More than 100 people suspected of Mafia involvement in Italy were arrested Friday as police launched two separate operations near Rome and in the country's southern Calabria region.
The three women whose bodies were found wrapped in trash bags in East Cleveland have been identified, NBC News reported. The three identities are 18-year-old Shirellda Hellen Terry, 28-year-old Shetisha Sheely and 38-year-old Angela Deskins. Suspect Michael Madison is in custody and facing preliminary charges of aggravated murder and kidnapping in the multiple murders.
Ronell Wilson, a New York City street gang member, was convicted and sentenced to death for the second time on Wednesday for the execution-style killings of two undercover detectives in 2003. Wilson's original death sentence had been overturned in a long-drawn case that also involved an illicit affair with a prison guard, which resulted in fathering her child.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it may place restrictions on menthol cigarettes following a scientific review showing that those products are likely to be more addictive than regular cigarettes.
