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The suspect, who was not formally identified in accordance with Greek law, was arrested a day after being detained for questioning. More

March 31, 2022

The family of Brian Laundrie filed a motion to dismiss a pending lawsuit filed by the family of his former fiancé, Gabby Petito. More

March 31, 2022

A judge on Wednesday ordered the Kristin Smart murder trial moved out of San Luis Obispo County in central California. More

March 31, 2022

Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz and his prosecutors argued over whether jurors who will decide whether he is sentenced to death should be allowed to tour the building where he murdered 17 people. More

March 30, 2022

Authorities discovered the remains of 18-year-old kidnapped Nevada woman Naomi Irion. 41-year-old Troy Driver was charged earlier with first-degree kidnapping. More

March 30, 2022

Florida man Steve Shand will stand trial in Minnesota on human smuggling charges following his arrest after authorities across the Canadian border found four migrants who had frozen to death during a blizzard. More

March 30, 2022

A man accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was "antigovernment" and believed officials were out to "line their own pockets," his longtime companion testified Wednesday before prosecutors rested their case. More

March 30, 2022

The CVS drug store company and pharmaceutical companies will pay Florida a combined $860 million as part of the settlement of an opioid epidemic case. More

March 30, 2022

After serving over half his life behind bars, a Seattle man now has a chance to get out after high court rulings. More

March 30, 2022

Nearly three years after Greene’s May 10, 2019, death with still no one criminally charged, Hollingsworth’s internal affairs interview in September 2020 stands as a defiant, haunting voice from the grave. More

March 30, 2022

Despite being stabbed and suffering a severe injury, Deputy Colangelo chased after Leigha Day while applying pressure to his wound, the sheriff's office said. More

March 30, 2022

Van Houten, 72, 'currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time,' Newsom said in his parole review. More

March 30, 2022

Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime, legal experts say, but the chances of prosecution are slim. More

March 30, 2022

Dr. William Husel is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for 14 patients in the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System. More

March 30, 2022

Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened. The offer was quickly rejected. More

March 29, 2022

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — An actor known for playing “The Flash” in “Justice League” films was arrested after an incident at a Hawaii karaoke bar, where police say Ezra Miller yelled obscenities, grabbed a mic from a singing woman and lunged at a man playing darts. Miller took issue late […] More

March 29, 2022

Attorneys for Darrell Brooks Jr., accused of killing 6 and injuring dozens more, told a judge they need to push the trial into 2023. More

March 29, 2022

Jury selection began in the trial of British national El Shafee Elsheikh, charged in a scheme by the Islamic State group to take Americans and others as hostages for ransom, resulting in the deaths and beheadings of multiple U.S. citizens. He is better known as one of "the Beatles," a nickname he and three other Brits were given by their captives because of their accents. More

March 29, 2022

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman who pleaded guilty to being drunk when she caused a crash that killed her 5-year-old daughter has been sentenced to three years’ probation. Nory Lam was sentenced last week after pleading guilty in January to involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence, television station KSNW reported. Police investigators […] More

March 29, 2022

David Blair, Maryland man who waved Confederate flag attached to lacrosse stick during Jan. 6 Capitol siege, pleaded guilty to interfering with a police officer who was trying to disperse a crowd of rioters. More

March 29, 2022

Andrew Carlson, father of missing 5-year-old girl Oakley Carlson, sentenced to about a year in prison after pleading guilty to exposing children to methamphetamine. More

March 29, 2022

President Joe Biden signs The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law -- lynching is now a federal hate crime. More

March 29, 2022

A former Olympian is on trial for the attempted murder of a promising dressage rider and her fiancé. More

March 29, 2022

Michael Mosley was convicted of murdering two men and injuring a third outside a Nashville bar on Dec. 21, 2019. More

March 29, 2022

Just after midnight on Jan. 31, 1994, Independence Police found 26-year-old Diana Ault brutally murdered, her two young children nearby. More

March 29, 2022

Frodsham pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges in 2016 and is serving a 17-year sentence. More

March 29, 2022

Rodriguez had 0.15% or more alcohol in his blood, according to a charging document filed with the Marion County Circuit Court. More

March 29, 2022

Sheriff’s Detective Erik Kusmerz has said deputies and the FBI haven’t found Irion's cellphone or detected a signal it since shortly after they believe she was abducted. More

March 29, 2022

Mark Chapman is charged with 10 counts of criminal sex conduct allegedly carried out against 2 children while he was serving as a Boy Scout leader in Michigan. More

March 28, 2022

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Scripps News West Palm)— The family of a 79-year-old woman who fell to her death while attempting to cross a Florida drawbridge is suing the bridge tender and the company that manages the bridge.   According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Palm Beach County court, the family of Carol Wright […] More

March 28, 2022