A jury acquitted former Texas police officer Ravinder Singh of criminally negligent homicide after a gunshot meant for a menacing dog instead killed a woman named Margarita Brooks. More
August 29, 2022
Two more accusers took the witness stand at R. Kelly’s child pornography and solicitation of minors trial. More
August 29, 2022
A federal judge in Illinois sentenced Floyd E. Brown to 55 years in prison for the shooting death of a deputy U.S. marshal. More
August 29, 2022
Jury selection began on Monday for George Wagner IV, who faces a potential death sentence if convicted of the murders of eight people. More
August 29, 2022
A judge began hearing evidence Monday to determine if five men will face trial for their alleged roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. More
August 29, 2022
A newly unsealed FBI document about the investigation at Mar-a-Lago not only offers new details about the probe but also reveals clues about the arguments former President Donald Trump's legal team intends to make. More
August 29, 2022
Sheila O'Leary, a vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son, was sentenced to life in prison. More
August 29, 2022
BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — Filming of the Apple TV+ series “Lady in the Lake,” which stars Natalie Portman and has been going on for months around Baltimore, was forced to postpone after producers were threatened with extortion. Baltimore police confirmed: “On August 26, 2022, at approximately 4p.m., on the scene of a movie shoot […] More
August 29, 2022
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's attorneys presented testimony that the mass killer exhibited violent, disruptive and troubled behavior from his earliest years and, just before his sixth birthday, witnessed his adoptive father's sudden death. More
August 29, 2022
Joshua Pruitt, a Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where authorities say he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. More
August 29, 2022
A South Carolina judge sided with prosecutors who asked him to put strict controls on how Alex Murdaugh's defense can review evidence before the disgraced lawyer's murder trial in the deaths of his wife and son. More
August 29, 2022
A 19-year-old man suspected in the random shootings of four people, three fatally, was captured after a tip from someone close to him. More
August 29, 2022
Former Twitter executive Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle “Mudge” — received a subpoena from Elon Musk’s team. More
August 29, 2022
Lawyers who secured a $1.1 billion settlement in the deadly collapse last year of a beachfront Florida condominium building were awarded more than $70 million in fees. More
August 29, 2022
OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney has been extradited to Florida and denied bond on a charge of second-degree murder, according to jail records. More
August 29, 2022
Maryland’s highest court has ruled that Washington, D.C.-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced. More
August 29, 2022
George Wagner IV, the first in his family to stand trial, was convicted of the murders of 8 members of the Rhoden family. More
August 26, 2022
WAUKESHA (Scripps News Milwaukee) — Darrell Brooks, the man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens in the Waukesha Christmas Parade, was back in court Friday for a motion hearing. The hearings came after defense attorneys filed several motions, including one to suppress interrogation recordings from the night of the parade. Brooks […] More
August 26, 2022
A probable cause affidavit alleges Benjamin Plank, 35, fatally shot Oklahoma County Deputy Bobby Swartz, wounded deputy Mark Johns and shot at the third deputy as they tried to serve him with eviction papers. More
August 26, 2022
Medical examiners confirmed Friday that convicted Ponzi schemer and Jeffrey Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg was the person found dead in a Connecticut apartment earlier this week. More
August 26, 2022
A school district in southwest Missouri has decided to bring back spanking as a form of discipline for students, but only if their parents agree. More
August 26, 2022
Aaron Thomas, 55, the former successful boys' coach at North Kingstown High School, was released on $10,000 personal recognizance after pleading not guilty in Washington County Superior Court to second-degree sexual assault and second-degree child molestation. More
August 26, 2022
Though the document offers the most substantial description of the investigation, federal officials also redacted significant portions of it to protect the identity of witnesses and to avoid revealing sensitive investigative tactics. More
August 26, 2022
Plano police said in a statement Esmeralda Upton, 58, of Plano, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and terroristic threat charges. More
August 26, 2022
During a recorded phone call with the accuser, he said, “This is Matt Araiza. I don’t remember anything that happened that night” and hung up. More
August 26, 2022
A domestic assault case against singer Michelle Branch has been dismissed. More
August 26, 2022
Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona. More
August 26, 2022
A Black man wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago was ordered freed Thursday after a judge threw out his conviction. Sullivan Walter, now 53, used a handkerchief to wipe away tears as a state district judge formally vacated his conviction for a home-invasion rape. More
August 25, 2022
Two Florida residents pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000. More
August 25, 2022
A judge ordered the Justice Department on Thursday to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents. More
August 25, 2022
