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R. Kelly’s manager faces trial over theater-emptying threat
R. Kelly’s manager faces trial over theater-emptying threat

NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of R. Kelly’s manager has opened on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater. Prosecutor Lara Pomerantz told federal court jurors Tuesday that Donnell Russell claimed in his December 2018 phone call that someone with a gun was planning to fire on the crowd. More

July 20, 2022

Prosecutors in Daybell murders seek DNA testing on bodybag, pickax, fingernails
Prosecutors in Daybell murders seek DNA testing on bodybag, pickax, fingernails

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (Court TV) — Prosecutors in the Lori and Chad Daybell murders are seeking comprehensive DNA testing on several pieces of evidence collected by the Rexburg Police Department.   The so-called “Doomsday Couple” is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder in the brutal deaths of Lori’s two children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and […] More

July 20, 2022

Man shot dead while working at ‘Law & Order’ film location
Man shot dead while working at ‘Law & Order’ film location

A New York man working at a filming location for the TV series “Law & Order: Organized Crime” was shot and killed early Tuesday before filming was scheduled to start for the day. Johnny Pizarro was found on a residential street in Brooklyn suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and neck. More

July 19, 2022

Abortion doctor signals she’ll sue Indiana AG over comments
Abortion doctor signals she’ll sue Indiana AG over comments

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort claim notice over what she says are false statements that Attorney General Todd Rokita has made about her and her work. More

July 19, 2022

House to vote on same-sex marriage, responding to high court
House to vote on same-sex marriage, responding to high court

The U.S. House prepared to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservative Americans. More

July 19, 2022

Utah man pleads guilty to killing mother, 3 siblings
Utah man pleads guilty to killing mother, 3 siblings

A Utah man pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his mother and three siblings when he was 16 in 2020. Colin “CJ” Haynie, now 19, killed his his mother and one of his sisters as they returned from her school pickup, then waited for two more siblings to arrive home and killed them. More

July 19, 2022

Jurors see gruesome video of Florida school shooting
Jurors see gruesome video of Florida school shooting

Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. More

July 19, 2022

Prosecutor: Judge reneged on promise in Polanski abuse case
Prosecutor: Judge reneged on promise in Polanski abuse case

A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a former prosecutor testified, setting the stage for the renowned director to flee the U.S. as a fugitive. More

July 18, 2022

Trial begins in case of missing California college student
Trial begins in case of missing California college student

The man last seen with Kristin Smart, the college freshman who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago, is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge along with his father, who is accused of helping hide her body. More

July 18, 2022

Indiana doctor’s lawyer tells AG to halt false statements
Indiana doctor’s lawyer tells AG to halt false statements

Attorney Kathleen DeLaney sent the “cease and desist” letter to Indiana Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita on behalf of obstetrician-gynecologist Caitlin Bernard, who performed a medical abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. More

July 15, 2022

‘Princess Doe’ identified 40 years after remains were found
‘Princess Doe’ identified 40 years after remains were found

Girl dubbed Princess Doe after her remains were found 40 years ago in a New Jersey cemetery has been identified as Long Island teenager Dawn Olanick of West Babylon, New York. Suspect Arthur Kinlaw is currently serving 20 years to life on two first-degree murder convictions. More

July 15, 2022