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June sentence set for Ghislaine Maxwell in sex traffic case
June sentence set for Ghislaine Maxwell in sex traffic case

A late-June sentencing date was set Friday for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell after her conviction last month on charges including sex trafficking and conspiracy relating to the recruitment of teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. More

January 14, 2022

Man arrested in fatal shooting of teen restaurant worker
Man arrested in fatal shooting of teen restaurant worker

NEW YORK (AP) — A former employee was arrested in the deadly shooting of a 19-year-old cashier working a late-night shift at a Burger King restaurant in East Harlem, a crime that appalled New Yorkers including the mayor. The New York Police Department said Friday that Winston Glynn, 30, was facing charges including murder in […] More

January 14, 2022

Indiana man allegedly killed roommate with windshield fluid
Indiana man allegedly killed roommate with windshield fluid

A northwest Indiana man allegedly killed his roommate by repeatedly spiking her beverages with windshield washer fluid because he felt she was disrespecting him by not approving of his heavy drinking, authorities said. Thomas Holifield, 59, is charged with murder in the June 1 methanol poisoning death of 64-year-old Pamela Keltz. More

January 14, 2022

Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry
Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry

Martin Shkreli must return $64.6 million in profits he and his former company reaped from jacking up the price and monopolizing the market for a lifesaving drug, a federal judge ruled Friday while also barring the provocative, imprisoned ex-CEO from the pharmaceutical industry for the rest of his life. More

January 14, 2022

Lawmaker proposes mandatory neck guards after hockey death
Lawmaker proposes mandatory neck guards after hockey death

A Connecticut state lawmaker says she plans to introduce legislation requiring all hockey players to wear a neck guard or a similar protective device during practice or games following the death last week of a 10th-grade player whose neck was cut by a skate. More

January 14, 2022

Illinois judge disparaged lawyer in comments caught on video
Illinois judge disparaged lawyer in comments caught on video

An Illinois judge could be facing discipline after he mocked an attorney in comments that he apparently did not realize were being broadcast live on YouTube. Cook County Judge William Raines made the comments about attorney Jennifer Bonjean after she appeared before him during a court call. Bonjean — a New York-based attorney who has represented a number of high-profile clients around the country, including Bill Cosby — was before Raines in a case in which she is seeking to have a client's 1996 murder conviction thrown out. More

January 14, 2022

3 women charged with beating airline security officer at JFK
3 women charged with beating airline security officer at JFK

Three women are facing federal charges of attacking an airline security worker who tried to block them from boarding a flight at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport in September because of what prosecutors say was problematic behavior, including a refusal to wear a face mask properly. More

January 14, 2022

Waukesha parade suspect to stand trial for murder
Waukesha parade suspect to stand trial for murder

A court commissioner is set to decide Friday whether a Milwaukee man accused of plowing his SUV through a Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring dozens more, will stand trial for murder. More

January 14, 2022

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan will remain in prison
RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan will remain in prison

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was denied parole Thursday by California’s governor, who said the killer remains a threat to the public and hasn’t taken responsibility for a crime that altered American history. Kennedy, a U.S. senator from New York, […] More

January 13, 2022

Judge in Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial warns would-be jurors
Judge in Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial warns would-be jurors

The judge presiding over Michael Avenatti's trial on charges he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels of book deal proceeds twice warned prospective jurors Thursday that perjury charges could result if they don't honestly fill out a written questionnaire, after a recent trial verdict was jeopardized by a juror's comments about his questionnaire. More

January 13, 2022

Attorney to appeal Vegas ruling in Ruggs crash records case
Attorney to appeal Vegas ruling in Ruggs crash records case

A lawyer for ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs' girlfriend said Thursday he'll appeal a Las Vegas judge's decision to grant prosecutors access to the woman's medical records after a fatal high-speed crash that cost Ruggs his spot on the team. More

January 13, 2022

Officer charged in girlfriend’s death no longer employed
Officer charged in girlfriend’s death no longer employed

Huntsville police officer charged with capital murder in the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend from Georgia no longer works for the department, where he spent more than two years, the chief said Thursday. Colleagues of Officer David Michael McCoy, 28, quickly realized he was a person of interest in the killing of Courtney Spraggins. More

January 13, 2022

Rapid City woman given 25 years for fatally striking friend
Rapid City woman given 25 years for fatally striking friend

A Rapid City woman accused of driving drunk and fatally hitting her friend with her vehicle during an argument has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. According to Pennington County prosecutors, 51-year-old Rochelle Seminole had a blood alcohol content of more than three times the legal limit in May of 2019 when she argued with 37-year-old Kimberly Clifford in the parking lot of a Rapid City Walmart. More

January 13, 2022