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Caster Semenya Can Run Free—For Now—As Court Rules She Won’t Have to Take Drugs to Lower Testosterone Levels
Calling it a victory for women’s “human rights,” South African runner Caster Semenya and her legal team are cheering a Swiss court’s ruling that allows her to continue competing without taking testosterone-lowering drugs while she continues her appeals. At issue is an International Association of Athletics Federation rule that governs how much natural testosterone female…
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Doin’ It for the—Reality TV? Black Ink Crew: Chicago Stars Hit With Suit Charging They Really Jumped Somebody
A case of when keeping it real goes wrong? The “real” in this case is reality TV. The potential wrong? Well, according to a lawsuit filed by a gentleman named Ronnie Spates, the stars of reality TV’s Black Ink Crew: Chicago really beat his ass at a party for their show. Spates claims he “suffered…
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Medical Examiner Confirms Remains Found in Arkansas Are Those of 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis
Decomposed remains found in Arkansas late last week have been confirmed to be those of 4-year-old Maleah Davis, the Houston child reported missing from Texas in early May by her mother’s then-fiance, who was subsequently arrested in connection to the case. As KTRK ABC 13 reports, police in Fulton, Ark., Friday said a road crew…
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The Real ‘MVP’: Barack Obama Steals Drake’s Thunder at Game 2 of the NBA Finals
While Drake has made himself the talk of this year’s NBA Finals with all his trash talk on behalf of his beloved Toronto Raptors, the rapture during Sunday night’s Game 2 was about a much bigger player: Barack Obama. The beloved forever former president garnered cheers from the Toronto crowd of “MVP! MVP!” when his…
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West Virginia Woman Who Called Michelle Obama ‘Ape in Heels’ Headed to Prison for Embezzling $18,000 in FEMA Aid
Ah, karma. The ousted director of a West Virginia nonprofit who got the boot after referring to then (and always) first lady Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels” is now headed to federal prison for wrongly accepting monies meant for flood victims. Pamela Taylor, 57, was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in prison and…
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Good Eating? Beef Jerky, Stuffed Olives and Spray Cheese Would Count As Staples for Food Stamp Recipients Under Trump Proposal
In what one may expect from an administration headed by someone who’s tried to make haute cuisine out of McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s and has an apparent love affair with KFC, the Trump administration is proposing adding “foods” like spray-can cheese, beef jerky and stuffed olives to the list of nutritious staples people can…
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Missouri’s Last Abortion Provider Can Remain Open for Business — for Now
Missouri’s only abortion clinic — The. Only. One. In. The. Entire. State. — has dodged the bullet and will remain open, at least for now. Despite protests from Missouri health officials, St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer issued an order Friday that will allow Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic to continue performing abortions open even…
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What’s Pimpin’, Pippen? NBA Great Scottie Pippen’s Suing a 5-Year-Old and Her Parents in Dispute Over Damages to His $10,000,000 Mansion
It’s a damn shame when you put up folks in your home and they — literally — piss all over it. That’s the charge NBA great Scottie Pippen is making in a lawsuit he’s filed against lawyer-turned-standup comic Lindsay Glazer Woloshin and her family — including her 5-year-old — whom he accuses of trashing his…
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Woman Charged With Killing a Man After Chasing Him Down Following a Hit-and-Run Gets $100,000 Bail
In a case that conjures up portions of the George Zimmerman case, a woman who faces murder charges after police say she fatally shot a 62-year-old driver in the stomach after confronting him following a hit-and-run has been given a $100,000 bond. Hannah Payne, 21, of Fayetteville, Ga., is accused of ignoring 911 dispatchers’ directives…
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Unsealed Documents in Jussie Smollett Case Reveal Cops Were Told in Advance a Deal Was in the Works
Chicago prosecutors told police a deal with Jussie Smollett was probable about a month before all charges against him were formally dropped, according to documents found within hundreds of pages of investigative records released to the public by Chicago police Thursday. The docu-dump comes a week after a judge ordered records in Smollett’s case unsealed.…
