Renata Shamrakova, the glamorous "personal assistant" to hedge funder Todd Meister admitted in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday that she stole nearly $1 million working for him. After a year of denials, Shamrakova came clean in an effort to avert a possible 15-year prison term on grand larceny charges.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez has spent the better part of the last two trial days going after key witness, Richard Samuels who is the psychologist who diagnosed the defendant, Jodi Arias with post-traumatic stress disorder. While Samuels diagnosed Arias with post-traumatic stress disorder, he also said he failed to re-administer his test after Arias admitted she lied during her first examination.
President Barack Obama said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a "game-changer," demanding action from the international community. The president stressed that the U.S. and other nations are still determining whether those weapons were used.
A Minnesota school district went in lock down of several buildings on Wednesday after a 9-11 call that authorities later said was a prank, with a 12-year-old supect of making the call. He was arrested
