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| Fort Hood shooter Hasan convicted, faces death penalty Friday, Aug 23, 2013 06:37 PM PDT  A US Army officer who killed 13 people in a rampage on a Texas military base was found guilty of premeditated murder and now faces a possible death sentence. Full Story | Top |
| Hernandez's cousin pleads not guilty to contempt Friday, Aug 23, 2013 06:02 PM PDT  FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A cousin of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to a contempt charge after being accused of refusing to testify before the grand jury that indicted Hernandez in the killing of a friend. Full Story | Top |
| Washington state teen arrested, second sought in killing of 88-year-old veteran Friday, Aug 23, 2013 04:31 PM PDT By Keith Coffman (Reuters) - A 16-year-boy has been arrested and a second teenager was being sought in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War Two veteran who survived the Battle of Okinawa, police in Spokane, Washington, said on Friday. Demetrius Glenn was taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree robbery and first-degree murder in the slaying of Delbert Belton after turning himself in on Thursday night, Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub said in a written statement. Straub said police have "probable cause" to arrest the second suspect, Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, who remains at large. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chris Lane murder: Is a racist dimension of the crime being discounted? Friday, Aug 23, 2013 03:10 PM PDT Use of racial epithets, on the social media account of a black teenager accused in the Aug. 16 "thrill killing" of Chris Lane, a white college student from Australia, is not likely to prompt officials to treat the murder as a racial hate crime, according to early indications from local police. Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood shooter convicted of massacre, could get death penalty Friday, Aug 23, 2013 02:23 PM PDT  By Karen Brooks and Jana J. Pruet FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury convicted U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan on Friday of killing 13 people and wounding 31 others in 2009 when he walked into a medical facility at Fort Hood, Texas, yelled "Allahu akbar" and opened fire on unarmed soldiers with a laser-sighted handgun. It was the deadliest mass murder ever at a U.S. military base. The convictions mean Hasan could face the death penalty by lethal injection, possibly making him the first soldier to be executed by the U.S. military since 1961. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ohio woman found guilty of assault in school brawl Friday, Aug 23, 2013 02:06 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio woman has been convicted of assault in a high school classroom brawl involving her daughter and another teen. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-fund manager pleads not guilty in NY case Friday, Aug 23, 2013 01:54 PM PDT A former hedge fund portfolio manager has pleaded not guilty in New York to charges in a rewritten indictment that accuses him of pursuing an inside investment edge from more than 20 doctors. Mathew Martoma ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan massacre: Jurors decide Robert Bales should have no chance of parole Friday, Aug 23, 2013 12:40 PM PDT Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghans in a shooting spree last year, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole, legally closing an episode of one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors deliberate sentence in Afghanistan massacre Friday, Aug 23, 2013 11:01 AM PDT  JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Six military jurors began deliberating the fate of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales on Friday for the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers after prosecutors asked them to send a message that the civilians' lives mattered. Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood Shooter Found Guilty, Eligible for Death Penalty Friday, Aug 23, 2013 09:52 AM PDT A jury has found Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan guilty on all charges against him in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. The unanimous verdict from the military jury makes Hasan eligible for the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood Shooter Could Get Death Penalty He's Allegedly Seeking Friday, Aug 23, 2013 09:49 AM PDT Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted Friday of premeditated murder in the 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. The attack killed 13 people and injured more than 30. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, said his goal was to help Muslim insurgents overseas. Full Story | Top |
| Defense asks jurors for leniency in Afghan murders Friday, Aug 23, 2013 09:35 AM PDT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — A lawyer for the U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan villagers last year is asking jurors to consider his previous service and life as they weigh whether he should ever have a chance of being released from prison. Full Story | Top |
| Should Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan get the death penalty? Friday, Aug 23, 2013 09:00 AM PDT  Everyone agrees on his guilt. His punishment is another matter. Full Story | Top |
| Chinese citizens movement leader arrested Friday, Aug 23, 2013 05:42 AM PDT The formal arrest this week of one of China's most well-known civil rights advocates underscores how unnerved the country's new leaders are by any independent, vaguely organized political action — even ... Full Story | Top |
| Rapper 2 Chainz arrested in Oklahoma City Friday, Aug 23, 2013 03:47 AM PDT  Rapper 2 Chainz was one of 11 people arrested after refusing to get off a tour bus for almost nine hours following a traffic stop in Oklahoma City early Thursday morning, police said. 2 Chainz, whose real ... Full Story | Top |
| Syria chemical use would be 'crime against humanity' Friday, Aug 23, 2013 12:02 AM PDT  The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a "crime against humanity", UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday, adding there was "no time to lose" in probing alleged attacks which the opposition says killed hundreds. Full Story | Top |
| How Oberlin Manufactured the Hate-Crime Hoax of the Year Friday, Aug 23, 2013 12:00 AM PDT Busted. Stone-cold busted. Just as I suspected, "progressive" pranksters at Oberlin College have been definitively unmasked as the perpetrators of phony campus "hate crimes" that scored international headlines in March. The blabbermouth academic administrators who helped fuel the hysteria are now running for cover. Full Story | Top |
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