David Banda and Madonna

  CALDWELL -- The family of a man shot and killed in a confrontation with Caldwell Police is speaking out, and police are telling us more about what led officers to open fire Wednesday night. Investigators identified the man killed as 40-year-old David Banda. He died after Caldwell Police attempted to serve a search warrant at his girlfriend’s house. Police used a loud speaker to get Banda to come out of this home, because they had reason to...  

Hot Shots Worldwide/Splash News Online Walk this way! Madonna’s daughters Lourdes Maria, 13, and Mercy James, 3 ½, stroll through Los Angeles International Airport hand in hand on Monday. No word on where the pair were headed, but they were accompanied by brothers Rocco John, 9, and David Banda, 4. Describing her children recently, Madonna told Rolling Stone, “Lourdes likes [...]  

LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday. Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African country on Friday. The 51-year-old celebrity arrived in the impoverished country on Sunday accompanied by her four children – daughters Lourdes and Mercy, and sons Rocco and David. Mercy and David were adopted from Malawi. While in Malawi, she...  

Madonna and her children, Lourdes Leon, Mercy James and David Banda visit the Mphandu la Orphanage in the Namitete area outside Lilongwe, Malawi. ...read full story  

Madonna has raised 11 million dollars from Brazilian millionaires for her Raising Malawi Foundation, the daily Rio O Dia reported on Monday.The US pop star, who visited Brazil to stroke the country's wealthy into giving, notably won an unspecified pledge from the country's richest man, mining magnate Ike Batista, who has an estimated fortune of 7.5 billion dollars.Madonna, 51, was accompanied during her fund-raising by 22-year-old Brazilian...  

Courtesy Rolling Stone Working out a custody arrangement in the wake of a divorce is difficult, but even more so when parents live on different continents. Madonna notes as much in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, conceding that things are “different” now for sons Rocco, 9, and David Banda, 4 — who split their [...]  

Madonna with her adopted son David Banda and daughter Lourdes in Malawi in 2007. Madonna has arrived in Malawi to visit the girls school she is building in the impoverished country, an official for the star's charity said. The 51-year-old celebrity ...  

LILONGWE, MALAWI — Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday. Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African country on Friday. The 51-year-old celebrity arrived in ...  

The 51-year-old pop icon raised the funds for her Raising Malawi Foundation, which is currently developing a school for girls in the country where she adopted two of her children. Madonna attended a ground-breaking ceremony last month, saying "It's ...  

LILONGWE, Malawi - Airport and charity officials say pop diva Madonna has left Malawi after a visit with her family. Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African country on Friday. She began a tour of the impoverished country on Oct. 25 ...  

Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African country on Friday. The 51-year-old celebrity arrived in the impoverished country on Sunday accompanied by her four children — daughters Lourdes and Mercy, and sons Rocco and David. Mercy and ...  

US pop star Madonna plants a tree at a ground breaking ceremony for her Raising Malawi Academy for... US pop star Madonna plants a tree at a ground breaking ceremony for her Raising Malawi Academy for Girls in Malawi, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. Madonna ...  

The ‘Celebration’ singer flew to the African country - where she was joined by daughter Lourdes, 13, son Rocco, nine, and her two adopted Malawian children, David and Mercy, both four – with so many toys, bouncy castles and rocking horses that ...  

The 51-year-old singer left the place with David Banda and Mercy Chifundo James, both four-year-old, after first dropping in at the construction site of her 9-million-pound Raising Malawi Academy for girls. She also visited David's residence for a ...  

A group of around 140 villagers in Chinkhota village, about 10 miles outside the capital Lilongwe are demanding more money for land the government has leased to Madonna's charity – Raising Malawi – for 99 years. Talks between senior government ...