A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers planned on Wednesday to visit death row inmate Melissa Lucio, whose execution they are trying to stop amid doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter. More
April 6, 2022
Former Louisiana sheriff Rodney J. "Jack" Strain was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a federal bribery conviction, to be served at the same as his four life sentences for earlier convictions for raping boys. More
April 6, 2022
Florida teen Noah Galle under arrest after speeding at 151 mph, rear-ending a vehicle, killing all six people inside. More
April 6, 2022
Federal judge acquitted New Mexico man Matthew Martin of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct during the Jan. 6 riot. More
April 6, 2022
Alex Jones was being questioned Wednesday by lawyers for families of Sandy Hook victims in Connecticut, where a judge had ordered the Infowars host to face mounting fines until he appeared for a deposition. More
April 6, 2022
Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February. More
April 6, 2022
The father said Hitchcock's mother lived in Russia and that he was worried about Hitchcock's mental state of mind as she watched the war between Russia and Ukraine. More
April 6, 2022
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media. More
April 6, 2022
Federal prosecutors said Ray started by charming his young victims, then turned to physical abuse and psychological torment to extort money, sex and other favors. More
April 6, 2022
An Ohio woman accused of putting her newborn baby, umbilical cord still attached, in a garbage bag and leaving it in the woods in 1993 has been found guilty of murder. More
April 6, 2022
A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm. More
April 6, 2022
Alec Baldwin is asking a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a Wyoming woman who said she received hateful social media messages after the actor shared on social media a photo she posted of demonstrators at former President Donald Trump's rally in January 2021 and made a political comment. More
April 5, 2022
Troy Driver, Nevada man accused of kidnapping and killing 18-year-old Naomi Irion shot her and buried her body in a remote high-desert area, according to a new criminal complaint. More
April 5, 2022
The siblings of Ghislaine Maxwell said Tuesday they are "profoundly shocked and troubled" that a judge rejected a new trial for the British socialite on sex trafficking charges despite revelations that a juror who helped to convict her failed to disclose he was sexually abused as a child. More
April 5, 2022
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (Scripps News Baltimore) — A Maryland man is facing charges after driving without a license and crashing his car into a pond with two children inside. The incident happened April 1 at around 9:15pm near an Anne Arundel County park. A police officer who happened to be nearby heard the […] More
April 5, 2022
BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — A 73-year-old former wrestling coach at Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore has been charged in the alleged sexual assault of a minor. Neil Adleberg, 73, coached the school wrestling team in the 1970’s and returned as an assistant during the 2014-2015 season. It was sometime during that second […] More
April 5, 2022
A jury began deliberations Tuesday at a U.S. trial stemming from an audacious scheme involving former Goldman Sachs bankers to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MBD. More
April 5, 2022
Most defendants in Florida's lawsuit over the opioid epidemic have settled for more than $870 million. One remains: Walgreens is not giving up. More
April 5, 2022
Indiana State Police has identified the man behind the "I-65 Killer," also known as the "Days Inn Killer." More
April 5, 2022
The jury that will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz gets a death sentence will tour the blood-stained, bullet-pocked building where he murdered 17 people four years ago, a judge has ruled. More
April 5, 2022
A New York man who spent nearly 40 years trying to clear his name after a jury tainted by antisemitism wrongfully convicted him of arson has finally been vindicated. More
April 5, 2022
“There is no evidence of any connection between the stolen firearms and the disappearance of Harmony Montgomery," Attorney General John Formella said in a news release. More
April 5, 2022
He had been accused of raping girls between 11 and 14 years old from 2016 to 2021. At least nine babies reportedly were born as a result of the rapes. More
April 5, 2022
A pretrial hearing has been postponed until next month for a rural Nevada man accused of kidnapping and killing Naomi Irion. More
April 5, 2022
Jurors asked for a definition of “weapon” Monday but otherwise gave no indication of the progress of their work. More
April 5, 2022
Judge dismissed criminal charges against Jesper Joergensen, Danish man accused of starting Colorado wildfire that destroyed about 140 homes in 2018, after he was repeatedly found unable to stand trial. More
April 4, 2022
Former McDonald's workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement with the restaurant's former owner. More
April 4, 2022
Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney announced Monday night they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden's nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring she'll become the first Black female justice. More
April 4, 2022
Jury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial began Monday with preliminary screening for the panel that will determine whether Nikolas Cruz will be put to death for murdering 17 students and staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school. More
April 4, 2022
Theresa Bentaas, South Dakota woman who entered Alford plea in 1981 death of her newborn son, was released on parole after serving less than three months in prison. More
April 4, 2022
