The Latest News by Associated Press
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Woman accuses Matt Lauer of rape; former anchor denies claim
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who worked at NBC News claimed that Matt Lauer raped her at a hotel while on assignment for the... More
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‘Chrisley Knows Best’ couple reaches tax deal with Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley have settled allegations that they failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in income... More
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Police: 3 suspected of killing Guyger murder trial witness Joshua Brown
DALLAS (AP) — Three Louisiana men are suspected in the killing of a witness who testified at the murder trial of a former Dallas police... More
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Supreme Court weighs LGBT people’s rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over whether a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment. With... More
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Judge says she couldn’t refuse Amber Guyger a hug
DALLAS (AP) — The judge who gave a hug and Bible to a former Dallas police officer after she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for... More
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Reportes: Witness in Amber Guyger murder trial shot and killed
DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a witness in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor has been... More
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Payouts for Vegas victims a ‘cold, mathematical calculation’
LAS VEGAS (AP) — They may have been united by a love for country music, but the people gunned down two years ago at a... More
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Decision looms: Keep or replace Smollett special prosecutor?
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago judge is expected to decide whether to let a former U.S. attorney stay on as special prosecutor examining the dismissal... More
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James Franco’s ex-students sue alleging sexual impropriety
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two actresses sued James Franco and the acting and film school he founded Thursday, saying he intimidated his students into gratuitous... More
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Harvey Weinstein loses bid to move trial from New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has lost a longshot bid to move his sexual assault trial out of New York City, as a state... More
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‘Making a Murderer’ subject seeks pardon, commutation
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series... More
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Botham Jean’s father weeps speaking about slain son in Amber Guyger’s trial
DALLAS (AP) — The father of a man who was killed last year by a Dallas police officer who says she mistook his apartment for... More
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Lawyer: Uber driver killed passenger in self-defense
DENVER (AP) — An Uber driver charged with first-degree murder in the death of a passenger shot the man in self-defense after he touched, punched... More
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Jury convicts ex-cop Amber Guyger who fatally shot neighbor
DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own... More
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Judge: Teen should be tried for Colorado school shooting
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors have enough evidence for a Colorado teenager to be tried for a school shooting in a Denver suburb that... More
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Prosecutor in Jodi Arias case reassigned to auto theft cases
PHOENIX (AP) — The homicide prosecutor who won convictions in the Jodi Arias murder case and other notorious killings in metro Phoenix has been reassigned... More
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Man gets life without parole in killing of 5-year-old niece
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who pleaded guilty to killing and sexually assaulting his 5-year-old niece was sentenced to life in prison with... More
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Justices’ DC sniper case examines teen murderers’ sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a... More
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Injured crewman sues boat owner for fiery disaster at sea
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A crewman injured while escaping the fire that killed 34 people aboard a dive boat off Southern California sued the vessel’s... More
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Tiger Woods’ girlfriend dropped from wrongful death lawsuit
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golfer Tiger Woods’ girlfriend has been dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a drunken... More
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Florida man held without bond in deaths of wife, 4 children
BY KELLY KENNEDY | ASSOCIATED PRESS When Georgia authorities pulled over a Florida driver during the weekend, they made a gruesome discovery in the back... More
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Parole board weighs release of woman in texting suicide case
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts officials are weighing whether to grant early jail release for Michelle Carter, the woman currently imprisoned for urging her suicidal... More
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Prosecutor: Man charged in killings of 4 women in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — A prosecutor announced murder charges Wednesday against a 34-year-old man in the slayings of four women in Detroit whose deaths authorities have... More
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Tekashi 6ix9ine testifies for prosecution at gang trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine testified on Tuesday against two alleged members of a Brooklyn street gang, describing how he discovered a formula... More
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Kellen Winslow II’s wife files for divorce ahead of NFL star’s rape retrial
San Diego, Calif. – Janelle Winslow filed divorce documents requesting a dissolution of marriage with children on Aug. 30, 2019, against Kellen Boswell Winslow II.... More
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Judge won’t return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in R. Kelly’s Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend... More
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Weinstein attorney: He’s a sinner, but not ‘a rapist’
NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein said on Tuesday that her client is not without sin — but he’s also not “a... More
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Police: DNA links Florida man to ‘serial’ slayings of women
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three women shot in the head, each dumped a month a part — the 2006 killings scared Daytona Beach’s... More
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Judge denies Amber Guyger’s motion to move trial after jury selection
DALLAS (AP) — The murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor inside his apartment will be held... More
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Epstein accusers denied damages in Fla. victims’ rights case
A group of women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein have suffered a setback in seeking money from the government over a... More