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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

A 35-year-old woman was taken into custody Tuesday for a laundry list of alleged crimes that happened at a local Walmart, North Olmsted police said. More

January 14, 2022

The Denver District Attorney's Office has charged a woman with a hate crime in connection to the vandalism of a Denver Catholic cathedral back in October, More

January 14, 2022

Rhode Island man believed to have faked his death and fled the U.S. to evade prosecution. Nicholas Alahverdian apprehended in Scotland hospitalized with COVID-19 in Glasgow. More

January 14, 2022

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

The remains were found in a building operated by an Akron man currently facing charges for providing funeral services without a license. More

January 14, 2022

Tucson Police say a 13-year-old boy stabbed his mother to death—and admitted he attacked her in a fight over video games. More

January 14, 2022

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

Corey Johnson will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy during a 2018 sleepover. More

January 14, 2022

Missouri's highest court reversed the conviction of Rodney Smith, finding that an investigator’s video testimony violated his Sixth Amendment right. More

January 14, 2022

Authorities have said off-duty Los Angeles police officer Fernando Arroyos was shopping for a house with his girlfriend when he was killed. More

January 14, 2022

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

A judge on Thursday granted a request from the police chief of a North Carolina city to release body camera video recorded in the aftermath of the shooting death of a Black man by an off-duty sheriff's deputy. More

January 13, 2022

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

Police are investigating after a battery report was filed Thursday against Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. More

January 13, 2022

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

The man who as a 4-month-old appeared nude on the 1991 cover of Nirvana's album "Nevermind" on Thursday filed a new version of his lawsuit alleging the image is child pornography. More

January 13, 2022

Texas couple killed in 1981 identified 40 years later but their child, Hollie Marie, is still missing. Forensic-based research service Identifinders International identified Harold Dean Clouse and his wife Tina Gail Linn Clouse. More

January 13, 2022

A man who raped and attacked a woman in the parking lot of Loch Raven High School in 2019 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. More

January 13, 2022

A former New Mexico School District employee has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing and reselling Apple products that were meant for Native American school children. More

January 13, 2022

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

Louisiana art teacher arrested on accusations of child molestation. Lisa Samuels is being held in the St. James Parish Jail on charges of indecent behavior with juveniles and molestation of a juvenile. More

January 13, 2022

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

New Yorkers who were sexually abused as adults could sue abusers in civil court under a bill that supporters are again urging the state to pass. More

January 13, 2022

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

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

A Georgia sheriff's deputy was suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three white men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, news outlets reported. More

January 13, 2022

A review of the Moab Police Department claims two of its officers made "several unintentional mistakes" in failing to cite Gabby Petito for domestic violence. More

January 13, 2022

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on Oct. 21 from a gunshot wound during a “Rust” rehearsal at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe in northern New Mexico. More

January 13, 2022

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