Ron Paul, the former GOP congressman and presidential candidate, has started a petition drive to pressure the Obama administration to grant clemency to Edward Snowden, who is charged with espionage over leaks about the government’s surveillance programs.
Theodore Herring Jr., a Houston doctor, saw his license temporarily suspended by the Texas Medical Board for performing abortions without obtaining admitting privileges at a nearby hospital as required under a state law that took effect in November.
Jeremiah Wright, 32, a Louisiana father accused of beheading his disabled 7-year-old son, was declared innocent by reason of insanity after several experts on mental illness concluded that he was delusional and believed that he was dismembering a CPR dummy.
Natasha Stewart, 40, an adult entertainer, was sentenced in Mississippi to seven years in prison for helping arrange an illegal silicone buttocks injection that killed Karima Gordon, 37, of Atlanta in 2012.
Sandra Gonzalez, 45, who advertised “vampire face-lifts” and other cosmetic procedures that she wasn’t licensed to perform, was arrested after a woman went into cardiac arrest and died at a Southern California beauty salon where Gonzalez rents space, police said.
Ryan Schwope of Alamo Heights, Texas, was charged with child abuse, accused of causing a brain injury to his then-2-month-old son reportedly while burping the baby in November.
Scott Berry, sheriff of Oconee County in northeastern Georgia, posted on Facebook that he was canceling Valentine’s Day because of icy weather, telling men in fun that they were off the hook for buying romantic gifts this year.
Pope Francis offered some Valentine’s Day advice for a lasting marriage, telling 25,000 lovebirds in St.Peter’s Square that the recipe for success lies in saying three simple words: “Please, thanks and sorry.”
Prince William and Prince Harry helped flood hit British villagers protect their homes, unloading sandbags alongside soldiers in a River Thames village.
Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, called government cuts to welfare a “disgrace” and said they have left people facing hunger and destitution.
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