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At school shooter’s trial, families recall lives lost
At school shooter’s trial, families recall lives lost

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Family members from three of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s 17 victims gave heartrending testimony Monday about how their 2018 deaths at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have affected their lives, detailing lost loves, lost moments and even fading memories.    The sister of student […] More

August 1, 2022

Minnesota man charged in deadly Wisconsin river attack
Minnesota man charged in deadly Wisconsin river attack

52-year-old Minnesota man Nicolae Miu is charged with killing a teenager and stabbing four other people in a dispute that allegedly began with a lost cellphone during a weekend tubing excursion on a western Wisconsin river. Investigators said Miu attacked the group after people accused him of approaching children in the water. Miu told investigators he had acted in self-defense. More

August 1, 2022

Iowa basketball league to settle youth exploitation lawsuit
Iowa basketball league to settle youth exploitation lawsuit

An Iowa-based youth basketball league agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by former players whose coach, Greg Stephen, secretly recorded them undressing or obtained nude photos of them and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence for sexual exploitation of minors. More

August 1, 2022

Man convicted in death and dismemberment of New Mexico girl
Man convicted in death and dismemberment of New Mexico girl

Fabian Gonzales was convicted in the 2016 death of Albuquerque girl Victoria Martens, who was strangled, dismembered and set on fire in the bathtub of her mother’s apartment on her 10th birthday. The jury deliberated less than four hours before returning with guilty verdicts on all charges: reckless child abuse resulting in death, tampering with evidence and conspiracy to tamper with evidence. More

August 1, 2022

Briton leaves Iraq after antiquities conviction quashed
Briton leaves Iraq after antiquities conviction quashed

A retired British geologist jailed in Iraq for antiquities smuggling has been freed and left the country. Jim Fitton, 66, was sentenced in June to 15 years in an Iraqi prison. A Baghdad appeals court overturned the conviction and last week ordered his release. More

August 1, 2022

Marcos Jr. says Philippines won’t rejoin international court
Marcos Jr. says Philippines won’t rejoin international court

Newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the Philippines has no plan to rejoin the International Criminal Court. Former President Rodrigo Duterte withdrew the Philippines from The Hague-based court in 2019 in a move rights activists said was an attempt to evade accountability and prevent an international probe into thousands of killings in his campaign against illegal drugs. More

August 1, 2022

Browns QB Watson suspended 6 games, NFL weighs appeal
Browns QB Watson suspended 6 games, NFL weighs appeal

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended without pay for six games Monday for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas. More

August 1, 2022

Neurologist guilty on 5 counts for sexually abusing patients
Neurologist guilty on 5 counts for sexually abusing patients

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist was found guilty Friday on charges of sexually abusing patients while treating them with pain medications. A New York City jury reached the verdict after deliberating for about three days at the trial of Dr. Ricardo Cruciani. Cruciani, 68, was convicted of five […] More

July 29, 2022

Kansas court: Self-defense doesn’t apply when bystander hurt
Kansas court: Self-defense doesn’t apply when bystander hurt

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in the case of a Wichita police officer whose shots at a charging dog wounded a 9-year-old girl. The justices ordered a trial in Sedgwick County District Court for former Officer Dexter Betts on a felony reckless aggravated battery charge. More

July 29, 2022

3rd of 4 men arraigned in Vermont murder-for-hire case
3rd of 4 men arraigned in Vermont murder-for-hire case

A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of helping arrange the 2018 kidnapping and murder of a Vermont man that grew out of a financial dispute .Berk Eratay, 35, is the third of four men to be arraigned in the crime. More

July 29, 2022

Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock
Will Smith posts an apology video for slapping Chris Rock

Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast in a new video, saying that his behavior was “unacceptable” and that he had reached out to the comedian to discuss the incident but was told Rock wasn't ready. More

July 29, 2022