The ruling late Wednesday followed St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hilton's approval of a plan allowing Marcellus Williams to enter a no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle.
Daniel Messel, who received an 80-year prison sentence last fall for killing IU student Hannah Wilson, appears in court for new sexual assault charges on the same day he files an appeal over the murder conviction.
The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties filed a lawsuit against the San Diego Police Department, that has been abusing its authority and specifically targeting black children for unlawful DNA collection.
NASA's twin study suggests that a series of notable changes can be found in those that spend time in space for about a year.
