Even after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called an emergency Cabinet meeting in response to her country's growing protests throughout the country, she remained 'stoically silent.' The anti-government protests reportedly range in scope, denouncing everything from poor public services to the billions of dollars spent preparing for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, both held in the country. Demonstrators were planned for mobilizations in 10 cities on Saturday.
16-year-old Michael Pilato has been convicted of killing his father and two brothers by setting the family's Webster, New York home on fire. A jury ruled that Pilato was guilty of arson and multiple counts of murder, concluding that he intended to kill his relatives on December 7, 2011 at 1 a.m. when he used gasoline to set fire to the home, which is located just northeast of Rochester
An Israeli security guard shot and killed a fellow Israeli man in Jerusalem, beside the Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, Reuters reported. The site was immediately shut to visitors following the shooting.