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California teen found guilty in taco truck owner’s slaying
California teen found guilty in taco truck owner’s slaying

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge found a teenage boy guilty Thursday in the slaying of a taco truck owner last year, The Modesto Bee reported. The boy, who was 13 at the time, walked up to the Modesto taco truck Feb. 16, 2021, and fatally shot Rafael Avila-Rodriguez in the face, Judge Rubén […] More

April 15, 2022

Alex Jones to recoup $75,000 in fines in Sandy Hook lawsuit
Alex Jones to recoup $75,000 in fines in Sandy Hook lawsuit

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be getting back the $75,000 in fines he paid to a Connecticut court for failing to appear at a deposition last month in a lawsuit over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. More

April 15, 2022

Fatal double shooting in Jupiter unsolved after 10 years
Fatal double shooting in Jupiter unsolved after 10 years

A Florida family whose lives were shaken by a double shooting a decade ago is still seeking answers. It has been 10 years since Teddy Donohue and Samantha McKenna were found dead in a parked car. Both had been shot several times. More

April 15, 2022

Family seeks charges, officer’s ID in Patrick Lyoya’s death
Family seeks charges, officer’s ID in Patrick Lyoya’s death

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to the U.S. to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick, in the head […] More

April 14, 2022

Man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida
Man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida

A physical therapist from Connecticut was convicted of killing his wife, three children and the family dog in Florida. A jury found Anthony Todt guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty. More

April 14, 2022

Sex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting
Sex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting

An Instagram post during the Olympics by a former member of the U.S. snowboarding team led to allegations that coach Peter Foley had molested team members, coerced them into taking naked pictures, crawled into bed with them and nurtured an atmosphere in which women were treated as sex objects. More

April 14, 2022

Therapist: Depp and Heard had relationship of ‘mutual abuse’
Therapist: Depp and Heard had relationship of ‘mutual abuse’

A former personal assistant to Amber Heard said she never saw the actress suffer any physical abuse at the hands of then-husband Johnny Depp — but she said Heard once spit in her face when she asked for a higher salary. Heard descended into screaming fits of blind rage, sent incoherent text messages at 4 a.m. and was often drunk and high on illegal drugs, Kate James testified in a video deposition that was played in court Thursday during the trial for Depp's libel suit against Heard. More

April 14, 2022