Kern County's Sheriff Donny Youngblood is defending the seizure of cellphone video of deputies beating David Sal Silva with batons last week in Bakersfield, California. Silva, a father of four, later died at a nearby hospital.
Michael Creed, a 25-year old from Newark Delaware was arrested and charged with first degree assault and possession of a deadly weapon in connection with the early Sunday morning stabbing of University of Delaware senior quarterback Trevor Sasek.
Russian security services said that they have detained an undercover CIA agent after he tried to recruit one of the country's intelligence officers. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said they found the man with various disguises, including wigs and sunglasses, as well as a large sum of money.
Kermit Gosnell, an abortion doctor, was convicted of first-degree in three counts of murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three babies and one adult patient at his inner-city clinic. His sentence is not yet decided, as jurors will reconvene on May 21 to consider whether he should be executed. Gosnell was acquitted of one count of first-degree murder in a fourth abortion.
