped off "Diva Section" and a set list that did not disappoint, Ms. Knowles -- or is it Miss. Z? -- gave a stellar performance.
Speaking of Mr. Z -- or is it Mr. Knowles? -- he made a cameo during her show, bringing his rap chorus… Continue
About 800 Canada geese have been trapped and gassed around New York City’s two airports in an effort to reduce the kinds of bird strikes that led to the ditching of a jetliner in the Hudson River last winter
Birds have been culled from 15 sites within five miles of LaGuardia and Kennedy airports.
U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Carol Bannerman says agency biologists and other specialists are trapping and euthanizing… Continue
Lady Gaga hit the stage with pyrotechnics shooting from her breasts at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday night. After her electrifying performance she won best international video artist award for her hit song 'Poker… Continue
Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case. He won't do jail time, but he will spend 6 months doing things like road cleanup. He's also been ordered to stay 50 yards clear of Rihanna.
He'll spend 180 days doing community labor (8 hours a day -- 1440 hours total) -- which is, in effect, hard labor. He'll do his service in Virginia which is where Brown lives. A Virginia law enforcement officer told us Brown will be picking up trash, pulling… Continue
We're told there's a reason Polo Molina, the general manager of the Black Eyed Peas, turned himself in. Sources tell us Toronto cops said they would not let any of the Peas out of the country unless they got their man.
The Peas are on tour, so being locked in Toronto would have created big problems.
Perez Hilton claims Molina beat him in the eye last night, after the MuchMusic Awards.
Blogger Perez Hilton was brutally beaten last night. We're still not 100% sure what went down, but here's what we know so far. Apparently Will.i.Am confronted Perez Hilton about something Perez wrote on his blog - and things went left.
According to Will.i.Am, Perez started getting real reckless with his mouth. He allegedly ran up in Will’s face and yelled, “You’re a f*ggot Will.i.Am.” After that things got… Continue
ATLANTA — There was definitely a little tension in the air, mixed with excitement and anticipation for the city's annual super show, radio station Hot 107.9's Birthday Bash at the Philips Arena. For a decade and a half the station has brought together the best of the best in hip-hop and R&B for one gigantic shindig.
This year, the city was anticipating two of their hometown bigwigs, Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy. The two rocked the concert last year and, for Gucc,… Continue
Sixty-seven Filipino men working in Saudi Arabia face jail and lashes after being arrested at a party in drag, officials said Saturday.
"They had alcohol and some were dressed up like women," Philippines embassy Vice Consul Roussel Reyes said.
Both drinking and cross-dressing are forbidden under Saudi Arabia's conservative Islam-based sharia laws, and both could bring up to six months in prison and lashes.
Michael Bay sent a scathing email to Paramount Studios before the release of "Transformers 2," complaining in effect that his famous director friends would be shocked at the way Paramount was promoting the flick.
We've obtained an email dated May 4, 2009 -- from Bay to Paramount head Brad Grey, along with a bunch of other Paramount honchos. Bay complains bitterly that Paramount's ad campaign for "Transformers 2" was tepid and… Continue
LeBron James is good and he has no problem reminding people about it.
A few days after slyly pointing out to people he won the Most Valuable Player award, King James was spotted in St. Tropez yesterday directing people to his bank account for further affirmation of his supremacy.
A disturbing video of a young woman purportedly shot to death on the streets of Tehran during post-election protests is becoming a touchstone for the opposition.
The horrific footage, posted on YouTube, shows the victim who was watching the protests with her father, collapsing after what sounds like a spray of gunfire is heard in the background.
The gunman, who was "hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house, aimed straight [at] her heart," said the… Continue
It's a jailhouse crock.
City prison officials acted like an entourage of fawning valets for rapper Foxy Brown when she was locked up on Rikers Island, hanging out in her cell, bringing meals and makeup, giving her unlimited TV and phone use, and toting her bags when she was released last April.
Brown, who did nine months for a parole violation after she punched and kicked two nail-salon manicurists in 2006, wore Gucci sneakers and a… Continue