Attorneys are expected to wrap up their legal cases today in the trial of Robert Williams who was charged with torturing and raping a graduate student from Columbia University, New York.

William was slapped with 71 counts including kidnapping, burglary, arson and sexual assault. Prosecutors told that he repeatedly sodomized and raped the 24-year old graduate student during a 19 hour ordeal in April, 2007.

Williams did not attend court on the first day when victim testified, and refused to appear before court after the lunch break on the second day.

He will face life imprisonment if convicted.

[Read more →]

One person got killed and 3 were injured in a bus accident near Chinatown, New York. The Fung Wah bus jumped a curb and hit a bank this morning.

This accident took place just before 8 this morning at the intersection of the Canal Street and Bowery. One person was taken to a local hospital who had suffered serious injuries.

Some published reports say that a stationed dump truck rear-ended the Fung Wah bus, thus forcing it into the bank.

This is the 5th [Read more →]