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Brooke Mueller pictured here with the twins in 2011. Charlie Sheen's twin boys were taken out of custody of their mother, Brooke Mueller late Thursday night. Officials have reportedly deemed Mueller's home an "unsafe environment" for children, according to TMZ . Charlie Sheen, Brooke Mueller, sons Max and Bob celebrate Charlie Sheen's birthday in 2011. Sources tell the gossip site that the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services arrived at Mueller's home with a warrant and removed 4-year-old twin boys Bob and Max from the home. A source close to Denise Richards confirmed to the New York Daily News that the two boys are currently residing with Sheen's ex-wife and mother of his two daughters.  "It just wasn't a stable environment with different nannies coming in and out, and child protective services came in and did their thing, and this is the outcome," a source close to Mueller told the Daily News. "Brooke didn’t have

Police in Taraba State on Saturday said 39 people were killed and 30 injured in a fresh crisis that rocked Wukari on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Joseph Kwaji, confirmed the casualty figures to the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo. Mr. Kwaji, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, added that the injured persons were receiving treatment in various hospitals in the town. "Thirty nine corpses have been seen so far and 30 persons injured," he said. Allafrica The police spokesman added that about 30 houses were burnt by hoodlums. He said 30 persons had been arrested in connection with the crisis. "The situation is relatively calm at the moment as officers have been deployed to the area," he said. Crisis broke out in Wukari on Friday during a funeral procession for a third class chief of the Jukun traditional council. A resident of the town had told PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that the crisis occurred between the Jukuns and non-Jukuns in the town. "The J

Five people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation, an official said. Gen. Garad Nor Abdulle, a senior police official said the members of the Qatari delegation were unharmed and safely reached their hotel. Mohamed Abdi, an officer at the scene of the blast, said four civilians and a soldier died in the attack. Soldiers fired in the air to disperse crowds that had gathered at the blast site at the busy KM4 junction. The Somali government reopened key roads in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, four days ago which had been closed for security reasons. The road was closed after the government received intelligence that militants were planning attacks, officials said. Businessweek reports KM4 is among the busiest roads in Mogadishu, largely used by government officials and African Union forces. It connects the presidential compound and other government offices to the airport

46-year-old soccer referee who was punched by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma has died, police said. Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following the assault last weekend, Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said Saturday night. Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card. "The suspect was close to Portillo and punched him once in the face as a result of the call," Hoyal said in a press release. The teen, whose name hasn't been released because of his age, has been booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault. Hoyal said authorities will consider additional charges since Portillo has died. He said an autopsy is planned. No cause of death was released. Portillo suffered swelling in his brain and had been listed in critical condition, Dr. Shawn Smith said

A limousine traveling on a major bridge in the San Francisco area burst into flames, killing five female passengers who were trapped inside and injuring four others who escaped, authorities said. The limo was carrying nine women passengers and a male driver when it caught fire late Saturday night on the San Mateo bridge, California Highway Patrol officer Art Montiel told The Associated Press. Five occupants became trapped, while the four others suffered injuries but managed to get out after the vehicle came to a stop on the bridge, the patrol said. The driver escaped uninjured. Montiel said that the victims were all in their 30s. Authorities said the names of the dead would be released once families have been notified. The blaze occurred around 10 p.m. PDT on westbound lanes of the bridge, which connects San Mateo and Alemada counties, about 20 miles southeast of San Francisco. The patrol said that smoke started coming out of the rear of the limo, and the driver pulled over as th

The funeral service for Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of Nineties rap duo Kris Kross is scheduled for next Thursday in his hometown of Atlanta, the Associated Press reports. It will be preceded by a public viewing on Wednesday afternoon and evening at Murray Brothers Funeral Home. Kelly was pronounced dead at Atlanta Medical Center on May 1st from a suspected overdose at age 34. Kelly and the other half of Kris Kross, Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, were disovered in an Atlanta shopping mall by Jermaine Dupri when they were just 12 and 13 years old. Dupri has said of his loss that Kelly was "a son I never had." Kris Kross – also known for their fun-loving and trendsetting style of wearing their clothes backwards – landed the hit "Jump" and a Number One album, Totally Krossed Out, in 1992. They continued to record and perform to lesser success through the mid-Nineties and reunited last February to perform for the 20th anniversary celebration of Dupri'

Individuals are outraged after a young man’s “God gesture” caused his high school track team to be disqualified from competing in state finals. The Inquisitr reported May 4 that Texas high school student Derrick Hayes’ apparent religious gesture to God was viewed as “excessive celebration," which State scholastic rules prohibit. Even raising one’s hands, incredulously, are prohibited, according to runnersworld.com. In just a few seconds Hayes’ God gesture saw the boys Columbus High School 4 X 100 relay team go from winning the regional meet and heading to state championships, to having it all stripped away. How did the win so quickly turn to a disqualification? When Hayes, who was anchoring the relay team, crossed the finish line, he raised his finger to the sky. That gesture alone caused the winning regional's relay team to be disqualified. "It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," says father K.C. Hayes. Hayes' son Derrick had