In the early 1970s, the cultural interactions between African Americans and immigrants from the Caribbean in the melting pot of New York City helped to spawn the musical movement now known as hip hop.
Days after Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie appealed to officials in Portland to identify land to construct a drop-in centre for homeless people, a member of that community was found .
PORTLAND, Jamaica - A man said to be of unsound mind was found dead at Folly Oval in Port Antonio, Portland on Tuesday.
Police, who have identified the deceased as Andre Weston of no fixed address, be.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A man suspected of stabbing and setting on fire a homeless man who later died at a hospital in Oakland has been charged with murder, authorities said.
Andre Weston, 58, was charged Tuesday in the killings of William Vann, who died of his injuries at a hospital on March 8, five days after Weston allegedly attacked him during an argument, the Oakland Police Department said in a statement.
“The investigation revealed that there was an altercation between the victim, Vann, and the suspect, Weston, at which time Weston doused Vann with an accelerant, and then lit him on fire, ultimately causing his death,” Oakland Police detective Robert Hardy said.
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