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LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire in a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five others before worshippers detained him by hog-tying his legs with an electrical cord until authorities arrived. Congregant Jerry Chen said he had just stepped into the kitchen of his church’s fellowship hall around 1:30 p.m. Sunday when he heard the gunshots. He said he peeked around the corner and saw church members screaming, running and ducking under tables. Officials did not immediately disclose a motive for the shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in the city of Laguna Woods. They said the gunman was an Asian man in his 60s who does not live in the community. More

May 16, 2022

Amber Heard concluded her direct testimony in a Virginia courtroom with a third day that was centered on the final months of her marriage to Johnny Depp. His lawyers began their cross-examination later in the afternoon. More

May 16, 2022

The two men who were with Shannan Gilbert that night told largely the same story to investigators. Police have said neither is a suspect. More

May 13, 2022

Nevada judge rules prosecutors can obtain medical records about injuries former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs' girlfriend received in a high-speed crash that killed a woman. More

May 13, 2022

The girlfriend of Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy asked a judge on Friday to dismiss a misdemeanor case against him stemming from a dispute between them. More

May 13, 2022

Frank James, the man charged with shooting up a New York City subway train last month in an attack that wounded 10 people, pleaded not guilty to terrorism and other charges. More

May 13, 2022

A retired Indian couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law, demanding that they produce a grandchild within a year or pay them 50 million rupees ($675,000). More

May 13, 2022

Harvey Neil Anthony, who stars on a TV show called "The Bear Whisperer," has been accused of illegally killing a black bear in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park and lying about where it was killed. More

May 13, 2022

Former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught, whose medication error killed a patient, was sentenced to three years of probation. More

May 13, 2022

Hundreds of health care workers gathered outside a Nashville courthouse to protest the sentencing of former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught, who faces the possibility of years in prison for mistakenly causing the death of a patient. More

May 13, 2022

The events leading to C.J.’s death, just a day short of his 18th birthday, would be captured on video; the result would be litigation, pleas for reform, cries that the system had failed yet another Black youth. More

May 13, 2022

A teenage cousin of Amir Locke pleaded guilty Friday to a murder count in a case that that led police to the Minneapolis apartment where a SWAT team officer fatally shot Locke while conducting a no-knock search warrant. More

May 13, 2022

An Overland Park woman accused of committing medical murder nearly 20 years ago was arrested on Thursday evening. More

May 13, 2022

A 2-year-old girl in Florida weighing less than 10 pounds died of long-term starvation and her parents were arrested on child abuse charges. More

May 13, 2022

The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. More

May 13, 2022

An attorney for Richmond murder suspect Shannon Gilday is wanting to enter a plea of guilty but mentally ill on his behalf. More

May 13, 2022

A former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse convicted of a crime for a mistake on the job is about to be sentenced — and much of the country will be watching. More

May 13, 2022

A Russian soldier went on trial in Ukraine on Friday for the killing of an unarmed civilian, marking the first time a member of the Russian military has been prosecuted for a war crime during the 11-week conflict. More

May 13, 2022

Court TV has exclusively obtained photos of what Johnny Depp's bodyguard referred to in his testimony as a "rearrangement" of Amber Heard's closet. More

May 12, 2022

Dallas Police are searching for a man who shot the three females at Hair World Salon in Dallas' Koreatown area, which is in a shopping center with many businesses owned by Korean Americans. More

May 12, 2022

Texas prisoner Gonzalo Lopez, serving a life sentence for murder, escaped from a transport bus after stabbing the driver, setting off a search between Dallas and Houston. More

May 12, 2022

Oregon mother Ashley Palmer, 31, fatally shot her children, ages 6 and 8, before killing herself. Palmer was headed to trial in a bitter and lengthy custody dispute with her ex-partner. More

May 12, 2022

State prosecutors have charged three Louisiana State Police troopers accused of beating a Black motorist. More

May 12, 2022

Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children's book called "I Need a New Butt!" to second graders says he will go to court to try to get his job back. More

May 12, 2022

Iowa teen Willard Miller, accused of killing his high school Spanish teacher, will be tried as an adult. More

May 12, 2022

A woman accused of committing medical murder while working as a respiratory therapist nearly 20 years ago plans to turn herself in, according to her attorney. More

May 12, 2022

A 60-year-old man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in their South Carolina backyard, investigators said. More

May 12, 2022

Sherra Wright received the hearing based on her so-called “safety valve” date. More

May 12, 2022

The trial is on a pre-schedule break this week, but not before Heard took the stand to tell her side of the story on direct examination. More

May 12, 2022

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Months after a newlywed couple was shot to death at a Utah campsite, police on Wednesday publicly identified a suspect for the first time and said the man has since killed himself. Adam Pinkusiewicz confessed to killing the two women before his death, the Grand […] More

May 11, 2022