Three teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy whose beating was captured on amateur video. Nineteen-year-old Silvanus Shannon, 16-year-old Eric Carson and 18-year-old Eugene Riley were charged as adults with first degree felony murder, said Tandra Simonton, spokesperson for the Cook County States Attorney.
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Suicide bombers use U.N. disguise in Somali attack
Suicide attackers breached security at the African Union base in Somalia’s capital by using vehicles with United Nations logos to carry out a deadly double car bombing, the organization told CNN. But what does this term mean “The ‘person of interest’ tells you nothing,” says Cynthia Hujar Orr, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
10 killed in attack at Mexican rehab center
Ten people have been killed in a shooting at a drug rehabilitation center in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, state-run news agency Notimex reported. Three others were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire Tuesday night, the agency said
Rwandan finds solace in gacacas
For Morris Murenzi, a visit to his native Rwanda always includes attending a gacaca court — a local tribunal of villagers set up to try suspects in a 1994 genocide that killed 800,000. At the proceedings, he sits with his countrymen
Is North Korea Behind the Cyberattacks?
If North Korea is really behind the cyberattacks on U.S. and South Korean websites over the past few days, as South Korea has claimed, why hasn’t it taken responsibility
Attacks on Christians in Iraq leave 3 dead
Two attacks on Christian families in the city of Kirkuk on Sunday evening left three people dead and two others wounded, police said.
Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 7 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed seven people Wednesday in Pakistan’s turbulent tribal region, a political official and an intelligence source told CNN. Thai police believe pirates slit 64-year-old Malcolm Robertson’s throat and tied up his wife Linda, 57, when they raided their yacht near Koh Dong, an island about 73km (45 miles) off southern Thailand’s Andaman sea coast, the British Press Association reported.