Convicted Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro was found dead late Tuesday in his prison cell in Ohio. The New York Daily News reports the 52-year-old hung himself.
The story of a young man being hit by a texting driver, another man killing three people, a woman whose life was completely changed by being struck by a car, and a man who killed two men are the topic of a new PSA aimed to stop people from texting and driving.
An old-fashioned ice cream parlor and diner called Holsten's Brookdale Confectionary in Bloomfield, NJ became an impromptu gathering place for fans mourning the loss of actor James Gandolfini, who died of an apparent heart attack on June 19.
It’s hard to believe that he’s gone. A gentle giant and an amazing thespian has passed away too early, James Gandolfini was only 51.
George Zimmerman is charged with the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Lawyers for both sides are meeting with a judge today to determine whether a 9-1-1 recording including screams for help should be presented to the jury. However, it’s unclear who is screaming. Audio experts are divided, some saying it’s Martin, others saying it’s Zimmerman.
We're thinking Toni Larroux of Bay Saint Louis, MS., who died last week at 68, had a pretty quirky sense of humor. Her two surviving children certainly do.
Kendrick Johnson was a 17-year-old student from Valdosta, Georgia who was found dead in his high school gym. According to authorities, Johnson died after getting stuck upside down in a rolled up gym mat, where his body was found. Based on the condition of his body, his family believes he was beaten to death and have released a gruesome photo to prove something is amiss.
Just days after announcing a leave of absence from writing to deal with a recurrence of cancer, the Chicago Sun-Times reported this afternoon that legendary movie critic Roger Ebert has died.