During the George Zimmerman trial on Friday, Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton said she recognized the screaming on the 911 audio call was coming from her son on the night of the shooting, CNN reported. The defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked Fulton if she had no doubt that it was her son screaming.
Police in Seattle are investigating a Nevada man arrested near the University of Washington in a stolen pickup truck filled with weapons, body armor and suspected explosive devices.
When a wood platform holding live fireworks tipped over during a Fourth of July parade in Simi Valley, about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, 28 people were injured as pyrotechnics exploded, the Christian Science Monitor reported. Police were still investigating what led to the explosion, but said early indications show a platform designed and built to hold the fireworks gave way.