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IOC ‘confident’ on U.S. 2024 bid despite Boston pullout

The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday it remains confident the United States will deliver a bid to host the 2024 Summer Games despite Boston’s withdrawal a day earlier.

 
Mistrial in Vanderbilt rape case because juror was once raped

A Tennessee judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in a rape case against two former Vanderbilt University football players because a juror had failed to disclose that he was himself a rape victim, according to court documents.

 
Soccer player gets 8 to 15 years in prison for referee’s death

A soccer player was sentenced to eight to 15 years in prison on Friday for fatally injuring a referee he punched during a recreational league game in a Detroit suburb last summer.

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Prosecutors show video from Hernandez’s home before ‘13 killing

Security footage shows former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and two friends in a flurry of preparation hours before the death of an acquaintance he is charged with murdering, prosecutors said on Thursday.