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DALLAS (AP) — The Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland after a confrontation that began with a traffic stop was once cautioned about "unprofessional conduct" in a 2014 incident while he was still a probationary trooper, according to documents released Friday. Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago-area woman, was found dead in her Waller County jail cell in Hempstead, about 200 miles south of Dallas, on July 13, three days after her arrest. Officials say used a plastic bag to hang herself, a finding her family has questioned. Bland's family and others also have criticized Trooper Brian Encinia, who stopped Bland for failing to signal a lane change. The Texas Department of Public Safety released Encinia's personnel file in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Associated Press. Encinia had been with the department for a little over a year. For the most part, his file was unremarkable. He received "competent" ratings in all of the eva...

Three young Chechen women are in trouble after being caught scamming Islamic State (IS) fighters out of thousands of dollars by posing as wannabe jihadi brides, according to reports in Russia. The women are reportedly now being held by Russian authorities on charges of suspected fraud. Russian website  Life News  reported that the scam began on social networks, where the women would begin to contact IS militants in Syria and Iraq. If the targeted jihadi "bought" their ruse, the girl would send him pictures. One of those involved, Maryam, told the website that one man in particular began communicating with her at first. "He began to lure me, saying: 'Do you want to come to Syria, [it is] very good.' I told him that I had no money," she said. So the man wired her 10,000 rubles ($168). After Maryam received the money, she deleted her social media accounts, setting up new ones and finding a new set of new...

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who trash talked his way to the main event of the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, has died. He was 61. The WWE says Piper died Friday. It had no additional details. Piper, born Roderick Toombs, was the second WWE Hall of Famer to die this summer following the June death of Dusty Rhodes. Piper's death also comes days after Hulk Hogan, his biggest rival for decades, was fired by the WWE. Hogan had used racial slurs in a conversation captured on a sex tape. Piper and Hogan battled for years and headlined some of the biggest matches during the 1980s. Hogan and Mr. T defeated Piper and Paul Orndorff on March 31, 1985, at the first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden. Piper was a villain for the early portion of his career, once cracking a coconut over the skull of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. He later starred in the movie "They Live." WWE chairman Vince McMahon says Piper "was one of the most enter...

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese police on Saturday arrested Mark Karpeles, CEO of the collapsed MtGox bitcoin exchange, over the loss of nearly $390 million worth of the virtual currency, local media said. Karpeles, 30, is suspected of having accessed the computer system of the exchange and falsifying data on its outstanding balance, Kyodo News and public broadcaster NHK said. The global virtual currency community was shaken by the shuttering of MtGox, which froze withdrawals in February 2014 because of what the firm said was a bug in the software underpinning Bitcoin that allowed hackers to pilfer them. The exchange filed for bankruptcy protection soon after, admitting it had lost 850,000 coins worth 48 billion yen ($387 million) at the time. Karpeles later said he had found some 200,000 of the lost bitcoins in a "cold wallet" -- a storage device such as a memory stick that is not connected to other computers. Bitcoins are generated by complex chains of interactions ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida man returned to jail on Friday to await trial on attempted murder charges in a roadway shooting involving George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. A judge revoked the bond of Matthew Apperson, 36, following a complaint that he had violated its conditions by urinating on a neighbor’s front door. Apperson had been released on $35,000 bond and ordered to wear a GPS tracking devise following his arrest earlier this year in connection with a roadside altercation with Zimmerman. Zimmerman suffered a minor injury from flying glass after Apperson fired a shot at him through his car window, authorities have said. The May incident occurred in Lake Mary, Florida, a suburb of Orlando. The incident marked Zimmerman's latest brush with law enforcement since his acquittal in Martin's death, a case that spurred civil rights rallies and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of emails that traversed Hillary Clinton's private, unsecure home server contain national security information now deemed too sensitive to make public, according to the latest batch of records released Friday. In 2,206 pages of emails, the government censored passages to protect national security at least 64 times in 37 messages, including instances when the same information was blacked-out multiple times. Clinton has said she never sent classified information from her private email server, which The Associated Press was first to identify as operating in her home in New York. The Friday release brings the volume of emails publicly released by the State Department to roughly 12 percent of the 55,000 pages Clinton had turned over to department lawyers earlier this year. That falls short of the 15 percent goal set by a court ruling in May, a lag the State Department attributed to interest by the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community...

(Reuters) - Puerto Rico will miss a payment on debt due Aug. 1, the governor's chief of staff said on Friday, an event that will be considered a default by investors as the commonwealth lurches towards what could be one of the largest U.S. municipal debt restructurings in history.

US country singer Lynn Anderson, best known for her 1971 hit (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden, dies, aged 67.

