WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government's authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists.

The warrantless intercept program would have expired at the end of 2012 without the president's approval. The renewal bill won final passage in…

For the first time in YEARS, Chris Brown and Rihanna arrived at a public event TOGETHER -- sitting side-by-side at the Lakers vs. Knicks game at Staples Center.



The two arrived to the arena in the same car earlier today, but got out of the vehicle separately. They eventually met up inside and sat down together in their…

WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Authorities say four firefighters were shot, two of them killed while responding to a house fire in western New York.

Officials in the town of Webster tell local media outlets that someone shot at firefighters around 6 a.m. Monday when they arrived at the scene of the blaze just east of Rochester.

The dead are Lt. Mike…

Public relations experts who have experience working with the gun industry expressed horror on Friday afternoon at the National Rifle Association's response to the Newtown, Conn., shootings.

The group's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, struck a…

After a winning many competitions and going up against some of the world’s most beautiful women in some swanky costumes, Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned Miss Universe in Sao, Paulo, Brazil last night. Angola, for those who don’t know, is a country in south-central Africa. It was once a Portuguese colony. But now that the…

REGGAE star Buju Banton is now being transferred from the Pinellas County Jail in Florida to a correctional facility in Mississippi to begin serving his 10-year sentence.

Banton will be taken to the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez,…

Reggae crooner Jah Cure wed his beauty pageant girlfriend Kamila Mcdonald in a small wedding ceremony yesterday at the Tryall Clubs, close to where the singer was born.

The intimate ceremony consists of close family and friends of…

M.I.A. released an unfinished demo via Twitter early this morning titled "27," which we caught wind of via Disco Naivete. Complete with lyrics on her Soundcloud site, the artist left a note dedicating it "to all my friends who died at 27."…

As Buju Banton begins his lengthy 10 year sentence in a Florida federal prison, several reggae celebrities continues to weigh in on his conviction and what it means for reggae music.

In a recent interview with Sohh, reggae…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Two-time Olympian and sprinting coach Pablo McNeil, who mentored 100- and 200-meter world record-holder Usain Bolt in high school, has died. He was 71.

McNeil, who suffered a serious stroke in 2007, died in a hospital Monday after a long illness, the Ministry of Sports announced…

REPORTS out of Canada indicate that reggae artiste Capleton wowed his audience at a concert in Brampton, Ontario, despite protest from local gay rights groups.

The protests prompted organisers to move the Canada Day concert from the original venue in downtown Toronto — which was hosting pride week activities.

Capleton’s manager…

Convicted Reggae artiste Buju Banton has been transferred from the Pinellas County Jail to the Citrus County Jail in Tampa, Florida.

The artiste will be processed by correctional staff at that penal facility before he knows where he will spend his 10 year sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilogrammes of…

Defense attorney representing incarcerated Reggae icon Buju Banton says his assets will not be seized by the United States Government as suggested in legal circles.

"There was no basis in law or in fact for the government to go after Buju's assets. The so-called lawyer who was going around saying that the government could and would try to take Buju's assets does not…

It was a really trying Sunday afternoon for Lisa Hyper after the dancehall deejay was doused with urine by her former friend and ended up being charged with assault.

According to Lisa Hyper, she acted in self defense and threw several blows after being provoked.

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Grammy winning reggae star Buju Banton may serve only 6 of the 10 years he was sentenced for, according to his attorney David Markus.

In a press conference on Thursday (June 23), Markus told reporters that Banton will be credited with the 18 months he spent incarcerated in the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida.

“He will get credit for all the time he was…

Dancehall reggae artist Buju Banton, embroiled in a longstanding drug case which ended in mistrial in 2010, was earlier today sentenced to serve 10 years at the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse by Judge James T. Moody. Banton – real name Mark Myrie – will serve his time at the FCI prison facility in Miami where the singer first incurred his cocaine charges in 2009.

The…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Family members, fans and supporters have pleaded for leniency for Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton, who likely will be sentenced to prison Thursday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.

The dozens of letters to U.S. District Judge James S. Moody are included in the court file for the 37-year-old recording artist, whose given name is Mark Myrie. Several…

However, Buju, whose real name is Mark Myrie, might not have to cut off his trademark dreadlocks and will be allowed to practise his Rastafarian beliefs under strict supervision.

Chris Burke, a public affairs specialist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC, said federal prison guidelines bar inmates from conducting "business activities" while they are…