In less than an hour of deliberations, the six-person jury handed out a not guilty verdict over drugged driving charges filed against Kerry Kennedy, AP said. A political expert said that the quick acquittal could be attributed to the strength and popularity of the Kennedy family that was used throughout the trial.
In its efforts to reject a court's decision that it was responsible for the death of one of its staff, SeaWorld Entertainment sent a letter to the US Labor Department's Inspector General and claimed that one of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's investigators, Lara Padgett, were biased towards the company in her review on the firm.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge had given his preliminary approval to the $80.5 lawsuit filed by Jewish families of the remains that were allegedly desecrated by employees of the cemetery, which is owned by Service Corporation International, CNN said.
On Friday, the UK Ministry of Justice announced that it had made special considerations for majority of the Syrian refugees to receive basic, important social services like legal aid and childcare, the Guardian said in a report.
