A South Carolina judge ruled that the state's newly created execution firing squad, as well as its use of the electric chair, are unconstitutional. More
September 6, 2022
Music writer Jim DeRogatis is fighting a bid to force him to testify at R&B singer R. Kelly's's federal trial on child pornography and trial-fixing... More
September 6, 2022
A Florida judge denied Courtney Clenney’s request to limit the release of "irrelevant and prejudicial" smartphone evidence. More
September 6, 2022
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial, asserting that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her... More
September 6, 2022
Investigators collected new DNA evidence they hope will lead to a break in the killings of Kansas women Mandi Alexander, 24, and Mary Drake, 79,... More
September 6, 2022
Elijah McClain’s autopsy report has been amended based on confidential grand jury information, the chief coroner for Adams County confirmed, but she said she could... More
September 6, 2022
Lawmakers crafted a major bipartisan law on gun violence. The measure, signed by President Joe Biden, was part of a response to a string of shootings over the summer,... More
September 6, 2022
Students in Uvalde went back to school Tuesday for the first time since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in a classroom attack. More
September 6, 2022
Ivan Safronov, a former journalist was convicted of treason and handed a 22-year prison sentence after a trial that has been widely seen as politically... More
September 6, 2022
Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping... More
September 6, 2022
Leaders of the James Smith Cree Nation, where most of the stabbing attacks took place, blamed the killings on the drug and alcohol abuse plaguing... More
September 6, 2022
Colby Ryan, 26, was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on Sept. 3 on two counts of domestic violence sexual assault. More
September 6, 2022
Longtime Las Vegas journalist and investigative reporter Jeff German was found dead outside his home Saturday morning. More
September 6, 2022
A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019... More
September 6, 2022
Eliza Fletcher, a schoolteacher, is the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. More
September 5, 2022
Actor Anne Heche died without a will, and her 20-year-old son has filed court papers to control her estate. More
September 2, 2022
An indictment said Jordan kept a roster of women who lived across the U.S. and performed sexual acts for his clients in exchange for money. More
September 2, 2022
Sexual encounters were touted to members as a form of “healing” and offered a path to scaling the seven levels of the school’s strict hierarchy.... More
September 2, 2022
Jurors deliberated for about 35 hours over six days in Dana Chandler's trial, who is accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend. More
September 2, 2022
A federal judge tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. Holmes,... More
September 1, 2022
In a failed attempt to bar the admission into evidence several swastikas Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz drew on assignments, his attorneys made an unusual argument Thursday... More
September 1, 2022
Lawyers for Trump say the appointment of a special master is necessary to ensure an independent inspection of the documents seized by the FBI during the Aug. 8 search of... More
September 1, 2022
Columbus, Ohio police came under criticism for the killing of Donovan Lewis, a Black man who was lying on his bed when an officer attempting... More
September 1, 2022
A federal district court has ruled in favor of a Kentucky wedding photographer who challenged a Louisville ordinance banning businesses from discriminating against gay customers. More
September 1, 2022
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America One person was killed and two were injured Thursday in an apparent stabbing on the fourth day of More
September 1, 2022
Shamar Duncan, a 22-year-old Indiana man, was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Dutch soldier and the wounding of two others in downtown Indianapolis. More
September 1, 2022
Authorities released video and documents related to charges against Gary Busey, accused of inappropriately touching at least three women. More
September 1, 2022
A judge set a March 20 trial date for 17-year-old Willard Miller, who is charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of 66-year-old Iowa high... More
September 1, 2022
A 14-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing Lily Peters, a 10-year-old girl, after luring her off a trial by suggesting they explore surrounding woods plans to waive... More
September 1, 2022
Singer R. Kelly told a federal judge Thursday that he won't testify at his ongoing trial in Chicago on charges that accuse him of child pornography, enticement... More
September 1, 2022
