A juvenile was arrested by Spoke Washington police in connection with the beating of Delbert Belton, an 88-year-old World War II veteran. The suspect was charged with first-degree robbery and first murder
40-year-old staff sergeant Robert Bales who shot and killed 16 Afghan civilians was sentenced to life in prison on Friday with no chance of parole, the Associated Press reported. Bales had pleaded guilty in June in a deal to avoid the death penalty. The verdict was announced at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle.
Army Maj. and psychiatrist Nidal Hasan was convicted on all counts of murder he was charged Friday in the 2009 shooting rampage many experts deem as a terrorist attack at Fort Hood, in which he opened fire on fellow soldiers
Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28 1963, and is now the last surviving speaker from that day, was an instrumental leader part of the movement.
