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South African Judge Thokosile Masipa is due to give her verdict at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius. The Olympic double-amputee sprinter faces 25 years in jail if found guilty of premeditated murder. He denies intentionally killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year, saying he thought there was an intruder. The judge could also find him guilty ...

Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location. Malaysia’s air force chief has denied reports that the plane was tracked to the Malacca Strait in the west. Vietnam has dispatched a plane to investigate an eyewitness report of a possible object burning in the sky ...

The management company and West’s label announced this week that Roc Nation will work alongside West’s production house, DONDA, on managing the Grammy-winning superstar’s music endeavors. Izvor Zivkovic will continue to manage West as well. Roc Nation manages Rihanna, Shakira, Timbaland and other acts. West burst on the music scene as a producer on Jay Z’s albums, and the two ...

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) — The top police commander on the scene the night Oscar Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp will testify against the Olympic athlete at his murder trial Friday. Former police colonel G.S. van Rensburg first took the stand Thursday, and said paramedics were already there when he arrived at Pistorius’ address about 3:55 a.m., but Steenkamp was dead. As he testified, the prosecution ...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) — Where do you even begin to look, when the search area covers vast swaths of land and water, stretching thousands of miles, from Kazakhstan to the Indian Ocean? That’s the question for Malaysian officials and authorities from 24 other nations as people search for a ninth day, trying to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the ...