The Court of Cassation, Italy's top criminal court, overturned Amanda Knox's acquittal for the killing of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, and has ordered a new trial.
The National Rifle Association has reportedly made multiple robocalls to Connecticut residents, urging them to stand against state legislative attempts to pass stricter gun laws, including a more expansive assault weapons ban and 10-round limit for magazines. In response, some irritated residents will protest on Thursday.
Public defender Kevin Gough who represents 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins is confident his client is "absolutely, 1,000 percent not guilty," for the shooting death of a Georgia baby who was killed at point-blank rach in his stroller last week. Elkins made his first court appearance on Monday, charged as an adult with first degree murder, along with a 14-year-old who was not identified because he is a juvenile, Brunswick Police Chief Tobe Green said.
Investigative reporter and radio journalist Rahmo Abdulkadir was shot dead on Sunday evening in Mogadishu. Two unidentified gunmen shot Abdulkadir five times as she was walking to a relative's house near Bacaad Market in Yaaqhiid District of Mogadishu.
