New York State is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and arrest of Richard Matt and David Sweat, the two convicted murderers who escaped from an upstate maximum security prison, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. The governor called the offer of $50,000 for each prisoner an unusual step for the state, …read more.

Alicia Keir, 24, of DeMotte, Indiana, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of her newborn on a cruise ship in October 2011. Keir, then 20, boarded the Caribbean cruise ship with a friend and that friend’s family. She knew she was pregnant, but did not tell anyone else that was with her …read more.