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BOSTON (AP) — The jury hearing the Boston Marathon bombing trial has taken just a day and a half to find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) guilty of all 30 counts against him. The charges include deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction. The verdict was expected because his lawyer admitted during the trial that Tsarnaev carried out the terror attack with his now-dead older brother, Tamerlan. The defense hopes to convince the same jury to spare Tsarnaev's life.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — North Charleston, South Carolina, has fired a white officer seen on witness video fatally shooting a black man in the back. The video shows the officer firing eight shots from a safe distance. The motorist had been pulled over for a broken tail light. Michael Thomas Slager, a five-year veteran of the force, has also been charged with murder. North Charleston's mayor says body cameras are being ordered for every officer.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Lawyers hired by the family of a black man who was found hanging in Mississippi say they're hiring independent experts to conduct a parallel interview. The death is being investigated by state and federal authorities. Otis Byrd was found hanging by a sheet from a tree near his home in the small southwestern Mississippi town of Port Gibson. The family doesn't believe it was suicide.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Iran says a destroyer and another naval ship sent to waters off Yemen are part of an anti-piracy campaign. But the Iranian maneuver comes as the U.S. deepened its support for a military offensive in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition against Shiite rebels.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are considering legislation that would require all children in the state to be vaccinated. Under the proposal, parents could no longer cite personal beliefs or religious reasons to send unvaccinated children to private and public schools unless a child's health is in danger. If passed, California would join Mississippi and West Virginia as the only other states with such strict vaccine rules.
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