Man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh
Nicholas John Roske, who was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home in Maryland, pleaded not guilty to trying to kill Kavanaugh. More
June 22, 2022
Latest Crime & Trial News
Feds want 25 years for Chauvin for violating Floyd’s rights
Federal prosecutors asked a judge on to sentence a former Minneapolis officer to 25 years for violating the rights of George Floyd, saying Derek Chauvin's actions were cold-blooded and needless as he knelt on the Black man's neck while Floyd repeatedly said he couldn't breathe. More
June 22, 2022
Key witness in Nipsey Hussle killing is pressed over errors
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for the man on trial for killing rapper Nipsey Hussle pressed the woman who says she served as the unwitting getaway driver over errors in the testimony she gave for the prosecution. More
June 22, 2022
$3.2M settlement reached in police killing of Daunte Wright
The tentative settlement also includes changes in police policies and training involving traffic stops like the one that resulted in Wright's death, according to a statement Tuesday night from attorneys representing Wright's family. More
June 22, 2022
Same sentence for Detroit man who killed woman on porch
Theodore Wafer, the man convicted of shooting and killing Renisha McBride on his front porch in 2013, was re-sentenced to 15-30 years in prison on Wednesday. More
June 22, 2022
Murder conviction overturned in Georgia hot car death case
Justin Ross Harris, 41, was convicted in November 2016 on eight counts including malice murder in the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. More
June 22, 2022
Milwaukee man arrested in 1991 Indiana cold case
A Milwaukee man is facing charges for a murder in Indiana in 1991 after prosecutors say he stabbed the victim multiple times in his apartment. More
June 22, 2022
Hearing today in Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by the parents of Gabby Petito against the parents of her suspected killer, Brian Laundrie, will head to court for the first time Wednesday. More
June 22, 2022
3 dead in Phoenix double murder-suicide
Three people are dead after an apparent double murder-suicide at a Phoenix residence. More
June 22, 2022
Civil jury finds Bill Cosby sexually abused teenager in 1975
Jurors at a civil trial found that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. More
June 22, 2022
‘Nowhere I feel safe’: Election officials recount threats
Wandrea “Shaye” Moss testified Tuesday to lawmakers about how her life was upended when former President Donald Trump and his allies falsely accused her and her mother of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase in Georgia. More
June 21, 2022
Final arguments unfold in second act of Theranos trial drama
“Mr. Balwani is not a victim, he is the perpetrator of the fraud,” prosecutor Jeffrey Schenk said near the end of his 3 1/2-hour closing argument before a jury in a San Jose, California, courtroom. More
June 21, 2022
Texas top cop: Uvalde police could’ve ended rampage early on
Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have found the door to the classroom where he was holed up unlocked if they had bothered to check it. More
June 21, 2022
Phone call between WNBA’s Griner and wife being rescheduled
A phone call between jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife has been rescheduled after an earlier attempt to connect on the couple's anniversary failed because of an “unfortunate mistake,” Biden administration officials said. More
June 21, 2022
Supreme Court: Religious schools must get Maine tuition aid
Supreme Court ruled Maine can't exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money. More
June 21, 2022
Texas boy, 5, dies after being left in hot car for hours
A 5-year-old boy has died after being left in a vehicle in the Houston area as his mother prepared for a birthday party and as temperatures soared past 100 degrees. More
June 21, 2022
Supreme Court limits reach of federal gun crime law
The Supreme Court on limited the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun. More
June 21, 2022
Colbert says his staffers guilty of ‘first-degree puppetry’
Stephen Colbert pronounced his staff members who were arrested at a congressional office building last week as guilty of “first-degree puppetry,” and lashed out at those comparing the incident to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. More
June 21, 2022
US prosecutors will likely drop other charges for Avenatti
Federal prosecutors expect to drop additional charges against incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud for swindling his clients out of settlement funds. More
June 21, 2022
Court rules Minneapolis mayor failed to hire more police
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the mayor of Minneapolis hasn’t met a legal duty to hire more police officers or demonstrate why he hasn’t done so. More
June 21, 2022
TN. v. Hayden Berkebile: Can Suicide be coerced? – Opinion
By: Judge Ashley Willcott KNOXVILLE, TN. (Court TV) – Hayden Berkebile was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the suicide of the younger Grace Anne Sparks. Enough younger that she was either 11 or 13 years old when they first began communicating on a chat website called Omegle. The defendant is 7 years older and […] More
June 21, 2022
Deshaun Watson settles 20 of 24 sexual misconduct lawsuits
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached an agreement to settle 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits that had been filed by women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, an attorney for the women said Tuesday. More
June 21, 2022
Richmond man’s head found on bridge near James River
Donna Russell is speaking out so someone will come forward and help find the person who killed her brother Henry "Eddie" Northington. More
June 21, 2022
Preliminary hearing in Patrick Lyoya killing set for July 18
Earlier this month, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker charged Schurr with second-degree murder for the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya. More
June 21, 2022
Virginia murder suspect surrenders to deputies on FaceTime
The sheriff's office said they were able to identify the suspect, and deputies spoke with him through FaceTime on his phone. More
June 21, 2022
South Dakota AG convicted on 2 impeachment charges, removed
South Dakota Senate convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 fatal crash, removing and barring him from future office. More
June 21, 2022
Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers. More
June 20, 2022
Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna settle before trial’s sequel
A settlement agreement has been reached on the eve of a second trial pitting the Kardashian family against former reality TV star Blac Chyna. More
June 20, 2022
Woman who drove man who killed Nipsey Hussle testifies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman testified Monday that she unwittingly drove the man now charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle to and from the scene of the shooting, not accepting that he had fired the deadly shots despite seeing him load a gun moments before. Bryannita Nicholson, 35, said that when she and Eric […] More
June 20, 2022
Wife of WNBA’s Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened
WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said. More
June 20, 2022