Breaking the barriers, two women have become the first same-sex couple to tie the knot in Northern Ireland.   The couple, Robyn Peoples, 26, and Sharni Edwards, 27, exchanged vows at a ceremony in a hotel in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, on Tuesday afternoon. Their marriage came after the legalization of same-sex marriage in October 2019 following a Westminster bill change.   According to the Guardian, the couple had originally booked a civil partnership ceremony at the Loughshore hotel months before the law was amended. They swiftly altered their plans to a wedding once the go-ahead for the first marriages in Northern Ireland was granted this week. Expressing her elation, Edwards said: “it means the absolute world” to be married, and extended her gratitude to the activ...

Former NFL player, De’von Hall, who was on trial for the murder of his mother, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity three years after her death.    According to the Los Angeles Times, Judge Lauren Weis Bernstein made the ruling in Los Angeles County Superior Court Hall after considering mental health observations from doctors commissioned by both the defense and prosecution.    In April 2017, Alecia Benson, 48, was found battered at a home in L.A.’s Windsor Hills area and succumbed to her injuries four days later in the hospital, the L.A. Times reported at the time. ...