The two cases in Minnesota and Montana invoking "stand your ground" state laws could open up the possibility that the society in the US may consider adding limitations to the protections offered by the controversial legislation, The Christian Science Monitor said.
A report by Corrections Department Director Robert Patton in compliance to a state review on the botched execution of Clayton Lockett revealed that the condemned inmate was defiant in the hours before his death, USA Today reported.
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has released a list of 55 colleges and universities in the US that will be probed for their handling of sexual assault and harassment cases on campuses, Reuters said.
Following a domestic altercation over the weekend, the New Zealand Herald reported that Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell might have patched things up with a recorded duet titled "Like To Get To Know You" posted on the latter's website.
