Attorneys trying to seat a jury in George Zimmerman's trial for shooting an unarmed teen stopped questioning a man in his 20s Wednesday after he gave answers that indicated he would not be impartial, the Associated Press reported. The juror, known as "R-39," said that "murder is murder," even if it's self-defense.
The management at 'PBS NewsHour' said Tuesday a decision was made to close offices in Denver and San Francisco and law off employees to cut costs. The layoffs at the public television news program are the fist significant staff reductions in nearly 20 years, The New York Times reported. It was reported that 'NewsHour's' producer MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, based in Arlington Virginia will also eliminate several 'non-critical production positions' at its main office.
The Bardstown, Kentucky police department, which was mourning the ambush killing of one of its officers, has received threats that more men will be targeted, which has prompted an investigation by the FBI and state police, the police chief said Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. The department said that they received a written threat last week that "there are more to come." This threat comes a month after Bardstown Officer Jason Ellis was killed while he was headed home from work,
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of abducting three women and torturing them during a decade of captivity, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 329 criminal counts, including kidnapping and rape.
