The Daily News is reporting that the mother of Jovan Belcher, the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker who killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself, is close to gaining custody of the couple’s 4-month-old daughter, Zoey, and his estate. Zoey is believed to be residing in Texas with the family of her slain mother,…

Saying she couldn’t imagine a better place to live, Tina Turner is seeking to trade in her United States passport to become a Swiss citizen. Turner has lived in Switzerland since the mid-1990s, ABC News reports. The “Private Dancer” singer has lived in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht since the mid-1990s. The Zuerichsee-Zeitung newspaper said…

The Associated Press is reporting that a fire ripped through a crowded nightclub in Southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 232 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and patrons stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said. It appears to be the world’s deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade. The tragedy comes…

First daughters Sasha and Malia wear colorful outfits on Inauguration Day: Malia, 14, sported a magenta J. Crew coat (she also wore one on Inauguration Day in 2009) and violet tights for the big day, while Sasha, 11, opted for a purple Kate Spade coat and a white necklace Monday morning, the Huffington Post reports. Conservative…

Drawing cheers like rock stars, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama exited the limousine for the traditional inaugural walk in the parade from Capitol Hill to the White House. The duo waved to cheering, flag-waving crowds lining Pennsylvania Avenue to celebrate the beginning of the president’s second term, the Associated Press reports. Obama,…

According to concertgoers, rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown offstage and escorted from a Washington, D.C., concert hall Sunday night after going on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant during a preinaugural concert, the Daily Caller reports. Josh Rogin, a reporter with Foreign Policy magazine, tweeted late Sunday, “Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the…

First lady Michelle Obama’s Inauguration Day outfit — an all-American combination of high-end designer and mall-shop affordable chic — proved a memorable choice, according to USA Today. First lady Michelle Obama’s Inauguration Day outfit is an all-American, high-low, coat-and-dress mix, but it’s so cold in Washington you couldn’t see the dress under the coat. Or…

President Barack H. Obama was sworn in for a second term on Monday, using his second inaugural address to call for renewed efforts to fight climate change, invest in education and ensure equal rights for gays, the Washington Post reports. Obama, 51, took his oath at 11:51 a.m. on a gray and chilly day in…

A defiant Shawty Lo tells critics he’s a proud, responsible father to his 11 children: During an interview with MTV News, the Atlanta-based rapper said, “I’m taking care of my kids, providing for my family.” Of the 10 mothers, he said, he has problems only with one. “She has two kids by me, and she feel…

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has released an ambitious 50-year plan to revitalize the shrinking and struggling city, including a blueprint to clear parts of nearly vacant neighborhoods for parks and relax rules to pave the way for startup companies to move into the area, the Associated Press reports. Bing released the 349-page plan on Wednesday…