The rapper, whose name was Kaseem Ryan, was known for self-producing 11 albums while also a maintaining a career with the New York Fire Department.

His grim vision of America seems stuck in the past.

Door County, Wis., has picked the presidential winner since 1996. Last time, the margin was 292 votes, so the campaigns are trying to reach every household.

The court handed down a guilty verdict and a 10-year sentence to a former officer of East Germany’s dreaded secret police, in a case straight out of the Cold War.

James Morgan, who has been with the small New York theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior.

At least four Palestinians taking shelter by a hospital were killed in a strike Israeli officials said was targeting a Hamas command center.