MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — Opening statements in the Kristin Smart murder trial are set to take place in July. Paul and Ruben Flores have been awaiting trial since a judge last September ruled to move forward with the charges against them. Paul is facing a single count of murder in […] More
June 1, 2022
A jury ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated claims that she was abused by Depp. More
June 1, 2022
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two court-appointed prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man sleeping in a park. More
June 1, 2022
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Bill Cosby is again facing sex abuse allegations in court as a civil trial begins in California. More
June 1, 2022
According to the sheriff’s office, after shooting his wife and three children, the man turned the gun on himself. More
June 1, 2022
The judge who presided over Sarah Palin's libel case against The New York Times denied her request for a new trial. More
May 31, 2022
Gregory Ulrich is being tried on charges of murder, attempted murder and other counts in the Feb. 9, 2021, shooting at a Minnesota medical clinic. More
May 31, 2022
A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints. More
May 31, 2022
A jury finished a second day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard. More
May 31, 2022
Two Minnesotans filed federal civil rights lawsuits Tuesday against the city of Minneapolis and Derek Chauvin, alleging they were traumatized when the former police officer used his "signature move" of kneeling on their necks — the same way that he killed George Floyd. More
May 31, 2022
A civil jury in Virginia is deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. But what is the case really about? And what will the jury need to decide? More
May 31, 2022
Bill Cosby will again be the defendant in a sexual assault proceeding, this time a civil case in California. Judy Huth alleges that in 1975 when she was 16, Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion. More
May 31, 2022
The judge presiding over a case involving a violent altercation in a Wisconsin high school postponed the trial after defense attorneys argued that public sentiment related to the school shootings in Texas could taint the jury pool. More
May 31, 2022
Michael Lewis, the suspect in the 1984 shooting death of Brian Watson in Boston that authorities linked to mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. More
May 31, 2022
A suburban Denver judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy stemming from a dispute with his girlfriend that landed him in jail. More
May 31, 2022
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage. More
May 31, 2022
Documents filed May 18 show that state prosecutors declared their intent to seek the death penalty against 34-year-old Keoki Hilo Demich. More
May 31, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — A decision has been reached in the retrial of Katherine Magbanua. A jury in a Leon County courtroom found Magbanua guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and guilty of solicitation to commit murder Friday night. Magbanua was charged with first degree murder, conspiracy to commit […] More
May 31, 2022
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — When the jury in Johnny Depp's libel suit against ex-wife Amber Heard resumes deliberations after the Memorial Day weekend, its focus will be on issues much removed from the public debate that has engulfed the proceedings. More
May 30, 2022
A jury acquitted former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute, who had been accused of fatally beating a man he says he initially believed from a Tinder match to be a woman. More
May 27, 2022
An autopsy for a young boy found dead in a suitcase in southern Indiana showed he died from an electrolyte imbalance. More
May 27, 2022
A federal judge dismissed Trump's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, allowing her civil investigation into his business practices to continue. More
May 27, 2022
A public defender for the 28-year-old man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars said Friday the defense believes Nathan Carman is competent. More
May 27, 2022
Judge rules that delaying Lori Vallow Daybell's trial to January 2023 will not violate her right to a speedy trial. Vallow and husband Chad Daybell are charged with murder, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. They pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if convicted. More
May 27, 2022
Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked the door to confront and kill him. More
May 27, 2022
What happened in those 90 minutes, in a working-class neighborhood near the edge of the town of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement's response to Tuesday's rampage. More
May 27, 2022
After AP published the body camera footage last year, the governor broke his silence and called the troopers’ actions criminal. More
May 27, 2022
Each side will have two hours to summarize their case in a trial that has stretched on for six weeks. More
May 27, 2022
A California parole panel recommended the release of Patricia Krenwinkel for the first time Thursday. More
May 27, 2022
“The defendant had all the motive to kill Jonathan, because for him, Jonathan was a man who had just started seeing his wife,” prosecutor Benjamin Agati said during closing arguments. More
May 27, 2022
