PRETORIA, South Africa -- Having to stifle sobs, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand Monday in his murder trial and apologized to the family of the girlfriend he shot dead, describing himself as ...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Monday exhaustively listed alleged inconsistencies in the athlete's account of how he killed girlfriend Reeva ...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- Oscar Pistorius broke down in sobs and howls while testifying at his murder trial Tuesday, forcing the court to adjourn as the star athlete was describing the moments he said ...

Update, 7:18 a.m. Eastern (June 4): Well, it was a 15-minute hearing instead of a 10-minute one, but the result went as expected: Magistrate Daniel Thulare ruled at the so-called "dock" in Pretoria ...

The mansion that Oscar Pistorius calls home in Pretoria is named after a breed of African eagle that swoops down on the savannahs and wetlands of the Kruger National Park, preying on lizards and ...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has been delayed until April 7 because one of the legal experts who will assist the judge in reaching a verdict is sick, abruptly ending ...

Oscar Pistorius’s name has been thrust into the spotlight again after the mother of Reeva Steenkamp – the girlfriend he murdered in 2013 – suffered a stroke earlier this week. Last year, Oscar was ...

Oscar Pistorious is "besotted" with his new girlfriend but the similarities between her and Reeva Steenkamp, who he shot dead, are uncanny. The Paralympian turned murderer has been spotted at an ...

That today is Valentine's day puts a macabre sheen on the murder charge, but police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. There are unconfirmed reports that Reeva Steenkamp, ...

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee and former Olympic sprinter convicted in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Personal Birth date: ...