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A Tampa man pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to driving drunk and killing a pedestrian two years ago. 

It took a Tampa jury two hours on Thursday to hand down a guilty verdict for defendant Jorge Britton in his DUI manslaughter trial. 

Jorge Britton could face 30 years to life in prison for causing a fiery crash in December 2021 which killed two men.

A notorious defendant accused of drugging, torturing and killing two Tampa men two decades ago is now trying to ban some witnesses from testifying. 

Steven Lorenzo, who last month requested to withdraw his not-guilty pleas for the infamous killings of two gay men in 2003, received his request in court.

For over 15 years, Steven Lorenzo said he was not guilty of drugging, torturing and killing two men. Now, he says he is guilty and wants the death penalty.

Krebs on Security Adobe and Microsoft each issued a bevy of updates today to plug critical security holes in their software. Microsoft’s release includes fixes for 112 separate flaws, including one zero-day vulnerability that is already being exploited to attack Windows users. Microsoft also is taking flak for changing its security advisories and limiting the amount of information disclosed about each bug. Some 17 of the 112 issues fixed in today’s patch batch involve “critical” proble...