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Dennis Lewis was shot to death during a home invasion. The suspect? Dennis’ identical twin brother Derris Lewis. Tamron Hall dives in. More

August 5, 2022

Two more witnesses took the stand Thursday in the murder trial of Paul and Ruben Flores, who are charged in connection with the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart. More

August 5, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — A man who allegedly was involved in a murder case that occurred more than 25 years ago has been formally charged by the state of Florida. According to a grand jury document from the Leon County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office filed Thursday, Alan Lefferts was formally charged with first-degree […] More

August 5, 2022

The Utah State Senate has launched an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake City. More

August 5, 2022

Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems, were ordered Thursday to pay $4.11 million in compensatory damages to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, who was killed with 19 other first graders and six educators in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. More

August 5, 2022

Police arrested a suspect early Friday in connection with the deaths of four people in the small northeast Nebraska city of Laurel, according to the Nebraska State Patrol. More

August 5, 2022

When Patricia Owens was asked to identify her ex-husband in court, she pointed at Yaser Said, saying: “That devil there.” More

August 5, 2022

A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million. More

August 5, 2022

A Colorado man has been found guilty of murdering of his ex-girlfriend in 2018 and dumping her body at an abandoned truck stop. More

August 5, 2022

Court TV Field Producer Emanuella Grinberg was one of five journalists who participated in the jury tour of the preserved crime scene of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. More

August 4, 2022

A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. More

August 4, 2022

The U.S. Justice Department has charged four police officers involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid with civil rights violations. More

August 4, 2022

Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday. More

August 4, 2022

Russian prosecutors asked a court outside Moscow to sentence American basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison. More

August 4, 2022

Eyewitnesses who saw Kristin Smart at a party the night she disappeared took the stand Wednesday in the trials of Paul Flores and Ruben Flores. More

August 4, 2022

Federal officials said he posed as a teenager online to entice young victims across the country to send him explicit images. More

August 4, 2022

“They said, ‘You absolutely can do nothing,’” Bishop John Herrod said in a recorded interview with law enforcement. More

August 4, 2022

The sisters were found dead June 7 in separate bedrooms of the apartment in the southwest suburb of Canterbury. More

August 4, 2022

James Howard Jackson, 19, was arrested Wednesday nearly five months after he was released from jail while awaiting trial “due to a clerical error." More

August 4, 2022

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are expected to walk through the still blood-spattered rooms of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday. More

August 4, 2022

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. More

August 3, 2022

 Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real." More

August 3, 2022

The husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pleaded not guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May car crash in Northern California wine country. More

August 3, 2022

A 12-year-old girl held captive in a rural Alabama residence escaped and was discovered walking along a road, prompting an investigation that led police to discover two decomposing bodies at the home where she had been kept, authorities said Tuesday. More

August 3, 2022

The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction. More

August 3, 2022

The child died in October 2021, prosecutors said. His parents have since been arrested, along with a third female suspect. More

August 3, 2022

The parents led a day of charged testimony Tuesday that included the judge scolding the bombastic Jones for not being truthful with some of what he said under oath. More

August 3, 2022

U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford denied Nathan Carman's request to be released and ordered him held without bail. More

August 3, 2022

Author Stephen King's displeasure about the proposed merger led him to voluntarily testify for the government. More

August 3, 2022

Yaser Said is accused of murdering his daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. He evaded arrest for 12 years. More

August 3, 2022