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Bulger's lawyers argue he was "deprived" of a critical defense in his trial and that a now-dead prosecutor had given him immunity from his crimes.
For years, Whitey Bulger ran the Boston Irish mob called the Winter Hill Gang, and on Thursday, after a long trial, he was given two life sentences plus five years in prison. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
Tommy Donahue, the son of murder victim Michael Donahue, speaks out following Whitey Bulger’s sentencing, saying “That old bastard is finally going to be in prison, he's going to die in prison ... it's a damn good feeling.”
Thousands gathered nationwide on Thursday to honor Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by police in Ferguson, Missouri.
A pair of cars belonging to family friends of the Washington state teenager suspected of killing 6-year-old Jenise Paulette Wright were vandalized.
Two Amish girls who went missing in the rural New York town of Oswegatchie were found alive late Thursday.
St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin Wells discusses the search for two girls who were last seen at their family’s roadside stand in northern New York on Wednesday evening.
It's not clear if police in Ferguson, Missouri, received gear through DOD program, but it has delivered $4.3 billion worth to local cops since 1997.
Law enforcement’s response to the protests in Ferguson has come under scrutiny, as residents say police have acted more like soldiers than cops.
More than 60 percent of the population in Ferguson is African-American, while the city leadership and police force has remained predominantly white.
