Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder. Reader discretion is advised. CBS 48 Hours revisits Lamar Johnson’s wrongful conviction for the 1994 murder of his friend, Markus Boyd. The episode “Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth” will air on the network this Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 10 p.m. ET. A synopsis says, “A man gets … Read more
The internet is rarely united on anything these days. But social media is almost universally united about an official’s call in a New Jersey high school playoff game. Officials waved off what appeared to be the winning basket on Tuesday night in what would become Camden’s (Camden, New Jersey) 46-45 win over Manasquan (Manasquan, New … Read more
LONDON — Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system. Sunak said the scandal, which saw hundreds of postmasters falsely convicted of stealing money because Post … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A top Australian court on Thursday quashed all the convictions against a woman who spent 20 years in prison over the deaths of her four children. Kathleen Folbigg, 56, was pardoned and released from prison in June after an inquiry found there was “reasonable doubt” as to … Read more
No. 24 Iowa suffered the cruelest of fates on Saturday, falling 12-10 to Minnesota in a game that left many an onlooker scratching their head. The Hawkeyes (6-2) had been second-best for much of the day, struggling to manage against a defense that ranked as one of the Big Ten’s worst. Kirk Ferentz’s squad netted … Read more
The Yankees simply cannot purchase a win. And for a workforce that used to flex its monetary muscle, that could be a drawback. On Sunday at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers had been caught in yet one more battle with their longtime rivals, the Boston Crimson Sox. It has been a wrestle all season for the … Read more
When Chloe, a 22-year-old mother from Arizona, gave beginning to her second youngster, a daughter, she cradled her on her chest, figuring out it might be one of many few occasions they’d bodily contact. Holding her new child skin-to-skin on her chest was one thing Chloe initially advised docs she didn’t wish to do. “I … Read more