JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African media are reporting that Olympian Oscar Pistorius is appealing his recently lengthened prison sentence for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Broadcaster EWN reports that Pistorius filed an application to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Appeal last month more than doubled Pistorius’ sentence to 13 years,... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The owner of a vintage clothing store in San Francisco pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanor charges she sold coats and other items made of cheetahs, leopards and other protected species. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a judge fined Cicely Ann Hansen $3,600 and sentenced her to probation and 500 hours of... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former “Glee” star Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Salling entered the plea in a downtown Los Angeles federal court on Monday and is scheduled to be sentenced on March 7. The actor reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in October in which he admitted he possessed... Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers for Ohio’s only condemned female killer have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept her appeal. Death row inmate Donna Roberts was convicted of planning her ex-husband’s 2001 killing with a boyfriend in hopes of collecting insurance money. Roberts’ death sentence was struck down in the past after the state... Read More
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of leading an Islamic State group-inspired plot to behead a conservative blogger is scheduled to be sentenced. Prosecutors will ask the judge Tuesday in Boston to sentence 28-year-old David Wright to life in prison for his role in the plot to kill New York resident Pamela Geller. The... Read More
MASON CITY | An all-white jury of five men and nine women was selected Monday from a pool of 28 people to preside over a second-degree murder trial in Mason City. Larry Whaley, 61, is accused of fatally shooting Samantha Teeter, 19, through his apartment door in Mason City last December. Whaley, who is black,... Read More
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a 36-year-old woman in western Michigan blew a kiss to the courtroom Monday before he was sentenced to life in prison in one of two murder cases against him. Judge William Marietti approved Jeffrey Willis’ request to leave court and not hear statements from the family... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent U.S. appeals court judge announced his retirement Monday days after women alleged he subjected them to inappropriate sexual conduct or comments. Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a statement that a battle over the accusations would not be good for the judiciary.... Read More
Family and friends of an 80-year-old deli clerk killed over the cost of a cold beer gathered Thursday for a Brooklyn prayer service honoring the wrongly-targeted victim. Abdul Yafaee wasn’t even at work inside the East New York deli where he was slain by a gunman irate over another clerk’s refusal to sell him a... Read More
Sarah Palin’s son Track arrested on burglary, assault charge in Alaskan town where his mom was mayor
Track Palin, the Army veteran son of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, was busted on burglary and assault charges Saturday, court records show. The 28-year-old was arraigned Sunday morning after his arrest in Wasilla, where his mother served as mayor before running alongside Sen. John McCain during the 2008 presidential election. Palin also faces a... Read More
Jay-Z’s forthcoming docuseries, “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story”, which follows the life and legacy of the titular Martin. The timely project, like many documentaries including “Whose Streets?” has drawn much-needed attention to social injustice, but also a peripheral feud between Snoop Dogg and George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, who was acquitted of the fatal shooting... Read More
Hey, they got Al Capone for tax evasion. As the public gets distracted by each new wave in the flood of sexual-misconduct claims against Hollywood, Washington and media titans, the Manhattan district attorney is quietly working to ensure Harvey Weinstein doesn’t escape prosecution on his watch for a second time, The Post has learned. Cyrus... Read More
ISTANBUL (AP) — A court in Turkey has ordered that a German journalist be released from prison pending the outcome of her trial on terror-related charges. German foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Adebahr says the court ordered the conditional release for Mesale Tolu during a hearing on Monday. The 33-year-old is being tried together with 17... Read More
