The UN committee on the Rights of the Child said in its latest paper that the Vatican under Pope Francis has yet to take actions to the growing number of sexual abuse cases, and requested the Church to conduct a much-anticipated internal investigation to prosecute abusers and award compensation to victims.
The jury was not able to wrap up their deliberations regarding their verdict on ex-SAC Capital Advisors trader Mathew Martoma, who is on trial for seeking private information in bad faith to gain an advantage in trading stocks.
Caroline Biden, the niece of current US Vice President Joe Biden, expressed in writing that she will agree to the conditional dismissal deal offered by US prosecutors regarding her misdemeanor case, the New York Daily News said in a report.