U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt granted a new trial for five former New Orleans Police Department officers who were convicted in the deadly shootings at the Danzinger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing cover-up
19-year-old Eric Knysz was charged with murder on Wednesday in the shooting death of state trooper Paul Butterfield near Ludington Michigan. Knysz's wife Sarah was also charged with helping him try to get away. She was also due in court on Wednesday.Butterfield was shot in the head by Knysz during a traffic stop on Monday in Mason County's Sherman Township, which is about 80 miles north of Grand Rapids
Electric Zoo, a popular New York City music festival, was canceled on Sunday after two concert attendees overdosed while using the drug Molly.
Illinois State University President Timothy Flanagan said that there was nothing suspicious even after a day after a handwritten bomb threat was discovered in the school bathroom