With allegations mounting against  Bill Cosby , his former producer is hoping  The Cosby Show 's reputation won't crumble like that of its star. Tom Werner  is speaking out about the scandal surrounding the 78-year-old, who is accused of sexually assaulting -- and sometimes drugging -- over 40 women throughout the course of his career. While the producer didn't want to comment on the comedian specifically, he did want to address what this could mean for the popular program. Tom hopes that, in spite of the controversy surrounding its titular actor,  The Cosby Show  is still perceived with positivity, saying: "The legacy of the show is obviously very important to me, because the show was a groundbreaking show and it portrayed a middle-class African American family in a very positive way. It had a lot of stories that resonated with families because people watched it together. Obviously it's a challenging time for Bill Cosby and a challeng...

Naomi Campbell is NOT having a happy Friday! On July 31, Naomi was sentenced to 6 months in jail by an Italian court for scratching a photog's eye in 2009. Ouch, sounds painful! According to the victim, he was photographing Campbell with her then boyfriend,  Vladimir Doronin , when the model struck him in the eye with her purse. While the photographer initially pressed charges, they were withdrawn after a behind the scenes settlement was reached. Unfortunately for the 45-year-old, a judge decided to proceed with the case due to the media attention and public fascination. The fashionista's attorney said of the Friday ruling: "We are appealing the ruling surrounding the 2009 incident. Due to the ongoing legal process, we cannot discuss the matter further at this time." Sounds like Naomi's attorney has a lot of work to do! We'll keep you updated as the case  progresses !

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican judge temporarily suspended a U.S. extradition order on Friday for the fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman even though the federal attorney general's office had approved it a day earlier.

It's no secret that  Khloé Kardashian  is suuuuuper into working out! We've seen countless  Instagram  selfies from the gym, and we have to say, her body be BANGIN'! You did see her Complex  cover (above), right? Well, now she's opening up about her exercise obsession! She dished about her love of working out during an Australian radio interview, saying: "I'm so into it. Even this morning, I've been up since 2:30 because I was jetlagged and couldn't sleep, and I still went to the gym this morning." Dang! That's commitment! But, the 31-year-old did clarify that it was a relatively easy routine that morning: "It wasn't that intense here because I'm still jetlagged, but I make sure that I go. Even 30 minutes you feel, 'Okay, I feel good about myself.'" The reality star explained that she usually ups the intensity when she's stateside, and has shed quite a few pounds because of it, saying: ...

Talk about #goals... literally! North West  has officially begun the childhood rite of passage that is participating in youth soccer, which means  Kim Kardashian West  can now join the ranks of the multitude of women in the world who identify as soccer moms! The expecting mother snapped a sweet shot to  Instagram  (above) on Friday of her 2-year-old daughter looking like a pint-sized pro on the field! The tiny tot was donning a black t-shirt, shorts, and socks -- which were pulled up over her itty bitty shin guards -- as she kicked and carried a soccer ball that looks like it's bigger than her head! Did you see her cute cleats?! We can't even! The proud momma captioned the precious pic: "Officially a soccer mom!#MyLittleGoalie ⚽️⚽️⚽️" Awwwww! What an adorable athlete North is shaping up to be!

The founder of MtGox - once the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange - is arrested by Japanese police investigating loss of nearly $400m.

This is so silly and we LOVES it! Famous friends  Jessie J  and  Jason Derulo  met up in Australia on Thursday to share a simple steak dinner, and apparently a few laughs! The singers were just catching up and enjoying their delicious dinner together, when things got goofy. The British beauty posted a video to  Instagram  of Jason attempting to speak in an English accent, but it didn't take long before the  Want To Want Me  singer couldn't contain his laughter! Ch-ch-check it out (below)! @jasonderulo doing his best English accent 👀😂😫A video posted by Jessie J (@isthatjessiej) on Jul 30, 2015 at 6:29pm PDT But then the camera turns on Jessie, who decides to prove she can  Do It Like A Dude , or at least like an American! Watch the 27-year-old try to keep it together! Me being super shiny and pretending to be American | Can't knock a girl for trying | Effort 10 | Success 3? 😂😫🙋🏻 A video posted by Jessie J (@isthatje...

Kardashians and Jenners still call Caitlyn ‘Bruce’. Instagram Khloe Kardashian  has admitted they still call transgender  Caitlyn Jenner , ‘Bruce’, which is completely fine. She told  The Project : ‘We, my sisters and I, we still call Caitlyn,‘Bruce’ and we’ve been told that’s completely fine. We are allowed to call her any name we want to. Because on the phone, when she calls me, it’s the same voice as Bruce. And if I’m not physically with her, it’s hard to remember in the moment that I’m talking to Caitlyn, if that makes sense.’ Khloe also admitted how it was a hard time for the entire family, which she thinks is not really normal. She continued: ‘But I think there was a hard time for the entire family, that we were all transitioning with her, but in front of an audience, I think that’s not really the normal way to go about it, you know.There is a lot of raw emotions, that it’s hard to do in front of a camera.’

