On the day of the anniversary where he was indicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South African Paralympian gold medalist Oscar Pistorius expressed his remorse and pain to Steenkamp's family and friends on his website.
The lawsuit against the state of Virginia's ban on recognizing same-sex marriage is just one of the many legal challenges filed by individuals in several US states on the basis that it violates the fundamental freedom to marry someone of your own choice.
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. ordered on Wednesday that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should stand trial on November 3, "rejecting defense lawyers' arguments that they need nearly a year long that to shift through thousands of pieces of evidence and interview witnesses around the globe as they prepare for the complex death penalty case," The Boston Globe reported.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision not to cancel classes for the city's 1.1 million public school students on Thursday despite great opposition and anger by parents and teachers. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina also received flak for her comments about the weather By late Thursday, the city is expected to receive nearly a foot of snow.
