Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted on a host of federal corruption charges - guilty of 24 criminal counts, including racketeering, extortion and bribery.
Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Para Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
Shayne Carpenter, a 27-year-old California mechanic has been arrested after allegedly putting Visine eye drops in his girlfriend's drink during a fight. Carpenter was arrested by Nevada County Sheriffs in Grass Valley, California when his girlfriend became ill after a fight.
The accused, Ram Singh, hanged himself in Tihar jail, New Delhi, with the help of his close around 5 in the morning in Tihar jail, in New Delhi.
