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‘Stand your ground’ under fire in recent shootings

The two recent cases – one in Minnesota, another in Montana – take the “stand your ground” debate to a new level: Do laws that allow private citizens to protect their property also let them set a trap and wait for someone to kill?

 
Teen’s video shows scene on sinking ferry

A shaky video — at times poignant and heartbreaking as the teens said last words to their loved ones — was found on the cellphone belonging to 17-year-old Park Su-hyeon when his body was recovered after the disaster on the morning of April 16 off South Korea.

Retired US general catches flack for thoughts on Benghazi

A retired U.S. general felt the heat from a Republican committee chairman after saying that the military “should have tried” to save the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Toronto Mayor takes leave after new video report

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford began a leave of absence to seek treatment for substance abuse Thursday, disappearing from public view after a report surfaced of second video of him apparently smoking crack cocaine.

 
Block-long hole swallows cars in Baltimore

Officials say a block-long hole opened up when a street collapsed in a residential neighborhood in northeast Baltimore, sucking in several cars and forcing the evacuation of several houses.

 
2 inmates killed in Florida jail explosion

An apparent gas explosion all but destroyed a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates and injuring as many as 180 people inside the building, authorities said Thursday. Three other inmates were found after they were reported missing.

 
62 arrested in NJ high school senior prank

Sixty-two students were arrested Thursday after police said they broke into their high school overnight for a senior class prank, urinating in hallways, greasing doorknobs with petroleum jelly and taping hot dogs to lockers.