Kermit Gosnell, 72, a Philadelphia abortion provider serving life in prison for killing three babies, rejected a plea in a federal drug case and now faces a trial on charges that he illegally distributed prescription painkillers.
Diane Wilson, a woman who appeared to be among 17 people in orange jumpsuits protesting the detention of terrorist suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was arrested on allegations she jumped over the White House fence.
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan-born terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal, lost an appeal of his conviction in four bombings in France three decades ago that killed 11 people and saw his life sentence upheld.
Jennifer James, 25, and Mark Dixon, 24, of West Haven, Conn., who had been struggling between the names Jackson and Logan for the baby boy they’re expecting, put it to a vote among customers at a Starbucks and ultimately decided upon the name Logan Jackson Dixon.
Paula Morris, whose 19-year-old son Alex died from cardiac arrhythmia last year, is blaming his death on Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed in California that his death was caused by the company’s energy drink, which her son drank habitually.
Richard Finkbiner, 40, a self-confessed “sextortionist” from Indiana, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for coercing more than a dozen teenagers into performing sex acts online.
John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, said in Kuwait that some progress toward reviving Mideast peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians needs to be made “long before September,” when the next session of the United Nations General Assembly will begin.
President Barack Obama said in a statement issued as he flew to Senegal aboard Air Force One that he’s re-enlisting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey for another term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Emeka Offor, a Nigerian billionaire, is donating $1.25 million to the Rotary Club’s PolioPlus program to eradicate the paralyzing disease that attacks more people in his country than any other in the world.
Jodi Arias is seeking a judge’s ruling vacating the jury’s decision in her murder trial in Phoenix that the 2008 killing of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander, was “especially cruel,” a finding that allowed the panel to consider the death penalty.
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