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“She’s trying to manipulate you.”That’s what the prosecutor told the jury Thursday, as closing arguments began in the most watched murder trial of the year: the Jodi Arias case. It’s been going on for 17 weeks, with a made-for-TV mix of kinky sex, horrifying violence, and, at the center of it all, a slight, soft-spoken defendant who admits she killed her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander.The questio...
A man shot himself to death Thursday at the main Houston airport after firing into the air with an assault rifle, witnesses and law enforcement sources told NBC News.The man had a suicide note in a backpack, the sources said. They said he was fired on by federal agents before producing a handgun and killing himself.Authorities said the situation was contained and there was no public danger. It hap...
An armed man was shot to death Thursday at the main Houston airport, authorities said.The man was shot at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and was taken to the hospital, Houston police spokesman John Cannon said. A county forensics investigator said later the man had died.The report came in at 1:35 p.m. CT from Terminal B, Cannon said. He said police were not looking for anyone else involved b...
Not everything is OK in Oklahoma and as far as Sooner State working families are concerned, that includes the extremist and corporate-backed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This afternoon hundreds of union and community activists will join the Fire Fighters (IAFF) for a rally and march in Oklahoma City to ALEC’s annual meeting at the city’s Cox Convention Center.A live stream of the rally, which will include IAFF President Harold Schaitberger, will begin at 4 p.m. (CDT).
The FBI put a woman on its list of most wanted terrorists for the first time Thursday — a 1970s black radical who authorities say shot a New Jersey trooper, made a daring daylight escape from prison and fled to Cuba.The agency and the state also doubled the bounty for her capture to $2 million.The announcement was the latest turn in the 40-year saga of Joanne Chesimard, who was part of the Black L...
An armed man was shot Thursday at the main Houston airport and had life-threatening injuries, police said.Houston police spokesman John Cannon said the report came in at 1:35 p.m. CT from Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, north of the city. He said police were not looking for anyone else involved but would not say whether the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.The man was taken to ...
