The family of Derek Boogaard, a former NHL player, who died of an accidental overdose of pain medication and alcohol, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the league, blaming it for brain damage he suffered as a routine fighter on the ice and for an addiction to painkillers.
O.J. Simpson, equipped with a new set of lawyers, was in a courtroom on Monday, in hopes of reducing his current 33-year sentence. Simpson reportedly is seeking to convince a judge that his former attorney Yale Galanter should not have been the one to represent him in his armed robbery-kidnapping case that sentenced him to 33 years in prison.
8-year-old Leila Fowler's stabbing murder two weeks ago led to a massive manhunt. It turns out, authorities said that the leading suspect is her 12-year-old brother.
Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19.
