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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

Police: Father arrested in accidental shooting of 2-year-old
Police: Father arrested in accidental shooting of 2-year-old

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a Phoenix man has been arrested in an accidental shooting that killed his 2-year-old son at the family’s apartment. Jail records and police say Joshua Lewis, 29, was jailed Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of child abuse-reckless in the Wednesday afternoon shooting death of 2-year-old Kayden Lewis. A police […] More

January 13, 2022

Queen removes Prince Andrew’s military roles, patronages
Queen removes Prince Andrew’s military roles, patronages

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace said on Thursday that Prince Andrew’s honorary military titles and royal patronages have been returned to Queen Elizabeth II with her “approval and agreement.” More than 150 navy and army veterans had written to the queen asking her to strip Andrew of all his military ranks and titles after a […] More

January 13, 2022

Prosecutors add dozens of charges in Wisconsin parade deaths
Prosecutors add dozens of charges in Wisconsin parade deaths

A man accused of driving an SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade crashed into people head-on, ran them over as they lay on the ground and at one point leaned out his window to steer because someone had landed on his windshield and was blocking his view, prosecutors alleged Wednesday in a criminal complaint that levies dozens of new charges against him. More

January 12, 2022

New Mexico woman pleads not guilty to putting baby in trash
New Mexico woman pleads not guilty to putting baby in trash

An 18-year-old New Mexico woman accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a dumpster pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted first-degree murder and child abuse. Alexis Avila of Hobbs was told by a Lea County judge at her arraignment that she can stay out of jail pending trial and set house arrest as a main condition of release. More

January 12, 2022

300 tips come in on Harmony Montgomery, reward reaches $104K
300 tips come in on Harmony Montgomery, reward reaches $104K

The police chief in New Hampshire's largest city made another plea Wednesday for anyone with information on Harmony Montgomery, who was last seen in 2019 at age 5, to come forth, saying detectives are working on about 300 tips and the reward fund has grown to $104,000. More

January 12, 2022

Trial scheduled in fatal health clinic shooting in Minnesota
Trial scheduled in fatal health clinic shooting in Minnesota

A jury trial has been scheduled for a Minnesota man accused of walking into a medical clinic and opening fire, killing one staff member and wounding four others last year. Gregory Ulrich, 68, will stand trial beginning May 16 on charges of murder, attempted murder and other counts in the Feb. 9 shooting at the Allina Health Clinic. More

January 12, 2022

Family hopes this billboard helps to catch a killer in Richmond
Family hopes this billboard helps to catch a killer in Richmond

The people who put up a new billboard in Richmond hope it will jog some old memories. VCU student Cody Woodson was shot and killed walking back home from a neighborhood market in April 2021. Nine months later, the 20-year-old student's homicide remains unsolved. More

January 12, 2022

Alabama woman who joined Islamic State stuck in refugee camp
Alabama woman who joined Islamic State stuck in refugee camp

Attorneys for a woman who left her Alabama home to join the Islamic State terror group plan to continue fighting for her and her young son even though the Supreme Court declined to consider her lawsuit seeking to re-enter the United States, one of the lawyers said Wednesday. More

January 12, 2022