The Undertaker sues Meek Mill for sampling his entrance song. Photos: WWE/Meek Mill WWE Legend,  The Undertaker , has reportedly filed a $500,000 lawsuit against rapper  Meek Mill  for illegally sampling his famous entrance music. The song ‘Wanna Know’ is a diss track aimed at  Drake  who over the last couple of days has been caught up in a controversy with Meek Mill. The track has since been getting negative views since it was released, and not everyone seemed to have liked the diss track, especially legendary wrestler, The Undertaker. ‘I don’t know if he didn’t think I was going hear it, but I did’ said The Undertaker whose real name is  Mark Calaway . ‘I wouldn’t have filed a lawsuit if the track was actually good. But since he included my theme in a f**king garbage track, I’m angry. My plain theme song was a better diss itself than Meek Mill’s.’ he said.

Meek Mill compares himself and Nicki Minaj to Jay Z and Beyonce. Photo: Instagram Meek Mill  has compared himself and  Nicki Minaj  to  Jay Z  and  Beyonce . The rapper admitted he sees similarities between himself and Jay Z and believes rappers shouldn’t have to always appear independent. Referring to criticism from the likes of  Drake , he told Billboard magazine: ‘You can’t be hard all the time, man. ‘There’s both sides to everything. What’s wrong with it? Jay Z was a street rapper and he had a girlfriend.’

The late Meek Mill, who passed away Wednesday as a result of getting bodied by Drake’s “Back to Back” diss track, continues to talk shit about Drake from beyond the grave. His rebuttal song, released Thursday, was  generally viewed as soft and wack , but Ghost Meek did score one good hit: What’s this about Drake getting pissed on in a movie theater? “You let Tip homie piss on you in a movie theater, nigga, we ain’t forget.” Indeed? Indeed, sayeth Thirty Mile Zone, which reports the peeing went down in 2010, when Drake hit up a private Sony screening of “Takers,” starring T.I. Everyone was allegedly intoxicated, and Drake ended up in a fight over a seat with one of T.I.’s childhood friends. Drake wouldn’t move, so, allegedly, T.I.’s childhood friend peed on him. Just totally normal dude stuff. “We’re told Drake ran out of the theater, screaming ‘motherfucker,’” TMZ reports. That’s funny—almost as funny as the time Drake exposed Meek Mill as a Twitte...

Kanye's face just says everything! These pictures have gone viral, and are taken from Caitlyn's new reality show "I Am Cait". See more photos after the jump:

Dionne Warwick to boycott Bobbi Kristina’s funeral. Photo: US Magazine Bobbi Kristina ’s godmother ,  Dionne Warwic k has threatened to boycott her funeral over the ‘sweet 16’ theme, which is being enforced by her aunt,  Pat Houston . A source told MailOnline: ‘Dionne is planning a trip and threatening not to attend the funeral because Pat Houston is taking over even though she should be making decisions with Bobby [Brown, Bobbi’s father] and not doing it on her own.’ The 22-year-old daughter of the late  Whitney Houston  died at a hospice last weekend after several months in a comaand her family are now planning to pay their respects to her with a funeral at  St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta , Georgia on Saturday, August 1, 2015, before her body is flown to New Jersey to be buried next to her late mother.

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari said Friday in Abuja that with the formation of a stronger regional coalition, Nigeria and neighbouring countries now have an increased capacity to deal effectively with Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. Speaking at an audience with Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa, President Buhari reaffirmed his belief that the full activation and deployment of the Multi National Joint Task Force which has been established under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission will lead to the speedy defeat and elimination of Boko Haram. The President added that with the Command and Control Centre of the Nigerian military now in Maiduguri, Borno State, the morale of troops in the front-line states had improved significantly. “You can tell the Secretary-General that we are doing our best and our best will be good en...

Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase Two policemen were shot to death by suspected armed robbers during an attack on the Okene branch of First Bank on Friday. Eyewitnesses said the robbery suspects, numbering about five, invaded the premises of the bank at about 8.55a.m. and shot sporadically into the air to scare away workers and customers. About five policemen on duty were said to have responded swiftly by engaging the invaders in a gun duel at the end of which two of the policemen were felled. The incident disrupted commercial and other activities in and around the Old Prison Junction area where the bank is located. Police Public Relations Officer in Kogi, Mr Shola Adebayo, said one of the policemen was killed on the spot while his colleague died on the way to hospital. He said the police had started trailing the robbers as investigation into the attack had commenced.

Multi-platinum rapper Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, has established a reputation as one of the savviest business people in the music industry. It's why many were surprised when he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July. It came on the heels of a lawsuit requiring him to pay $5 million in damages. In May, Forbes estimated his net worth at $155 million, but his lawyer said in court last week that his worth is $4.4 million. 50 Cent told Larry King on Monday that filing for bankruptcy was "strategic." "It's a move that was necessary for me to make at this point so I didn't allow myself to create that big red and white bulls-eye on my back, where I become the person that people consistently come to," he said. To learn more about the musician's business philosophy, we took a look at the 2009 book "The 50th Law," a collaboration between 50 Cent and popular author Robert Greene, who wrote "The 48 Laws of P...