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Spencer Pratt throws ‘block party’ to garner votes from LA gang members in mayor race

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The Independent UK

Spencer Pratt claims he’s ‘cool’ with two LA street gangs as he looks to unseat Mayor Karen Bass

Reality star is running on a platform aimed at taking down ‘California’s entrenched political establishment’

The Independent UK

Teen charged with 4 counts of murder in Utah carnival shooting

Prosecutors in Utah have charged a 16-year-old boy with four counts of murder Friday for allegedly shooting to death three people in an apparent gang confrontation at a carnival in the Salt Lake City area

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Blood-curdling 90-point win something to Crow about

Adelaide have sounded a warning to their AFL rivals, producing a statement win after slotting 12 unanswered goals against Sydney at the SCG.

AAP

Battling Bloods: Swans aim to emulate 2005 breakthrough

Sydney's 2005 premiership side will perform a lap of honour at the SCG this weekend, with Dean Cox urging his side to draw on the greats' Bloods lessons.

AAP

Snoop Dogg is a new boss in Fortnite – but does his character do the controversial 'Crip Walk' in the game?

Snoop Dogg is available to buy in the game’s latest update, including a signature dance move that’s raising some eyebrows

Evening Standard

Minnesota men convicted of gang charges connected to federal crackdown

A Minnesota jury has convicted three alleged members of a Minneapolis street gang of charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a yearslong pattern of violence and murder

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Lions, Swans diehards embrace Victorian roots

Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans fans have made pilgrimages to their clubs' old homes in Fitzroy and South Melbourne throughout AFL grand final week.

AAP

The Swans and their arduous journey to becoming a staple of Sydney’s sporting landscape

Club with roots in South Melbourne has not always been prosperous but now has a sixth AFL/VFL premiership in sight in its 150th anniversary year

The Guardian - AU

‘There’s red and white everywhere’: how Swans pride connects South Melbourne and Sydney fans

Longtime ties to the ‘Bloods’ are strong in South Melbourne, where ‘you can still feel the feeling during footy season’

The Guardian - AU

Gangs’stories: The Sierra Leonian gangster who gave up violence and drugs for poetry

For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters arguably constitute fundamental lenses through…

The Conversation

Sydney stage epic comeback to defeat GWS Giants and snatch home preliminary final

The Swans have staged an amazing comeback, overturning a 28-point deficit to defeat the Giants in a thrilling AFL qualifying final.

The Guardian - AU

YSL and Pushin P: A dictionary guide to the Young Thug trial

The rapper’s defence attorney defined ‘thug’ as ‘truly humble under God’ in a now-viral moment

The Independent UK

Reconciliation on Death Row

A murder and an execution date changed those on both sides of the bars. A changed viewpoint on capital punishment.

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Masked detective prevents YNW Melly from facing accuser in murder trial, defense attorneys say

Defense attorneys are arguing that rapper YNW Melly was denied the right to face his accuser when a masked witness took the stand to testify about alleged gang connections during the performer’s double murder trial in South Florida

The Guardian - US

Adele Bertei: ‘We did all the things rock’n’roll boys would be lionised for’

The creator of the first all-female openly queer rock band talks about her memoir and why the music scene wasn’t ready for her

Tribune News Service

3 arrested, including leader of Palm Beach County Latin Kings, in assault on rapper 6ix9ine at LA Fitness gym

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three men, including the leader of the Palm Beach County chapter of the Latin Kings gang and his son, were arrested Monday in connection with an assault on rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine at an LA Fitness gym in Lake Worth Beach last week, the Palm Beach County…

The Guardian - AU

Vale Kenny Williams – Swans’ song leader and Blood brother to all

As the Swans’ greatest supporter over 40 years, Kenny Williams, became a friend, father-figure and ‘hydration specialist’ to generations of Sydney players. This week, legends of the club paid tribute to a life in the winner’s circle

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With Swans in the grand final, super fan gran Nell Cooper books seat at the tattoo parlour

When her beloved South Melbourne Bloods — the Sydney Swans — sent Collingwood packing to secure a grand final berth at the weekend, Nell Cooper wasted no time in booking a tattoo.

The Guardian - AU

AFL grand final: Sydney Swans fans fork out up to $1,781 to fly to Melbourne

Prices soar for direct return flights to see match against Geelong Cats a week after Collingwood diehards made the pilgrimage to Sydney

Tribune News Service

Bronx mobster survived five attacks in a year before he was rubbed out on his son’s orders, prosecutors say

NEW YORK — The first attack on Sally Daz came more than a year before his murder — a man he’d never met stepped up to him in his Bronx driveway, asked him for a job, then punched him in the neck.

The Guardian - AU

Sydney defy thrilling Collingwood comeback to win through to AFL grand final

Sydney survived a thrilling comeback to defeat Collingwood 14.11.95 to 14.10.94 and will now play Geelong in the 2022 grand final next week

AAP

Building the Bloods in the AFLW

Maddy Collier believes the strong leadership team in the Swans AFLW team will help them establish their own 'Bloods' culture in their first year

Los Angeles Times

Nipsey Hussle's alleged killer heads to trial. Conviction won't bring closure to Crenshaw

LOS ANGELES — There are only nine miles between the Crenshaw neighborhood parking lot where Nipsey Hussle was shot to death in 2019 and the downtown Los Angeles courtroom where his alleged killer will stand trial this month. But to some, the two places might as well be worlds apart.

Tribune News Service

Caskets wrapped in colorful images pay tribute to young lives lost to trauma and violence

Calyia Stringer had a smile on her face the day she posed for a photo with a yellow flower in her hand. The toddler beamed with pride as she showed off the bloom before handing it to her godmother, Jatoria Foster.

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