Jodi Arias, the woman accused of the brutal stabbing, shooting and killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, resumed on Tuesday after a 5-day absence. On Wednesday, for the first time, she began describing the day she killed him, claiming it was out of self-defense.
A federal jury awarded crime writer Patricia Cornwell approximately $50.9 million in her lawsuit against her former financial management company, and a former principal in the firm.
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,
