Ex-Minnesota Vikings tight end Stu Voigt and his business partner Jeffery Gardner faces trial over Ponzi scheme. Voigt is charged with falsifying a loan application and bank fraud, while Gardner is facing the same charges and an additional mail fraud.
Three people are charged with public endangerment as a lioness escaped and prowled a Dubai neighborhood. It is illegal for wildlife to be kept as pets in the Emirates.
South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and the armed opposition (SPLM-IO) leader Riek Machar are both qualified for sanctions according to a UN panel.
Michigan's Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette appointed former prosecutor Todd Flood to spearhead the Flint's lead-contaminated water investigation. Issues however arise due to Democrat vs. Republican concerns.
