Jodi Arias, the woman accused of the brutal stabbing, shooting and killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, resumed on Tuesday after a 5-day absence. On Wednesday, for the first time, she began describing the day she killed him, claiming it was out of self-defense.
A federal jury awarded crime writer Patricia Cornwell approximately $50.9 million in her lawsuit against her former financial management company, and a former principal in the firm.
A French family of seven - including four children- was kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon, and officials suggest the involvement of one of Nigeria's Islamic terrorist sects, Boko Haram.
18-year old Janay McFarlane, mother of a baby boy was shot and killed on Friday in a Chicago suburb just hours after her younger sister sat on the stage behind President Obama, who was listening to him push for gun control.
