A French family of seven - including four children- was kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon, and officials suggest the involvement of one of Nigeria's Islamic terrorist sects, Boko Haram.
Jury selection began on Tuesday in Akron, Ohio for the trial of Richard Beasley, charged in the murders of three men, two of whom were lured by a Craigslist ad for a non-existent job,
A gunman shot a woman to death in a home early Tuesday in Tustin California, and then went on a spree of carjackings and random shootings throughout Orange County, leaving two more people dead. Three others were also wounded before he killed himself, police authorities said.
Oscar Pistorius, the Paraolympian charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day, said in a court hearing on Tuesday that he thought someone had broken into his South Africa home. He claims he mistook Steenkamp for a robber.
