MEMBERS of a Los Angeles street gang are facing charges in the 2008 beating of a man who claimed he had a sex tape of Shaquille “Shaq” O’Neal and that the former NBA star was behind the attack.

A John McCain supporter opened fire on two teenagers trying to steal his campaign poster, hitting one in the arm.

A team of scientists trying to save an endangered whale caught up in a web of fishing gear and buoys off South Carolina has been forced to turn back because of rough seas.