A man fatally shot another man, then killed himself at a day care center in Gatineau, Quebec on Friday. All 53 children were safe and unharmed, and police would not say whether any had witnessed the killings, Gatineau Police Chief Mario Haren said.
Wesley Snipes was released from the medium security Federal Correctional Institution McKean, in northwest Pennsylvania. He is known for his starring roles in 'White Men Can't Jump,' the 'Blade franchise and 'Jungle Fever. The jury convicted him for not filing tax returns. He was acquitted of felony and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors argued that Snipes had earned more than $8 million, and failed to file income tax returns between 1999 through 2001.
Pope Francis has called for 'decisive action' in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priests, telling Bishop Gerhard Mueller, the head of Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith to ensure that perpetrators will be punished. It was the pope's first public statement on clerical sex abuse, since being elected last month, replacing Pope Benedict, who was the first in 600 years to resign from the papacy.
Riverview Gun Sales, the Connecticut shop that sold a gun to the Newtown elementary school's shooter's mother, Nancy Lanza, has lost its federal firearms license. Authorities raided the store shortly after the December 14 in which Adam Lanza killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including 20 children. He also shot his mother.
