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Police in Albuquerque arrested a man suspected of stabbing 11 people as he rode a bicycle around the city over the weekend,. More

February 14, 2022

Christina Yuna Lee was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan apartment by a man who followed her from the street into her building, authorities said. More

February 14, 2022

A jury was seated Monday for the federal hate crimes trial of three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. More

February 14, 2022

25-year-old De'rell Brown was shot and killed in his Indianapolis east side apartment complex parking lot in January 2021. His mother, Denise Bonds, is still searching for answers and fighting for justice. More

February 14, 2022

By Katie McLaughlin DADE CITY, Fla. (Court TV) – After eight years of delays capped by four long days of jury selection, testimony is finally set to begin Monday, February 14 in the trial of Curtis Reeves, the retired Florida police captain accused of shooting and killing a man in a movie theater during a […] More

February 14, 2022

The boy never received medical care, wasn’t enrolled in school and was rarely seen even by his siblings, who lived in the same house with the couple, authorities have said. More

February 14, 2022

Rebecca Hogue was found guilty of first-degree murder through enabling child abuse after authorities said her former partner killed her son. More

February 14, 2022

The spoils even helped finance Hollywood movies, including the 2013 Leonardo DiCaprio film “The Wolf of Wall Street." More

February 14, 2022

A Colorado mother whose 7-year-old daughter died after authorities said she duped doctors about her daughter’s health, leading to unnecessary surgeries and medications, was sentenced to 16 years in prison. More

February 11, 2022

ANGELES (Court TV) — Hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg, scheduled to perform at Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI halftime show, is being sued for the alleged sexual assault of a woman in California in 2013. More

February 11, 2022

Lawyers wrapped up their individual questioning of potential jurors in the trial of a former Kentucky police officer involved in the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. More

February 11, 2022

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said she will seat a jury Monday after a week spent asking potential jurors what they already know about the Black man's death as well as their views on racism in America. More

February 11, 2022

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A woman who was 17 when she came upon Minneapolis police pinning George Floyd to the street testified Friday at a federal trial for three officers that she knew instantly the Black man was "in distress," as he screamed in pain and shouted that he couldn't breathe. More

February 11, 2022

Prosecutors said Thursday that passengers noticed that Kameron C. Stone of Fairfax, Virginia, smelled strongly of alcohol, refused to stay in his seat, and pretended to shoot a gun at passengers during a United Airlines flight from Dulles airport in Virginia to Pensacola, Florida, last April. More

February 11, 2022

Two men charged with fatally shooting rapper Young Dolph in a daytime ambush at a Tennessee cookie shop pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other felony charges Friday. Lawyers for Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith entered the pleas in Shelby County Criminal Court in Memphis. More

February 11, 2022

Police rescued an 80-year-old suburban Chicago woman who was held hostage for nearly 21 hours in large part because she couldn't text one of her daughters her daily Wordle score during the ordeal. More

February 11, 2022

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The chair of the Minnesota agency that sets licensing standards for police officers testified Friday that three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights had to receive training about constitutional rights and on providing first aid. Kelly McCarthy, […] More

February 11, 2022

A 12-year-old girl is accused of "maliciously" impersonating a fellow student by creating fake Instagram and email accounts to threaten students and staff at their South Florida charter school, police said. More

February 11, 2022

“Someone took his life. And that person is still out there…” JUPITER, Fla. (Scripps News West Palm) — It’s been nearly a year since Christopher Maassen was shot and killed on I-95 in Jupiter, and his family is still searching for answers.   Peaceful, spiritual, and loving are just a few words his relatives use […] More

February 11, 2022

Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, entered the pleas to 77 charges, including six counts of homicide and multiple counts of reckless endangerment. More

February 11, 2022

The 110-pound pig is “family,” Flatt says, an emotional support animal who helped him through a divorce and the death of his mother. More

February 11, 2022

Attorneys for D'Monterrio Gibson are calling for a federal hate crimes probe of the attempted shooting of the driver in Mississippi. More

February 11, 2022

Chadwick strangled his wife on Oct. 10, 2012, at their Newport Beach ocean-view home during an argument over a possible divorce and financial issues, prosecutors said. More

February 11, 2022

Harris pleaded guilty to one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and one count of receiving child pornography, a U.S. attorney's office spokesman said. More

February 11, 2022

Van Houten is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and other cult members kill Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in August 1969. More

February 11, 2022

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (Scripps News Colorado Springs) — An affidavit reveals new details about the events that led up to the disappearance of Kara Nichols. According to the affidavit, Paul Nichols reported his daughter missing to Deputy Ayyad with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 14, 2012. He went on to state that […] More

February 10, 2022

DENVER (Scripps News Denver) – A former paraeducator at Quist Middle School in Thornton has been charged with sexual assault on a child after allegedly sexually assaulting a student at the school, according to prosecutors. Cathia Covarrubias Ruiz, 24, faces counts of sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child – pattern of […] More

February 10, 2022

A federal inmate pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, admitting that he was one of three people to attack and kill the leader of a child pornography ring who was in custody in Michigan. The government will recommend that Adam Wright, formerly of Springfield, Illinois, not get more than 27 years in prison, according to his plea agreement. More

February 10, 2022

Authorities searching the apartment where Amir Locke was killed said a no-knock warrant was necessary to protect the public. More

February 10, 2022

A Boston man described by federal authorities as a "serial sex trafficker" who exploited multiple victims including minors over a 15-year period was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison. Bruce "Arki" Brown, 43, targeted vulnerable and transient women and manipulated them through psychological techniques to maintain control, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. More

February 10, 2022