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How young is too young to be tried as an adult? That’s the question before a Pennsylvania court involving Jordan Brown, who was 11 years old when he was arrested and charged with the murder of his father’s pregnant fiancé, Kenzie Houk. Brown, now 13, is accused of double murder in the case of Kenzie Houk and her unborn child who also died. If the court rules that he can be tried as a juvenile, he can’t be held beyond the age of 21, which will be 2018, the Beaver County Times reports....

In yet another animal cruelty story out of Chicago, police seized two malnourished monkeys and five dogs from an elderly woman’s home after being tipped off that they were being held in unsanitary conditions without the requisite food and water. It turns out that the animals belonged to the woman’s 46-year-old daughter, Rachel Birkenfeld, who has now been arrested and charged with possession of a dangerous animal and neglect. Tipped off by a social worker sent to check on the elderly woman, the Chicago Sun-Times reports that the local Animal Crimes Unit found the malnourished monkeys and dogs in small, unsanitary cages riddled with excrement and cigarette butts....

Corey White, the alleged target of a Facebook murder-for-hire scheme, was shot dead Monday evening outside his West Philadelphia home. White’s name made headlines earlier this year when his ex girlfriend, London Eley, posted a status update on her Facebook page offering $1,000 to anybody who killed him, according to the Huffington Post. Police say that 18-year-old Timothy Bynum responded to Eley’s murder-for-hire post, asking for the $1,000 up front and a description of White, according to Reuters....

Missouri executions will not be carried out by lethal injections via propofol after all. The state was slated to be the first in the country to use the anesthetic in an execution scheduled for October 23. But on Friday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon halted Allen Nicklasson’s execution until the state finds a new drug to use in lethal injections. The decision came after the drug’s German manufacturer said using propofol for executions could lead the European Union to ban the export of the drug to the United States....

A Jesus portrait in a small Ohio town has come down over concerns over the cost of defending a federal lawsuit against its display. The religious painting thrust rural Jackson, Ohio into a national debate over religion in public schools. The Jackson City Schools superintendent ordered the “Head of Christ” painting taken down Wednesday. Superintendent Phil Howard said the decision was made after the district’s insurance company declined to cover litigation expenses....

Scheana Shay’s neighbor is not happy about the scent emanating from her apartment, and filed a lawsuit over her weed smoking, according to Page Six. If you don’t know who Shay is or how she made headlines over a neighborly dispute, you must not be up on your Bravo shows. Scheana Shay is a reality TV star who appears on “Vanderpump Rules,” a show about a restaurant in LA, which is run by a real housewife of another reality television show....

It is becoming almost a part of life for Toyota owners; the Toyota recall. And this past week Toyota did announce yet two more recalls,one on the Toyota Avalon model years 2000 to 2004, and a separate recall on the Lexus LX 470 model years 2003 to 2007. Both models are affected with steering problems, but for differing reasons. The number of Toyotas under recall in the U.S. has now reached 9....

Joe Francis, the embattled founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video franchise, has been hit with a $5,000 daily sanction by a bankruptcy court judge. The fines are meant to compel Francis to return two luxury cars – a Bentley Flying Spur and a Cadillac Escalade – that belong to his former business, reports The Wall Street Journal. Girls Gone Wild was sold after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year....

The former voice of “Sesame Street’s” Elmo had a win, or at least not a loss, in federal court after a judge dismissed a sex-abuse lawsuit for falling outside the statute of limitations. This was the fourth sex-abuse suit filed against Kevin Clash, 53, accusing him of engaging in sexual relationships with teenage boys who are now adult men. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner dismissed the latest suit by a man who claimed Clash sexually abused him in 2004, when he was 16, reports Reuters....

Being confronted and questioned by police, no matter the scenario, can be a scary prospect. But it can be a little less scary if you know your rights. Along with knowing your legal and constitutional protections when talking to (or not talking to) officers is having some common sense tips on things you should really never say to police. Anything. First and foremost, in the majority of police interactions, you have the right to refuse to answer questions....

