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A five-year-old boy high on cocaine shot his toddler brother in the head, and prosecutors have charged their parents with neglect. The boy, who has not been named, shot and killed his little brother, Isiah Johnson - who had marijuana in his system - back in March at the family's home in Lafayette, Indiana. Deonta Jermaine Johnson, 27, and Shatia Tiara Welch, 24, have been charged with neglect and various drug charges after cops swooped on their property. Prosecutors say little Isiah, 16 months, died from a gunshot wound to the head and had marijuana in his blood, while his...

Shortly after the Browns lost to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Cleveland safety Jermaine Whitehead went on a profane Twitter rant that included racist language and death threats. The tweets were targeted at Twitter users critical of his and the Browns’ performance with one aimed at Browns TV and radio broadcaster Dustin Fox after Fox tweeted that “Whitehead’s tackling today is a joke.” Whitehead responded with a slur and a warning to Fox not to “get smoked.” Fox wasn’t the only Twitter user in Whitehead’s sights. He responded to several other critics with tweets that included a death threat, a...

He's changed his nose and skin. Why not his faith? According to Arab-Israeli newspaper Panorama, Michael Jackson is leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses behind to become a Muslim. Michael's brother Jermaine, who has already converted, purportedly gave Michael some books on Islam. Jermaine has relocated to the Gulf nation of Dubai while Michael is moving to Bahrain and has purchased some property on an artificial island there. The recently acquitted pop singer is in hot water over reports of a phone message to a former business partner where the singer allegedly made untoward remarks about Jewish people. Jackson was reportedly heard...