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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin‘s DNA was not found on the grip of George Zimmerman‘s gun, and Zimmerman’s DNA was not found under the unarmed teen’s fingernails, a law enforcement expert said Wednesday in testimony that prosecutors hope will refute the neighborhood watch volunteer’s self-defense claim. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder […]
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Court documents indicate the search of a secret “flop house” leased by former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has turned up what police say could be key evidence in the murder case against him. Search warrants records indicate that police searching the Franklin, Mass., apartment found a sweatshirt and baseball cap […]
A federal judge on Tuesday set Aug. 14 as the new sentencing date for former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman postponed today’s original sentencing date and scheduled the new hearing. He noted that the change was not done at the request of the couple’s attorney […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — That was no burrito. Three people who ordered food at a Taco Bell drive-thru in western Michigan got something more valuable: $3,600 in cash. A Taco Bell employee mistakenly passed the cash to the trio instead of their food Saturday. The money was returned a short time later. Kennidi Rue […]
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday presented evidence about George Zimmerman‘s work in a college criminal justice course, which they say shows the neighborhood watch volunteer knew about Florida’s self-defense law and had aspirations of becoming a police officer. Zimmerman had maintained in an interview with Fox News last year that he did not […]
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Detectives are reviewing statements filed against Charles Pugh by a mother and her 18-year-old son who was in a high school mentoring program led by the Detroit City Council president. Attorney Deanno Ware told The Associated Press on Monday that the statements concern “incidents that occurred between Mr. Pugh and […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A family feud over the burial site of three of Nelson Mandela’s children intensified Tuesday when criminal charges were filed against one of his grandsons, as the ailing 94-year-old former president remained hospitalized in critical condition. Sixteen relatives have taken grandson Mandla Mandela to court after he reburied the children’s remains in […]
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A judge tossed out a detective’s statement that he found George Zimmerman credible in his description of fighting with Trayvon Martin, a decision that benefits prosecutors who are trying to discredit the defendant’s self-defense claims. Other efforts by prosecutors to attack Zimmerman’s story on Tuesday included the cross examination of a […]
When it comes to our use of the English language, it seems that black people just can’t win, no matter what end of the mastery spectrum we fall on. This past week Rachel Jeantel, the last person to talk to murdered teenager Trayvon Martin, took the stand in the trial of George Zimmerman, a watchman […]
The family of a Georgia teen (pictured) with autism has filed a suit against a Stone Mountain Middle School aide and teacher for allegedly terrorizing…
Tyra Holmes (pictured) faced a judge on Friday thinking she would receive a bond for her alleged crime of stabbing her husband to death over…
Paula Deen on Monday pushed to have dismissed part of a racial discrimination lawsuit against her – the part in which she confessed to using the N-word in a deposition – claiming the woman who sued her had no legal basis for her lawsuit because she is white. Dean’s lawyers are basing this challenge on […]
