A six-year veteran Toronto police officer was suspended with pay after he fatally shot a knife-wielding 18-year-old in an empty streetcar last Saturday evening, the Christian Science Monitor reported on Tuesday. As a result, hundreds of people protested the shooting and the victim was identified as Sammy Yatim.
Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or a reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives. The data suggested a widening gap between the rich and poor, and the loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs.
Anthony Castro, the son of the Cleveland man Ariel, who admitted to kidnapping, raping and enslaving three young women for about a decade said that his father should serve a life sentence. On NBC's "Today" show on Monday, Anthony Castro added that he will not visit his fathe while serving time in prison.