An appeals court on Wednesday overturned the guilty verdict against a 15-year-old Western Pennsylvania boy accused of killing his father's pregnant fiancee and her unborn child when the boy was 11. The Pennsylvania Superior Court said that Jordan Brown's conviction was “plainly contrary to the evidence” and that the case should go back to Lawrence County juvenile court.

The boy's lawyer, Stephen Colafella, said the defense team was “pleased but not shocked” with the decision. Colafella said they always felt that the state had insufficient evidence against Brown.

The boy has been in juvenile detention since a judge ruled in April 2012 that Brown was delinquent — the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict — in the 2009 deaths of Kenzie Houk, 26, and her unborn son.

A Georgia man faces sentencing before a federal judge in Pittsburgh for interfering with an AirTran crew on an Atlanta-to-Pittsburgh flight in October.Marc Malone, 34, of Hogansville, Ga., pleaded guilty in January and faces sentencing Wednesday.Malone was charged by Allegheny County police with public drunkenness after the flight landed at Pittsburgh International Airport on Oct. 10.But the FBI charged him in December with flight crew interference alleging he began acting strangely, saying “I need to get off now” while moving toward the front of the plane. The FBI says Malone pushed a flight crew member, swore and threatened the crew after they subdued him with plastic “flex” cuffs.

Duquesne University has endowed a $1 million scholarship fund for Hispanic students to honor Roberto Clemente.The school plans to award three to five scholarships this summer to incoming freshmen.President Charles Dougherty says the school has struggled to attract Hispanic students. Clemente was from Puerto Rico and died Dec. 31, 1972, when a plane he was using to take earthquake relief supplies to Managua, Nicaragua, crashed into the sea. Clemente collected 3,000 hits in 18 seasons with the Pirates.