The judge in the trial of former University Medical Center chief Lacy Thomas declared a mistrial Friday because Las Vegas police failed to turn over hundreds of pages of potential evidence.
BERLIN — The head of Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a statement on Good Friday denouncing past failures and mistakes in the church’s handling of abuse cases. Clerics have neglected helping abuse victims by a “wrongly intended desire to protect the church’s reputation,” Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg said.
LOS ANGELES — Jesse James is a “a broken man” and is hoping that rehab and some privacy will help him recover and save his marriage to Sandra Bullock, his friend and attorney said. Joe Yanny said allegations of marital infidelity against James and the ensuing media “feeding frenzy” have ruined his life.
LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen is looking at a future without “Two and a Half Men.” According to a person close to the actor, Sheen has told friends that he wants to leave the hit CBS comedy in which he’s starred for seven years. Sheen, 44, has tired of the demands of a weekly show and wants to focus on movies, the person close to him said.
Las Vegas police are investigating a stabbing Friday morning that left a woman in critical condition and a suspect at large.