A body believed to be that of Stephen Rakes, a key witness in the trial of alleged Boston mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger has been found dead, authorities confirmed Thursday. Rakes, who accused Bulger of extorting him out of of his liquor store was discovered in Lincoln Massachusetts
An unmanned drone has crashed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. Local telecasts indicated that the QF 4 drone crashed while taking off, exploded and sent up a large black cloud. The drone was assigned to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group.
John Henry Spooner, a 76-year-old Milwaukee Wisconsin man, was convicted on Wednesday of fatally shooting his 13-year-old neighbor whom he suspected had broken into his home and stole his weapons. The trial now enters a second phase in which the defense will seek toprove that he was mentally ill at the time of the shooting.
After the acquittal of George Zimmerman of second degree murder and manslaughter on Saturday evening, many have taken to the streets to protest in cities throughout the U.S. Those who have vented their outrage to the verdict have also taken to social media. One 'mash-up' photo on Twitter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King wearing a hoodie has become a sensation online, but it also generated some anger within his family.