If you live in Colorado, you’re probably smelling a lot of smoke right now. A huge wildfire burning in Canada and Alaska, covering more than 2-million acres, has spread smoke as far south as Colorado. With the hot dry conditions of summer, even a small spark can become a huge fire. If you caused a wildfire or a forest fire, you may end up in jail. Since wildfires can cause millions of dollars in damage and put lives at risk, states and the federal government have been zealous about prosecuting people who started the fires, either intentionally or unintentionally....

Skin cancer among teenagers who tan is on the rise, according to a new study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. However, the news appears to be doing little to curb the number of teens tanning for prom. The study found melanoma rates in young adults increased by six fold in the last 40 years, MSNBC reports. The incidences of melanoma for women ages 18 to 39 rose eight times from what they were in 1970....

A Michigan doctor is being charged in the nation’s first ever prosecution under a 1996 federal law prohibiting female genital mutilation. Allegedly, the doctor performed the procedures on girls as young as 6 and 8 years old, and may have even had parental consent. While the charges filed only relate to two minors specifically, the US Attorney’s Office is hoping that others will come forward. The practice of female genital mutilation is also called female circumcision or female genital cutting, and is done in various cultures across the globe for varying dogmatic reasons, despite the fact that international treaties make the practice illegal....

While many Americans worry about the damage done by illegal drugs, a new study reveals just how pernicious legal prescription drugs can be. According to a new FindLaw.com survey, a surprising one in four Americans admitted to abusing prescription drugs. “Abuse” in this case includes using the drug other than for its intended use, or use by someone other than the person on the prescription. With startling revelations like these about the insidious nature of prescription drug abuse, what can consumers do to legally protect themselves?...

Another juror bites the dust. The original jury in Colorado shooter James Holmes’ trial just keeps getting smaller and smaller as yet another is dismissed. Last week, we wrote about how three jurors were dismissed for improper discussion of outside information. This week another juror was dismissed for possible bias. An Accident? At 3 a.m. last Wednesday morning, a Colorado man was at an ATM. He was approached by a stranger who asked for a cigarette....

Google is finding it difficult to live up to its motto: “Don’t be evil.” Whether the technology giant intends to or not, it continues to find itself on the edge of prickly privacy issues. The latest dustup comes after Google’s Street View cars, which carry a globe like camera designed to capture street views, captured sensitive WiFi data. Google admits that its “Street View” vehicles collected complete e-mails, passwords and private data....

Google recently settled an age discrimination lawsuit originally filed back in 2015, and later certified as a class action in 2016. Though details of the settlement are undisclosed, it appears the number of plaintiffs represented in the suit ranges from 231 to 238, and are aged 40 and older. The suit was seeking monetary and non-monetary relief. The parties have yet to settle the non-monetary relief, but according to plaintiffs’ attorney, Daniel Low, “the monetary component will encourage Google and others to look at their hiring practices in terms of older workers....

Cities and counties across the country are set to spend funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help clean up abandoned homes. The $4 billion allocated by Congress would go toward refurbishing and selling homes that have already been foreclosed. As reported by the LA Times, the “Neighborhood Stabilization Program” will help cities fight the viral effect of dropping property values which sink further due to disrepair and blight associated with foreclosed and abandoned homes....

It seems Kourtney Kardashian has finally said that enough is enough. The often overshadowed Kardashian sister has finally broken it off with her longtime boyfriend Scott Disick. Rumors of the split have been simmering for a while since Scott was spotted in Monaco with another woman. Reports claim that Kourtney had enough of Scott’s partying and drinking, so she ended the relationship. What could this mean for the kids? Kourtney and Scott have been together for over nine years, significantly longer than most Hollywood marriages, and have three children together....

A Lorax statue was stolen from the late Dr. Seuss’ estate in San Diego, police said Tuesday. The Lorax statue was made of bronze and weighed 300 pounds. The late author’s widow Audrey Geisel and a groundskeeper discovered the statue was missing on Monday. San Diego Police believe the statue was rolled down a hill adjacent to the property and loaded it into a getaway vehicle, Reuters reports. The Lorax movie, starring Zac Efron and Taylor Swift, hit theaters earlier this month....