CRIME & PUNISHMENT

De La Soul’s Posdnous has broken his silence on Instagram over the death of his groupmate and friend, Trugoy the Dove, and left him an emotional send-off. The 53-year-old took to the group’s Instagram page on Wednesday (February 22) with a post that contained archival pictures of the late Dave …

Amber Heard appealed the Johnny Depp defamation verdict, demanding a reversal or new trial and saying the outcome has a “chilling effect” on women speaking out. In a Nov. 23 Virginia Court of Appeals filing obtained by PEOPLE, Heard, 36, and her new lawyers questioned the June 1 verdict, as …

Investigators in New York City are looking for the five women and one man captured by surveillance cameras leaving the apartment of a 22-year-old woman who was murdered, and whose dismembered remains were found in suitcases last month. Multiple NYPD sources tell PEOPLE police have been questioning the ex-boyfriend of …

A Texas mother of six was shot and killed by her military recruiter husband while she was making a domestic violence complaint against him to Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents at their home, say authorities. At 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, Takara Glenn Hightower, 34, was being interviewed by NCIS …

It says Ihor Murashov was held as his car was on its way from the facility to the nearby town of Enerhodar at about 16:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Friday. He was then blindfolded and taken to an unknown location, Enerhoatom says. Russia has not commented. Moscow seized Europe’s …

Ed Sheeran is to stand trial in his $100 million copyright case. On Thursday, a Manhattan federal judge cleared the way for further legal action against the singer-songwriter, 31, who is accused of lifting elements from Marvin Gaye’s 1973 classic “Let’s Get It On” to write his own 2014 hit, “Thinking Out Loud.” …

She has a proven track record of helping the incarcerated attain freedom, and Kim Kardashian looks to be advocating for Gunna’s release. The rapper has remained behind bars for months, following being named alongside Young Thug and several others in a massive RICO case in Georgia. The authorities claim that YSL is not a record label …

This is an unfortunate turn of events for Lil Zay Osama. As the industry descends on Atlanta for the BET Hip Hop Awards, Zay was in Queens, New York, catching an Uber on what was expected to be a problem-free day. However, the rapper found himself arrested—and not only that, he …

At least 25 people have been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a humanitarian convoy in Ukraine, local officials say, per BBC. The rockets targeted civilians lined up in vehicles in Zaporizhzhia, a southern Ukraine city. The strike killed the passengers inside the cars, created deep craters on the floor and destroyed …

YNW Melly’s long-spanning murder case just got a lot more interesting. According to Complex, a Florida Sheriff’s Office accused the 23-year-old – born Jamell Demons – of attempting to plan a breakout from prison alongside another inmate named Nicholas Lewis using the help of Melly’s attorney. The damning allegations were revealed …