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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court wants to revoke the law license of attorney Alex Murdaugh. More

June 17, 2022

MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2 after her detention was extended for a third time, Russian state-run media has reported. The report gave no timeline for Griner’s trial, but cited a top Russian diplomat as saying that she will not be considered for detainee swaps until her case has been investigated. More

June 17, 2022

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Police say a 70-year-old man who fatally shot three elderly people at a church potluck dinner in Alabama had attended services there previously. More

June 17, 2022

Colorado man Kyle Miotke has been arrested in Nebraska after he was found with a missing 13-year-old girl from Indiana. More

June 17, 2022

A 26-year-old man facing first degree rape charges in Maryland was also wanted for slashing a 19-year-old woman's neck in a New York City subway station. More

June 17, 2022

In Michigan, a new federal lawsuit will be filed today by 20 Oxford High School students seeking a judge to order change before the start of the new school year. More

June 17, 2022

Two white Florida men -- Roy Lashley, 55, and Robert Lashley, 52 -- have been charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly beating a Black man in a store parking lot while yelling racial slurs. More

June 17, 2022

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald blasted James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the accused Oxford High School shooting suspect, in court filings this week. More

June 17, 2022

A 71-year-old man fatally shot two elderly people and wounded a third with a handgun during a potluck dinner at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Birmingham, AL suburb of Vestavia Hills. More

June 17, 2022

Gregory Ulrich, who stormed a medical clinic in Minnesota, fatally shot one person and wounded four others, faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole. More

June 17, 2022

Michigan Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists. More

June 17, 2022

The British government on ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. More

June 17, 2022

 The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection used its latest public hearing on to focus on the pressure Donald Trump put on Mike Pence to delay or reject the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee is trying to show how that pressure incited an angry mob to lay siege to the Capitol. More

June 16, 2022

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in Southern California accusing him of cheating his clients out of millions of dollars. More

June 16, 2022

A concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal court oversight. More

June 16, 2022

The California Supreme Court has left intact a ruling that allows customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it sells may contain hazardous substances such as mercury. More

June 16, 2022

The white man who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket made his first appearance in federal court on hate crime charges Thursday. More

June 16, 2022

Rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing shop in a calculated, premeditated fashion by a man upset over a discussion about snitching, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday at the outset of of a long-delayed murder trial. More

June 16, 2022

“Epstein was the mastermind, Epstein was the principal abuser, and Epstein orchestrated the crimes for his personal gratification,” the lawyers wrote. More

June 16, 2022

A teen mother is accused of stabbing her newborn daughter to death, according to the Weld County District Attorney's Office. More

June 16, 2022

A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon and took police to a site where human remains were recovered, a federal investigator said. More

June 16, 2022

Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men. More

June 16, 2022

Florida plumber John Cataneo stepped outside of his duplex when shots rang out and he was soon dead. Tamron Hall explores who was involved. More

June 16, 2022

Officials identified the two police officers -- Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana -- killed in a shootout while investigating a possible stabbing at a suburban Los Angeles motel. The suspect also died at the scene. More

June 15, 2022

A federal judge convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol together to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. More

June 15, 2022

Christopher Schurr, Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head, has been fired. More

June 15, 2022

Allen Davies, who shot at a tow truck driver after his SUV was towed from his home, was sentenced to seven years in prison. More

June 15, 2022

17-year-old Riley Whitelaw's body was discovered after her Walgreens manager became concerned when she had not returned from a break. Whitelaw's coworker, 28-year-old Joshua Johnson, faces a charge of first-degree murder. More

June 15, 2022

Baltimore man sentenced to life in prison for three shootings, including one deadly shooting. Daquan Murphy pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and two attempted murder charges. More

June 15, 2022

Austin Davidson was on probation from a Baltimore robbery when he shot and killed Sheriff's Deputy Glenn Hilliard. More

June 15, 2022