ALHS Legal Studies

Meet Lumi (right) and Cooper (left), Gabon's newest weapons in the fight against rampant poaching. (CNN) -- From bombs to drugs, humans have long relied on dogs' astonishing sense of smell to sniff out danger. Now, our four-legged friends are also helping to combat poaching.

A Ralston tattoo parlor says it's struggling after thieves stole thousands of dollars of machines, ink and other supplies overnight. Eye Candy Tattoo artist Anthony Van Stratten received a call early Tuesday morning that someone broke into his shop near 72nd and Harrison streets and trashed the inside.

(CNN) -- They were 17-year-old high school students driving to a party at a gravel pit. Perhaps they took a wrong turn; perhaps there was foul play. For 42 years, authorities have had no idea how Cheryl Miller and Pamela Jackson disappeared. Now there may finally be answers.

(CNN) -- A Beijing man who snatched a baby from a pram and hurled it to its death in an argument over a parking space was Wednesday sentenced to death by a Beijing court, according to court documents.

Heavy smoke rises from the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where hostages were being held for a third day on Monday, September 23. Gunmen burst into the mall and opened fire in a deadly attack on September 21.

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Several gunmen remain inside a besieged mall in Nairobi, Kenya, two senior officials said, as a deadly standoff between Kenyan forces and terrorists stretches into a fourth day.

(CNN) -- Her ankles bound, her mouth covered with duct tape, Christina Anderson was bashed at least 12 times in the head. Her 8-year-old son Ethan's body was burned beyond recognition. Those were some of the grisly details released this week by the San Diego Medical Examiner's office investigating the deaths connected to the Hannah Anderson kidnapping case, a case that captured the nation's interest last month.

(CNN) -- Her ankles bound, her mouth covered with duct tape, Christina Anderson was bashed at least 12 times in the head. Her 8-year-old son Ethan's body was burned beyond recognition. Those were some of the grisly details released this week by the San Diego Medical Examiner's office investigating the deaths connected to the Hannah Anderson kidnapping case, a case that captured the nation's interest last month.

(CNN) -- Two teenagers -- 13 and 14 years old -- are in custody in Spokane, Washington, and the mother of one of the teens is recuperating in a hospital after she was attacked by the boys following a pill-taking episode, authorities said.

Dominic Davis, John Lajeunesse, Steven Presley and Rikki Jacobsen were found dead Thursday in a car in Cumberland County, Tennessee. (CNN) -- A 26-year-old man and his girlfriend were indicted on murder charges Friday, more than a week after a marijuana deal turned into a robbery and ended with four young people shot dead in a car along a rural Tennessee road.

"A mother who sent her three-year-old son Jihad to school wearing a sweater with the words "I am a bomb" on the front, along with his name and 'Born on September 11th' on the back, was handed a suspended jail sentence on Friday for "glorifying a crime"."

i dont know how people can even think of doing these things

That man is crazy for wanting to eat children that is just insane that he would want to do such a thing!

Police are searching for the person who beat a mentally disabled man to death in Lincoln.

(CNN) -- The 911 call is accusatory. The woman flatly tells the dispatcher she just witnessed several police officers in East Bakersfield, California, beat a man to death. The woman -- identified by the local newspaper as Salina Quair, 34 -- happened upon the scene as she left Kern Medical Center, where the father of four would later die.

this is crazy that this women would do such a thing to her husband!

About 3:25 a.m. -- two minutes after the message went out -- gunshots shattered the quiet night in a southeastern Massachusetts industrial park, according to witnesses.

wow that sucks because he is really good

"(CNN) -- Can cruel words really kill? The answer, unfortunately, is yes. "