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A 24-year-old woman is facing three felony charges of reckless homicide for allegedly passing a stopped school bus with its stop sign arm extended and killing three young siblings. 6-year-old twin brothers xavier and mason engle and their 9-year-old sister olivia were pronounced dead at the scene. a fourth child had to be airlift out with life-threatening injuries. the driver of the pickup truck that struck the children has been identified as alissa shepherd of rochester, indiana. police say she...

Flight radar 24 which monitors flights all around the world which shows in the final moments before the plane disappeared from radar its altitude was wildly erratic. at one point, plunging more than 700 feet in just 20 seconds, suggesting that something was that terribly wrong before it crashed into the java sea. dave? >> hopefully some answers ahead there. iv ivan, thank you. a violent end to the life of one of americas most notorious criminals, boston mob boss james "whitey" bulger. killed t...

Tough story. a 24-year-old woman facing three felony charges of reckless homicide for allegedly passing a stopped school bus with its stop sign arm extended and killing throu three young siblings. 6-year-old twin brothers xavier and mason engle and their 9-year-old sister olivia were pronounced dead at the scene. a fourth child had to be airlift out with life-threatening injuries. the driver of the pickup truck that struck the children has been identified as alissa shepherd of rochester, indiana...

To help you retire your way... with confidence. thats what ameriprise financial does. thats what they can do with you. ameriprise financial. more within reach. welcome back. two consecutive life terms plus five years. thats the sentence handed down today to legendary boston mob boss james "whitey" bulger. the prosecutors had, in fact, requested and imposing the sentence. the federal judge told bulger his crimes were, quote, heinous, almost unfathomable, and all about money. the judge said, quo...

>> reporter: attorney generals announcement and judges decision suggest major changes are ahead for those with a get tough on crime mentality. but in the nations largest city that has seen a record drop in crime, mayor bloomberg issues a stark warning. >> crime can come back anytime the criminals think that theyre going to get away with things. you just cannot let that happen. >> reporter: the city is appealing the judges ruling on stop and frisk, but it really is shining a new light on the bala...

Possibly. >> reporter: attorney generals announcement and judges decision suggest major changes are ahead for those with a get tough on crime mentality. but in the nations largest city that has seen a record drop in crime, mayor bloomberg issues a stark warning. >> crime can come back anytime the criminals think that theyre going to get away with things. you just cannot let that happen. >> reporter: the city is appealing the judges ruling on stop and frisk, but it really is shining a new light o...

Afterwards. stevie flemmi is as big a degenerate as whitety bulger. >> you wrote a book about mob movies. the courtroom had all these colorful exchanges. in one instance he disrupted kevin weeks after weeks testified that it bothered he him that bulger was an informant for the fbi. quote, because we killed people that were rats, and i had the two biggest rats right next to me. and from his seat in the courtroom bulger screams. you suck. weeks responds f you, okay? and bulger says f you too. and ...

California in 2011. today in a courtroom in boston, a jury found him guilty of 31 out of 32 counts, including murder, moneylaundering, racketeering and extortion. the 83-year-old bulger called the trial a sham. for many it, it seemed like his focus during the two-month trial was disputing charges by the prosecution that he was an fbi informant. he also strongly denied he ever killed women. the trial was heavy on drama with bulger often cursing his former criminal associates testifying against hi...

Found him guilty of 31 out of 32 counts including murder, money laundering and extortion. the 83-year-old bulger called the trial a sham for many it seemed like his focus during the two-month trial was disputing charges by the prosecution that he was an fbi informant. he also strongly denied he ever killed women. the trial was heavy on drama with bulger often cursing his former criminal associates testifying against him but surprising to some he never took the stand himself. for more on the case...

To limit that testimony. it would be totally unfair to whitey bulger to let some members of the family testify to what these crimes meant to them because thats not what the trials about. >> reporter: the 83-year-old bulger, two years after his arrest on 19 murder charges, will tuesday see the first of more than 600 prospective jurors file through. the judge apparently made another definitive ruling at the hearing because the normally talkative attorney j.w. carney said only this -- >> i hope you...