FORT WORTH, TEXAS — New Jersey Gov. Christie, whose own presidential ambitions were endorsed by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker days before the Garden State politician bowed out of the race, announced at a surprise press conference Friday that he's backing Manhattan real estate mogul Donald Trump.
Christie's announcement came the morning after Thursday night's fierce GOP presidential debate in Houston and just days ahead of the all-important "Super Tuesday" 12-state Republican primary bonanza.
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A teenager who raped and killed his high school math teacher was sentenced Friday to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 25 years.
Philip Chism was convicted in December in the 2013 death of Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer. He was 14 when he followed the 24-year-old Ritzer into a school bathroom, strangled her, stabbed her at least 16 times and raped her.
