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Chris Wilson said he trusted Murdaugh even though the disgraced lawyer suggested an unusual way to split fees from a case the two worked on together. More

February 9, 2023

Littleton Police Dept. backtracks previous statement in the deadly shooting of a man after surveillance video showed contradicting events. More

February 9, 2023

Manhunt is on for gunman David Emory Linthicum, who allegedly shot a police officer in Cockeysville, Maryland. More

February 9, 2023

Host Vinnie Politan dives deeper into this bizarre web of allegations as Court TV’s Chanley Painter joins him from Walterboro, South Carolina. More

February 9, 2023

Prosecutors can use any statements, tweets or other communications against him at his trial, which is scheduled for October. More

February 9, 2023

Patrick Crusius showed little emotion while shackled in an El Paso courtroom just a few miles from the store where he was accused of killing 23 people. More

February 9, 2023

Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the death of his mother. More

February 9, 2023

Minnesota mom Julissa Thaler, who shot her 6-year-old son 9 times and hid his dead body in c car trunk, has been found guilty. More

February 8, 2023

Officer's statement about taking a cellphone photo of a bloodied and handcuffed Tyre Nichols and sharing the photo will likely never be seen by a jury. More

February 8, 2023

Fred Bandy Jr. and John Wayne Lehman were arrested in Indiana on one count each of murder in the 1975 death of 17-year-old Laurel Jean Mitchell. More

February 8, 2023

The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, newly released documents show. More

February 8, 2023

California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a new proposed constitutional amendment. More

February 8, 2023

Judge set bail at $300K for former “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse, charged with sex abuse and trafficking of Indigenous women and girls. More

February 8, 2023

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen said he met NYC prosecutors for the 15th time; they're examining the former president's financial dealings. More

February 8, 2023

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Alex Murdaugh‘s paralegal testified Wednesday at his double murder trial about the betrayal she felt when she discovered he lied and manipulated to steal millions of dollars from clients. But Annette Griswold also told jurors Murdaugh was a dedicated family man so distraught after his wife and son were killed he could […] More

February 8, 2023

Families of 2 students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher are preparing to sue the school system. More

February 8, 2023

Richard Sotka claimed he was 'humiliated' by finding the women together and 'just snapped' before killing them. More

February 8, 2023

Authorities say Michigan woman Tubtim “Sue” Howson fled to Thailand to avoid the consequences of a hit-and-run crash that killed a college student. More

February 8, 2023

Robert Telles said he's asking the court for permission to represent himself because justice delayed is justice denied. More

February 8, 2023

'An eye for an eye. It would be nice if we could have old-time justice; hanging,' said Ruth Wachholtz, the mother of victim Michael Wachholtz. More

February 8, 2023

Kyle Busch was sentenced this month to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine by a judge in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. More

February 8, 2023

Authorities say Noah David Beard shot Alissa Parraz, 16, and her 10-month-old baby, Nycholas Parraz, in the back of their heads. More

February 8, 2023

Davion Irvin also said he loves animals and that if he's released from jail, he would steal more, the documents said. More

February 8, 2023

Chasing Horse has been charged with one count of sexual assault in connection with the 2018 crime in the British Columbia village of Keremeos. More

February 8, 2023

As many as 13 Memphis officers could end up being disciplined in the investigation of Tyre Nichols' death, officials said Tuesday. More

February 8, 2023

Friend of rapper XXXTentacion told jurors how he and the rapper were ambushed by armed robbers as they drove away from a motorcycle shop. More

February 8, 2023

Alec Baldwin seeks to disqualify special prosecutor in case against him stemming from fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on New Mexico film set. More

February 7, 2023

New bill puts Disney's district in Florida governor's control in what some see as punishment for Disney's opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. More

February 7, 2023

3 men whose bodies were found in a vacant, rat-infested building disappeared after plans to rap at a Detroit party; they were killed by multiple gunshots. More

February 7, 2023

Death row inmate Anthony Sanchez, convicted of raping and killing a University of Oklahoma student in 1996, claims his late father is the killer. More

February 7, 2023