George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara told jurors Friday in closing argument that his defense team has proven the neighborhood watch volunteer's "pure, unadulterated innocence" of second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Former Chicago Bulls forward Scottie Pippen is being sued over a fight last month at Nobu Restaurant, an upscale Japanese restaurant in Malibu California. The $4 million lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court says that the 49-year-old plaintiff Camran Shafighi asked the former Bulls superstar for a photograph for his girlfriend's 12-year-old son
As the end of the second week approaches in the George Zimmerman trial, Seminole Court Judge Debra Nelson asked the defendant whether he will testify as part of the courtroom drama. After consultation with his defense team, Zimmerman decided that he will not take the stand. His defense team also planned to rest later on Wednesday afternoon.
The Obama administration has quietly notified healthcare insurers, who happen to be smokers that they may get a delay from tobacco-use penalties that could have made their premiums unaffordable. A computer glitch is the cause of the postponement delay, and a fix will take at least a year to put in place.
