Despite letters from singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith, a Russian court denied parole on Thursday to Pussy Riot band members Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova serving a two-year sentence, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes before the president is due to make a major national security speech, with plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counter-terrorism policy.
Christine Prody, the ex girlfriend to O.J. Simpson for 13 years, even as her family members questioned why she would date a man many still believe killed his ex wife and her friend, ABC News reported. She tells ABC News that she believes that Simpson killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994, a belief based on comments Simpson made to her during their relationship.
A federal appeals court-martial ruled on Tueday that the U.S. government properly classified top secret information more than 50 images of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them, Reuters reported. The unanimous ruling by three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a request for the images by Judicial Watch, a conservative nonprofit watchdog group.
