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Three teenage boys are under arrest in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old California girl who later took her own life.Attorney Robert Allard, who represents the girl’s family, says the teen committed suicide after photos of the alleged attack were published online.“Based on what we know, she was unconscious, there were multiple boys in the room with her,” Allard said. “The...
A friend of the Arizona woman at the center of one of the country's most high-profile murder trials says she has been tweeting for Jodi Arias since February.Though the accused murderer has no access to a computer or cell phone in her Phoenix jail cell, close friend Donavan Bering told NBC News that she has actually been tweeting on Arias' behalf based on telephone conversations they have nearly ev...
An alleged white supremacist gang member wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Colorado's prisons chief was arrested on Thursday.Thomas Guolee, 31, was arrested by Colorado Springs and state police, NBC affiliate KUSA reported.Guolee is a parolee who served a prison sentence for intimidating a witness and giving a pawn broker false information, among other charges, the Associated...
MIAMI — Pretrial hearings in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals have been delayed to address the mysterious disappearance of defense legal documents from Pentagon computers, military officials said on Thursday.The defense lawyers said their confidential work documents began vanishing from Pentagon computers in February and that there was evidence their internal emails and internet searches h...
President Barack Obama called for an end to North Korea's "belligerent approach" Thursday, but said the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people and meet its obligations to allies in the region — meanwhile it was also officially revealed that the Pentagon believes the rogue nation likely has nuclear-capable missiles.Following a meeting with United Nations Secretary General...
The parents of a 2-year-old Florida girl whose feet were severed when her father backed over her with a lawn mower said she will walk again.Ireland Nugent was in serious condition in the intensive-care unit a day after the tragic accident in her family’s yard. She underwent two surgeries and will have two more.Doctors at Tampa General Hospital told her parents they will be stunned at how quickly s...
A gunman who held firefighters hostage outside Atlanta and was killed after an hours-long standoff was lying in bed when the emergency crew arrived and fooled them into thinking he was sick before.He "seemed to be suffering from a condition that restricted his movement," Gwinnett County Police Chief Charles Walters said in a Thursday news briefing.But when the firefighters began to assist him, the...
The parents of a 2-year-old Florida girl whose feet were severed when her father backed over her with a lawn mower said she will walk again.Ireland Nugent was in serious condition in the intensive-care unit a day after the tragic accident in her family’s yard. She underwent two surgeries and will have two more.Doctors at Tampa General Hospital told her parents they will be stunned at how quickly s...
After spending 27 years alone in the woods of Maine, the man dubbed the North Pond Hermit is adjusting well to his less solitary new home – a jail cell.“He’s perfect,” Capt. Marsha Alexander of the Kennebec County Jail said of Christopher Knight, whose remarkable story has made him a lockupcelebrity.“He’s extremely polite, very articulate, very well-behaved, quiet and hygienic. I would never have ...
This is a cross-post from Working America's Main Street blog. With 12 votes needed, only 11 members of the Philadelphia City Council were willing to override Mayor Michael Nutter’s veto of the sick leave bill. For the second time in three years, corporate interests defeated a measure that would allow more than 180,000 Philadelphians to finally earn sick days.“I’m very disappointed,” said city councilman Bill Greenlee, who tried but failed to get the 12 votes needed to override Mayor Nutter’s veto. “I’m particularly disappointed for the 180,000 workers who could have had a benefit that other cities are providing.”
