A federal judge ruled that the New York City Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy violates individuals' constitutional rights because it intentionally discriminates based on race. This marks a significant rebuke to the New York mayor's defense that it is a crime -fighting tool used by police department.
16-year-old Hannah Anderson was rescued and her 40-year-old abductor James Lee DiMaggio was shot and killed by an FBI agent this weekend in a rescue, which had been triggered by horseback riders who grew suspicious of the two people. DiMaggio and Anderson were found while hiking, and seemed ill-equipped for the Idaho wilderness, according to the riders.
James DiMaggio, the kidnapping and murder suspect sought in a national manhunt, may be armed with improvised or may have rigged his car with them.
31-year-old Derek Medina incriminated himself on Facebook, posting a picture of his wife's blood-stained body on his Facebook page, and said that he killed her. Medina turned himself in to police, according to his arrest affidavit. He was charged with first degree murder
