An appeals court in Florence on Thursday upheld the guilty verdict against U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend for the 2007 murder of her British roommate. Knox was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison, raising the specter of a long legal battle over her extradition.
Eight children and their mother were killed in an early morning house fire in western Kentucky on Thursday, with only the injured father and an 11-year-old girl escaping, Kentucky State Police said.
An employee of a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh was charged Wednesday with selling heroin in Happy Meals to customers using the coded request “I’d like to order a toy.”
A same-sex couple made an appearance on a Disney Channel show for the first time on Sunday.
A preliminary toxicology report shows that Justin Bieber tested positive for marijuana and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax after his arrest last week in South Florida.
The motion picture academy has rescinded the Academy Awards original song nomination for “Alone Yet Not Alone” because of the appearance of an unfair advantage.
More than 400 snakes, some dead, some alive, were found inside the home of an Orange County, Calif., elementary school teacher.
