Judge James F. Bass issued a directed verdict Tuesday afternoon, acquitting Gregory Brown on the charge of involuntary manslaughter. All other counts will proceed to defense arguments after the state rested its case this morning. The decision comes after the lead investigator in the case Monday testified the wrong policy had been used to indict […] More
Security officials say three homemade bombs have exploded along the railway of Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria, wounding a couple and damaging a train. According to reports, the bombs were spread out over a kilometer (0.6 miles) along the railway in Muharram Bek, near the city’s stadium. They wounded a man and his wife as […] More
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won a temporary reprieve from threatened impeachment thanks to a Supreme Court intervention and her principal opponent’s decision to hold off for now on opening proceedings. Brazil’s highest court slowed an expected rush to impeach Rousseff by ruling against lower house speaker, Eduardo Cunha — the man with the power to […] More
Inmate debate team is part of Bard College program helping give prisoners a chance for a better life On one side of the stage at a maximum-security prison here sat three men incarcerated for violent crimes. On the other were three undergraduates from Harvard College. After an hour of fast-moving debate Friday, the judges rendered […] More
Jessica Mendoza went where no woman was permitted to go before last Tuesday night as the reaction was both encouraging and predictably horrifying. Mendoza broke one of the sports industry’s most enduring barriers during the Astros-Yankees game on ESPN when she became the first woman to offer color commentary during a major-league playoff broadcast. Her […] More
The general public is being warned about a “jury duty scam” in which members of the public are asked to pay a certain amount for failing to report for jury duty or be arrested. Callers often identify themselves as a court officer and claim an arrest warrant has been issued, according to the D.A.’s office. […] More
More than 700 students and faculty in the Reno, Nevada, area were sickened after a norovirus outbreak spread to more than a dozen different schools. There has been about 776 reported cases of norovirus in Washoe County since last Friday, Phil Ulibarri, public information officer for the Washoe County Health District, told ABC News today. […] More
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF801) F7-Ni fighter jet returning to base from an interdicted mission has crashed around Hong, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The crash which occurred at about 4.23pm (i623hrs) on Saturday is believed to be as a result of bad weather. There was however no survival as the pilot of the aircraft […] More
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has passed. According to reports, Alamieyeseigha had slipped into a coma on Thursday. He passed on Saturday following a sudden cardiac arrest at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. He was 63 years old. His death came as a rude shock to many as his extradition process […] More
Recreational sales in Oregon became legal on Oct. 1 Dispensaries in Oregon sold $10.8 million worth of recreational pot in the first six days it was legal, said the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association. Recreational sales became legal in Oregon on October 1, and the association has only tallied revenue through October 6. Based on […] More