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Matt Araiza, nicknamed the “Punt God,” was cut by the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, two days after the civil lawsuit was filed. More

August 30, 2022

Scott V. Spina Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for posing as the former Patriots player. More

August 30, 2022

Larry Millete is charged with killing his missing wife, Maya Millete. Prosecutors believe he killed her because she wanted a divorce. More

August 30, 2022

Cynthia Abcug, 53, denied she was involved in planning a raid on the foster home where her then 7-year-old son lived in the fall of 2019. More

August 30, 2022

Singer Mariah Carey, Marlo Hampton of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta," Atlanta United player Brad Guzan and the Atlanta Falcons' Calvin Ridley all had their homes broken into, the indictment says. More

August 30, 2022

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