GUANGZHOU, China — President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.
In his first interview, Mark Ndesandjo told The Associated Press that he wrote "Nairobi to Shenzhen" in part to raise awareness of domestic violence.
A former teacher confessed to the murders of 20 women he says he wooed with promises of marriage - only to poison them with cyanide passed off as birth-control pills, Indian police said.
Forty-six-year-old Mohan Kumar confessed to a 20th murder Monday, a 35-year-old woman found dead in a Bangalore bus station, the Times of India reported.
"The confidence trickster used to lure innocent women promising to marry them and then elope with… Continue
The seven empty machines in the auditorium of Middle School 117X in the South Bronx said all you needed to know about this year's mayoral contest.
By 9 a.m., not a single voter could be spotted at any of them. Several machines had registered barely a dozen voters in three hours, and during the next half hour no one would walk in to cast a ballot.
"The low turnout is surprising," said Kathleen Larkins, one of the veteran election… Continue
An 11-year-old girl became one of the world's youngest mothers - after she went into labor at her wedding.
Kordeza Zhelyazkova, from Sliven, Bulgaria, was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara when she was rushed to the hospital, where she gave birth to a 5-pound, 8-ounce girl.
"I'm not going to play with toys anymore - I have a new toy now," Kordeza told reporters as she showed off little Violeta.
El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned.
The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an arrest warrant for reputed gang member Walter (Duke) Torres.
Torres tipped authorities to the plan after he and four other MS-13 members were stopped by NYPD… Continue
The mother of a Brooklyn man murdered by a hot-headed driver said Wednesday "it was not road rage," but an execution carried out by an old friend.
A despondent Lydia Blas told the Daily News the childhood friend "threatened" her son Ramon earlier Tuesday, the day of the murder.
Standing outside her 7th-floor walkup in Williamsburg, Blas, 61, said the old pal has vanished.
"No one will talk because all of Ramons friends are… Continue
That’s right guys, we just learned that Sheree and her ex husband, former NFL lineman Bob Whitfield used to record their love making. And now Bob’s threatening to release the tapes.
On Monday, Sheree's ex went on a sports talk radio show claiming that he had nude photos and videos of Sheree. According to Bob, he’s waiting for the right time and the right price before he releases them to the public.
TERRENCE HOWARD WITH HIS WIFE:
TERRENCE Howard and Taraji Henson -- co-hosts of the "Soul Train Awards" Tuesday in Atlanta -- sneaking a kiss in the VIP area at La Pomme on West 26th Street.
Larry Johnson is only 80 yards away from becoming the all time leading rusher for the Kansas City Chiefs -- but after his anti-gay slur scandal last week, Chiefs fans want him off the team before he has a chance to make history.
Hundreds of loyal Chiefs fans have signed a petition, begging the team owner to keep Larry Johnson's name out of the Chiefs Hall of Fame forever.
BEDFORD, Pa. – In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.
Fifty-six-year-old Evelyn Border and 35-year-old Tina Griekspoor stood outside the court for 4 1/2 hours Tuesday. They held signs that read: "I stole from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday! Don't steal or this could happen to… Continue
It has a big, bulbous headbeady black eyesand eight squirming tentacles. It's the octopus. Many would call it ugly and disgusting. The one thing they wouldn't call it is… Continue
Mary J. Blige is going back to the Bronx.
Major League Baseball says the Bronx-born singer will perform the national anthem at Yankee Stadium before Game Six of the World Series on Wednesday.
Blige is the latest superstar to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the championship matchup between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. John Legend and Alanis Morissette have also lent their voices to the traditional pre-game… Continue
LOS ANGELES - Rihanna's brutal beating at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown left her humiliated, lonely and feeling like Britney Spears, the singer says.
"I felt like I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears," the singer told Glamour magazine in her first print interview since the February attack.
"That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. It was like, What, there are helicopters circling my house?… Continue
Since Rihanna breaks her silence over being beaten by Chris Brown in a multipart interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer set to air Thursday and Friday.
"It's as a revealing an interview as I've seen," said a network insider. "She's just a brave, gracious young lady."
The first part will air Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America." More will air Friday on "GMA" and the piece will conclude Friday night at 10 on… Continue
An New York University student leaped to his death Tuesday from the 10th floor of the main library, police said.
Andrew Williamson-Noble, 20, of Irvington, N.Y., used an NYU-issued card to swipe himself into the Bobst Library, where he committed suicide around 4:30 a.m., sources said.
Witnesses reported hearing a "loud thud" when the junior's body hit the marble floor in the atrium of the library.
Mike Beck, a member of Fat Joe's K.A.R. collective, has reportedly passed.
While details are still sketchy, word is, the New York rapper was gunned down in Brooklyn late Friday (October 30), in a botched robbery attempt.
But, the death was confirmed by fellow rapper, N.O.R.E., who posted a message on his Twitter page (@Noreaga).
"Rest in peace. He was a real dude, Mike Beck. I did records for him n he ate in my crib, n drank… Continue
Hair's the ultimate way to show Yankees pride.
Forget replica jerseys and baseball caps - die-hard Bombers boosters wear their team's logo on their noggin.
Hairdos sporting the iconic interlocking NY are all the rage among the faithful during the Yanks' World Series run.
"It's good luck," said Tom McBride, 38, who was spotted with the cutting-edge haircut during the public broadcast of Game 4 in Yankee… Continue