5-16-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s lawyers have asked the state Supreme Court for another chance to have his criminal sexual-assault case thrown out. The defense argued that the current district attorney cannot go back on the word of a predecessor who has said he promised Cosby wouldn’t be charged in the case.…… MORE
5-13-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NEW YORK (AP) — Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died in New York at age 116. Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Gerontology Research Group, says Jones died at a senior home in Brooklyn Thursday night. He said she had been ill for the past 10 days. Jones…… MORE
5-12-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The pistol former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin is going up for auction online. In an interview with Orlando, Florida, TV station WOFL, Zimmerman said he had just gotten the pistol back from the U.S. Justice Department, which took it…… MORE
5-11-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in the month before his death, including the day before he died, and prescribed him medication, according to contents of a search warrant that were revealed Tuesday even as authorities revisited the musician’s estate. Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince on April…… MORE
5-9-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — UAB running back Gregory Bryant was declared brain-dead Sunday, a day after he was found shot in a car on Interstate 95 in South Florida. West Palm Beach Police spokeswoman Lori Colombino said Bryant was declared brain-dead at 1 p.m. Sunday. Her statement added the investigation…… MORE
5-5-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Sipping filtered city water to show it’s again drinkable, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to ride herd on leaders at all levels of government until every drop of water flowing into homes in Flint, Michigan, is safe to use. He also promised that the aging pipes that contaminated…… MORE
5-4-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination. The conservative tea party firebrand who cast himself as the only viable alternative to Trump announced his exit after a stinging defeat in Indiana’s Republican primary. “It appears…… MORE
5-3-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Afeni Shakur, the mother of legendary rapper Tupac, has died. She was 69. WSB TV reports: The Marin County Sheriff’s Department in California confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Shakur died late Monday night. Afeni, opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in…… MORE
5-2-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys are tackling the complicated job of dividing up Prince‘s estate. The first hearing is scheduled Monday in probate court in Carver County in suburban Minneapolis. Prince’s full sister, Tyka Nelson, filed papers last week saying Prince had no known will. That means under Minnesota law his estate…… MORE
4-29-2016-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- ATLANTA (AP) — Comedian and actor Katt Williams was arrested after he threw a salt shaker at a restaurant manager, police in an Atlanta suburb said Thursday. Officers responded to a call of a fight at Spondivits restaurant just south of Atlanta a little after 10 p.m. Wednesday, East Point police Capt.…… MORE
Snoop Dogg, the West Coast rap icon turned cultural mainstay, is officially bringing his life story to the big screen. Read more about Snoop’s upcoming biopic, film and TV deal with Universal inside. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Doggfather has signed a multi-year first-look deal with NBCUniversal through his Death Row Pictures banner, solidifying a…
NBC is going from being the Peacock network to the Canine network after inking a new deal with Snoop Dogg. Snoop’s Death Row Pictures has inked a multi-year creative partnership with NBC Universal. Part of the deal will bring him back to The Voice next season, and he’ll continue his cross-platform appearances, like he did…
Shannon Sharpe is being accused of sexual assault and battery. A civil lawsuit filed in Nevada by Jane Doe says she and Sharpe were in a “rocky consensual relationship” for almost two years. The woman claims that Sharpe recorded their sexual relations without her permission. Jane Doe said the infamous live stream where Sharpe allegedly…
SZA‘s new business venture is Not Beauty — literally. She just launched a new cosmetic line under the label. Fans at Grand National Tour stops this weekend were the first to get their hands on products from the new line. The initial offering includes a trio of lip glosses, called In the Flesh, Strawberry Jelly and Quartz,…