The ruling is the latest in a protracted legal drama surrounding a 20-year-old murder case. Attorneys for the man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend say they haven't exhausted their legal options.

The 57-year-old offered no clues about what prompted him to lace coworkers' food with toxic metals. A psychologist said he "seemed to me like a scientist who was testing substances on a guinea pig."

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians.

The councilor's call for a hearing follows the violent kidnapping of a young mother from Dorchester outside of a Boston nightclub.

City officials said the woman's husband and his daughter took advantage of Baltimore citizens' fear of violence to cover up their crime.

Only three inmates killed themselves in county jails last year, the lowest number since 2011.

The charge of kidnapping, resulting in death, would make the 32-year-old Rhode Island man eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

The federal indictment represents a "significant blow" to Las FARC, one of the island's most notorious and brutal drug trafficking rings, officials said on Wednesday.

"These are people who have been lying at rest for years and years and to have them desecrated in such a sacrilegious way is so distressing and disturbing," the Archbishop of Dublin told local media.

The Patriots owner is likely to avoid prison time for solicitation charges but his credibility among the public and within the NFL could take serious damage.