A Staten Island grand jury cleared an NYPD cop in the chokehold death of Eric Garner during his caught-on-video arrest for peddling loose cigarettes, the Staten Island district attorney confirmed Wednesday. The panel voted a “no-bill” and dismissed all potential charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo. The blockbuster...
BALRAM Vaswani's new position as chief ganja officer (CGO) at the US-based Ganja Inc and associated companies puts him at the centre of a high-growth industry. Vaswani moved from Kingston to cash in on coffee in Denver, Colorado last year, but soon segued into ganja, which...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – US comedian Bill Cosby resigned his position on the board of trustees at a US university Monday in the wake of renewed sexual assault allegations. "I have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and...
Jamaican singer Anita Antoinette Fearon's journey on The Voice came to an end Tuesday. She was eliminated in the Top 10 stage of the popular NBC talent contest. She performed a reggae version of British singer Passenger's Let Her Go which failed to impress voters and...
KAMPALA, Ouganda (AFP) — A court in Uganda on Friday upheld the conviction for criminal negligence of a HIV-infected nurse who inserted a needle into a two-year-old child after pricking herself, but ordered she be given early release from prison. The case has sharply divided Ugandans,...