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(Video by Newsy) WASHINGTON (AP) — Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House Tuesday to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. […] More
June 10, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn't consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded. More
June 10, 2022
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night. More
June 9, 2022
Breonna Taylor neighbors Napper and Cody Etherton are asking a judge to move their lawsuit out of Louisville. More
June 9, 2022
By: Judge Ashley WillcottOCILLA, GEORGIA (Court TV) – The murder trial of Ryan Duke takes place in a small Georgia town and reads like a Pat Conroy novel detailing family secrets, tragic loss, and genuine southern characters brought to life. The trial includes alleged confessions, marital affairs, student romances, and two former best friends from different sides of the proverbial railroad track, both implicated in the murder and cover up of former beauty queen Tara Grinstead. More
June 9, 2022
Ethan Liming died from blunt force trauma received during a brutal beating at the hands of a group of three males who were playing basketball and engaged Liming and his friends in a fight, Akron police said. More
June 9, 2022
Grand Rapids Michigan police officer Christopher Schurr, who killed Black man Patrick Lyoya, has been charged with second-degree murder. More
June 9, 2022
Exactly two weeks after he was acquitted of Tara Grinstead's murder, Ryan Duke's lawyer filed a document contesting new charges in south Georgia where Ryan Duke and Bo Dukes are believed to have burned Grinstead's body in a pecan orchard. More
June 8, 2022
Maryland murder suspect Randolph Mack blames 3-year-old's beating death on the girl's 9-year-old brother. More
June 8, 2022
An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. More
June 8, 2022
A Dutch court examined evidence Tuesday including video footage and telephone text messages that prosecutors say link two suspects to the fatal shooting of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries. More
June 7, 2022
The trial for 16-year-old teen Willard Miller, accused of killing his high school Spanish teacher, will be held in Council Bluffs in western Iowa. More
June 6, 2022
The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial Monday after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team is sick with COVID-19. More
June 6, 2022
DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection to the 1998 murder of a woman found on Navajo tribal grounds, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. On June 30, 1998, 47-year-old Bonny Baker was reported missing. Her boyfriend, Crespin Nene-Perez, killed her and left her body […] More
June 6, 2022
61-year-old Susan Baffour was arrested in Denver on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of an 8-year-old boy. More
June 6, 2022
A judge declared a second mistrial Monday for a man charged in the 2015 killing of a pastor’s wife after jurors learned details about the Indianapolis case's long history in the court system. More
June 6, 2022
Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng had been due to go on trial next Monday on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 death of Floyd. More
June 6, 2022
Authorities believe while Lopez roamed free, he killed a man and his four grandsons, then stole an AR-15-style rifle and a pistol from their ranch near Centerville, as well as the truck he drove to Atascosa County. More
June 6, 2022
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to death for the 2019 murder of his teenage daughter, according to the local prosecutor's office. More
June 6, 2022
A grand jury indicted Ryan Duke on six counts including concealing a death, hindering apprehension of a criminal, concealing facts and evidence tampering in the death of Tara Grinstead. More
June 3, 2022
The state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded. More
June 3, 2022
Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week in an effort to bring home the devastation of America's gun violence epidemic. More
June 3, 2022
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — Opening statements in the Kristin Smart murder trial are set to take place in July. Paul and Ruben Flores have been awaiting trial since a judge last September ruled to move forward with the charges against them. Paul is facing a single count of murder in […] More
June 1, 2022
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two court-appointed prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man sleeping in a park. More
June 1, 2022
Two Minnesotans filed federal civil rights lawsuits Tuesday against the city of Minneapolis and Derek Chauvin, alleging they were traumatized when the former police officer used his "signature move" of kneeling on their necks — the same way that he killed George Floyd. More
May 31, 2022
Documents filed May 18 show that state prosecutors declared their intent to seek the death penalty against 34-year-old Keoki Hilo Demich. More
May 31, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — A decision has been reached in the retrial of Katherine Magbanua. A jury in a Leon County courtroom found Magbanua guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and guilty of solicitation to commit murder Friday night. Magbanua was charged with first degree murder, conspiracy to commit […] More
May 31, 2022
Judge rules that delaying Lori Vallow Daybell's trial to January 2023 will not violate her right to a speedy trial. Vallow and husband Chad Daybell are charged with murder, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. They pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if convicted. More
May 27, 2022
“The defendant had all the motive to kill Jonathan, because for him, Jonathan was a man who had just started seeing his wife,” prosecutor Benjamin Agati said during closing arguments. More
May 27, 2022
CLARKSTON, Mich. (Scripps News Detroit) — Two teens face the possibility of life in prison for the murders of two Highland Township, Michigan teens. Jesse Wright and Steven Morrow, both 18 years old, have been charged. The murders happened Saturday morning at a mobile home community in White Lake Township. Investigators say Cameron Duckworth, 19, […] More
May 26, 2022
