"Every day over the past 12 years, I've awakened thinking about how to make our city stronger and safer, healthier and greener, freer and fairer, more just and compassionate, more innovative and forward-looking, with more opportunity for all," said outgoing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his final radio address. "On Wednesday morning I will wake up and smile, knowing that we did everything we could to achieve those goals."
49-year-old Elias Acevedo Sr. pleaded guilty on Monday to 297 counts, including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping, and will serve a life imprisonment sentence for the killings of two women in the 1990s, CNN reported. The cases "were re-investigated after the discovery of three women held captive nearby for years by Ariel Castro,"
27-year-old Kourosh Keshmiri, a convicted drunk driver who allegedly crashed a car into a California home on Sunday killing a man while sleeping, was charged with murder on Monday, as reported by CBS Los Angeles. The Mission Viejo resident is being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled for arraignment on Tueday.
