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A grand jury Tuesday recommended charges against Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney in the Aug. 27 shooting that killed Fanta Bility. More

January 21, 2022

A police sergeant who was recorded grabbing a colleague by the neck is under criminal investigation, officials said. More

January 21, 2022

While the maximum prison sentence in Norway is 21 years, the law was amended in 2002 so that, in rare cases, sentences can be extended indefinitely in five-year increments if someone is still considered a danger to the public. More

January 21, 2022

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing, a case that the judge told potential jurors has “absolutely nothing” to do with race.  […] More

January 20, 2022

Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile California attorney who regularly taunted then-President Donald Trump during frequent television appearances, was introduced Thursday to prospective jurors who will decide whether he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels out of book-deal proceeds. More

January 20, 2022

A man accused of using a ninja-style sword to kill his mother and wound two other relatives was transferred to the county jail following his release from a hospital. Damien Washam, 23, sat in a wheelchair as he was taken into the Mobile County Sheriff's Office for questioning before being sent to the county jail. More

January 20, 2022

A Rhode Island man who authorities say fled the U.S. and faked his death to evade prosecution for rape and financial fraud has been arrested after skipping his court date in Scotland, police said Thursday. Police in Scotland said officers arrested Nicholas Alahverdian in the Woodlands area of Glasgow after a warrant was issued by the Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier in the day. More

January 20, 2022

The Supreme Court on Thursday buttressed a criminal defendant's right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses, ruling in favor of a New York man who was convicted of killing a 2-year-old boy on Easter Sunday in 2006. More

January 20, 2022

A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $7.5 million in restitution in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud case. A federal judge in St. Louis on Tuesday sentenced 42-year-old Brandy McKay of Cape Girardeau. More

January 20, 2022

A 35-year-old Everett bar owner has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of felony sexual assault. A judge on Tuesday maintained bail at $1 million for Christian Sayre, who has owned The Anchor Pub since 2014, The Everett Herald reported. He remained in Snohomish County Jail as of Tuesday evening. More

January 20, 2022

Jurors deliberated for just over two hours before finding Chandler Halderson guilty of killing Bart Halderson and Krista Halderson. More

January 20, 2022

Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest. More

January 20, 2022

Chandler Halderson was convicted of killing and dismembering his parents, whose bodies were found in wooded areas of Wisconsin. More

January 20, 2022

Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne has posted a statement on the district’s website in an attempt to tackle some of the allegations that the district failed to heed warning signs before the shooting that resulted in the deaths of four students. More

January 20, 2022

DENVER  (Scripps News Denver) — A father has been arrested for the attempted murder of his 5-year-old son after the two were rescued from icy water along Cherry Creek Trail last week. Around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 12, the Denver Fire Department says crews received a call that a 5-year-old boy had fallen into the […] More

January 20, 2022

Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing, with a judge dismissing potential jurors for reasons ranging from their discomfort at having to watch videos of his death to religious objections over judging another person. More

January 20, 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. More

January 20, 2022

Bill Cosby's 2008 sexual assault conviction was overturned and his immediate release ordered. What does this mean for sexual assault victims? More

January 20, 2022

The hearing to settle lingering issues in the aftermath of Spears’ conservatorship quickly descended into a series of angry accusations between attorneys for Spears and her father. More

January 20, 2022

Investigators said they doubted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg's insistence that he initially thought he hit an animal on Sept. 12, 2020. More

January 20, 2022

Steven Downs was a freshman at University of Alaska at Fairbanks at the time of Sophie Sergie's death in 1993. More

January 20, 2022

The force said it was continuing to support U.S. authorities with their investigation into Saturday's hostage incident. More

January 20, 2022

Prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir said in her closing argument that Anders Behring Breivik “has not shown any genuine remorse in court" and his behavior there is part of a “PR stunt.” More

January 20, 2022

Theodore Edgecomb is on trial for the 2020 shooting death of 54-year-old immigration attorney Jason Cleereman.  More

January 20, 2022

A hearing on a motion seeking to dismiss former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson's 2012 conviction for killing his third wife has been postponed until next month. More

January 19, 2022

An Air Force airman will spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping a Mennonite woman from northwestern New Mexico, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in the freezing cold in a forest clearing hundreds of miles away. More

January 19, 2022

The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin, alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an "insurrectionist" for attending former President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year. More

January 19, 2022

Police say a Milwaukee man charged Wednesday in the shooting death of his 8-year-old daughter told investigators he wanted to teach his children about gun safety before inadvertently firing the weapon. Michael Huddleston, 47, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the Saturday killing of 8-year-old Tiana Huddleston. More

January 19, 2022

Jury selection begins Thursday in the federal case against J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, who also face a state trial later this year on counts of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. More

January 19, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of pushing a woman to her death in a New York City subway station was arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday and ordered held without bail. Martial Simon, 61, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michelle Alyssa Go, who was shoved in front of a […] More

January 19, 2022