In an effort to extradite Edward Snowden back to the United States, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder assured Russia that the U.S. would try him in a civilian court, and would not seek the death penalty against him. Russian President's Vladimir Putin 's spokesman again ruled out hopes for Holder to get Snowden extradited.
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of imprisoning and torturing three women for a decade, agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve a life sentence without parole, plus 1,000 years.
More than 100 people suspected of Mafia involvement in Italy were arrested Friday as police launched two separate operations near Rome and in the country's southern Calabria region.
The three women whose bodies were found wrapped in trash bags in East Cleveland have been identified, NBC News reported. The three identities are 18-year-old Shirellda Hellen Terry, 28-year-old Shetisha Sheely and 38-year-old Angela Deskins. Suspect Michael Madison is in custody and facing preliminary charges of aggravated murder and kidnapping in the multiple murders.
