Yanira Maldonado, an Arizona mother of 7 children was arrested and detained last week in a Mexican jail. She was accused of drug smuggling last week. Authorities stopped the bus was riding in with her husband, Gary, returning from Mexico after a funeral. They found 12.5 pounds (or 5. 7 kilograms), which appeared to be under her seat.
A southwestern Illinois announced he was stepping down in a brief letter to the county's chief judge, days after he was charged with federal heroin and gun offenses in a widening court scandal
A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his younger sister, Leila, denied a second-degree murder charge through his attorney in juvenile court on Wednesday. The boy's lawyer said he plans a strong defense. If convicted, Isaiah Fowler could be incarcerated until his 23rd birthday.
Incoming Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann had been involved in a discrimination lawsuit while serving as an administrator at Louisville Unviersity, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit involved an assistant track coach who said she had been fired after complaining to human resources.
