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Trial begins for first of 6 Baltimore officers charged in Freddie Gray death

The first of six city police officers went on trial Monday in a closely watched case involving a 25-year-old black prisoner who died after being shackled and placed without a seat belt in a Baltimore City police van.

 
Childhood friends, former teachers testify in Colo. theater shooting trial

Defense lawyers trying to save the life of Colorado movie rampage gunman James Holmes have called witness after witness to take the stand just feet from where he sits, tethered to the floor, expressionless. All of them, from his former piano teacher to friends of his parents, referred to him as “Jimmy,” the child they once knew.

Utah teen accused of school shooting plot faces 4 charges

A teenager accused of bringing a loaded gun to his northern Utah high school as part of a plan to open fire on other students has been charged with four misdemeanor weapons violations, a sheriff’s official confirmed Tuesday.

 
16 firefighters placed on leave after sex tape investigation

Sixteen state firefighters were placed on paid administrative leave Monday for unrelated policy violations that grew out of an investigation into allegations of firefighters having sex on fire trucks, officials said.

Report: Feds investigating Walters, Icahn, Mickelson in possible insider-trading inquiry

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating possible insider trading involving high-profile Las Vegas developer and gambler Bill Walters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, and golfer Phil Mickelson, a source familiar with the matter said.