A South Carolina man held his former romantic interest hostage after shooting her in the head, after she told him she wasn’t in love with him anymore. The woman is expected to recover, and the man is faces multiple charges.
A Los Angeles man killed his wife, five children, and finally himself, in an alleged reaction to losing his job. He sent a fax to his former employer blaming being fired for the murders. The story has sent shock waves through the community.
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A male Virginia Tech graduate student attacked and decapitated a female graduate student at the University’s Graduate Life Center on Wednesday. Reports indicate that the two knew each other, but that no argument preceded the attack. The man faces charges of first-degree murder.
On Thursday, a pickup truck driver hit a cyclist before plowing into a Phoenix condo, killing a puppy in the condo and injuring the cyclist. Authorities suspect the driver had been drinking before the accident. Police took the driver into custody.
The Supreme Court will hear a civil rights lawsuit over a school official’s decision to strip-search a student thought to be in possession of drugs. No drugs were found, and lower courts ruled in favor of the student.
In a bizarre legal filing alleging kickbacks, strong-arm tactics, and millions of dollars in missing funds, New York City property owner Ciao-Di Restaurant Corp. has sued development official Alan Friedberg to recover losses stemming from the construction of a new condo building in Greenwich Village.
Roberto Lopez, a four-year-old Echo Park resident, was killed in crossfire last Tuesday night. Although the investigation is in process, police suspect the shooting to be gang-related.
A Miami judge sentenced John Connolly Jr., a former FBI agent, to 40 years in prison on Thursday, in relation to the 1982 death of a witness about to testify against Boston mob members.
On Wednesday night in Oakland, protests turned riotous as residents demonstrated against a police officer’s fatal shooting of a BART passenger on New Year’s Day. According to The Mercury News, police arrested at least 105 individuals who participated in the riots.
Around 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, a BART police officer fatally shot a passenger, 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Authorities are investigating the shooting as an act of unnecessary force.
A pair of TSA agents and the airline JetBlue Airways will pay a total of $240,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit with an Iraqi man. The man claimed he was prevented from boarding his flight until he covered up his T-shirt, which read, "We Will Not Be Silent," in both English and Arabic.
The measure faces a legal challenge backed by the ACLU alleging that it is unconstitutional due to civil rights violations.
The lawsuits make allegations of wage and hour abuses against hourly employees, including forcing employees to work off the clock, preventing them from taking breaks, and failing to pay for overtime hours.
The ACLU argues that the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act, or Act 1, violates constitutional rights.
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