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North Carolina Court Deemed Rap Lyrics Admissible In Murder Case
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld Billy Barrino’s life sentence for first-degree murder, rejecting challenges to the admission of rap lyrics, surveillance footage and jury instructions in his 2024 trial. Barrino, 28, argued that the trial court improperly excluded self-defense instructions and allowed prejudicial evidence to influence the jury’s verdict. The appellate court found no reversible error in the proceedings. Barrino shot and killed 24-year-old Jaleel Nivens on April 23,
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Man Charged After Pushing 23-Year-Old Mom & Baby From 15th-Floor NYC Balcony
A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly pushed his estranged girlfriend and their infant daughter from a 15th-floor balcony in the Bronx earlier this week. The New York Police Department identified the victim as 23-year-old Nathaly Ramirez, who was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center following the fall. Her 8-month-old daughter, who was reportedly being held by Ramirez at the time of the incident, remains in critical but stable condition at the same facility. Au
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Lil Wayne Says He And Drake Have A Vault Of Unreleased Collabs
Lil Wayne has confirmed that he and Drake possess a massive vault of unreleased music that could eventually be shared with the public. During a recent appearance on “The Joint Venture Show,” the Young Money founder detailed the extensive backlog of songs the two hip-hop titans have recorded over the last decade. The Grammy-winning rapper noted that the archive is not merely a collection of recent scraps but includes significant work dating back to at least 2014. Wayne explained that he frequ
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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson, whose work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for what the Swedish Academy called her "bold and inventive oeuvre". "Crazy, I think they're all crazy," Carson told Icelandic broadcaster RUV when asked how she was feeling after learning she had won while on the Arctic island. "I'll get a sticker on the front of my book." Carson, 76, who was born in Toronto and has a
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