A lawyer representing Amanda Knox said he was confident Italy's top court would uphold a verdict clearing the American student and her former boyfriend of the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and National Rifle Association CEO Wayne Lapierre have opposing claims on guns, and each is taking to the airwaves. LaPierre challenged Bloomberg's plan to spend $12 million on ads meant to pressure senators into backing new gun control measures, saying the mayor "can't buy America." Bloomberg's pro-gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is launching a campaign in states geared for senators who may still be undecided about firearms proposals making its way to the Senate floor next month.
A central Pennsylvania father, Kenneth Ayers shot and killed his 2-year-old son, while wounding his estranged wife, Hollie Joe, during a custody exchange before killing himself. Police said Ayers also shot at his mother during the altercation on Sunday morning at her home in a rural area about 20 miles southwest of State College.
Police have arrested the gunman who killed one man and shot three other people in a Coney Island housing project on Friday, reported by New York Post. The cops took gunman Joseph Brown into custody at his friend's apartment at about 6 a.m. Saturday morning. His specific charges were pending, as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Associated Press.
