South African olympian Oscar Pistorius was formally indicted on a premeditated murder charge on Monday, NBC News reported. The court later set March 3 as Pistorius' trial date. A list of more than 100 witnesses was submitted to the court and Pistorius was also indicted for illegal possession of ammunition
New York City is appealing a federal judge's ruling that the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program violates the constitutional rights of minorities, according to documents filed in a Manhattan court
A young German woman was snorkeling about 50 yards offshore at Palauea Beach on South Maui when she was critically injured in a shark attack. The 20-year-old woman was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center and was listed in critical condition.
A ferry with nearly 700 people aboard sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu on Friday after colliding with a cargo vessel, killing at least 17 people, the Associated Press reported. MV Thomas Aquinas, the captain of the ferry, ordered the ship abandoned after it began listing and then sank once it hit the vessel.
