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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

Kin of dead sex abuse victim sue under new California law
Kin of dead sex abuse victim sue under new California law

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After decades of dealing with the boyhood trauma of being molested by a priest, Jim Bartko sued the Roman Catholic church two years ago. But the lawsuit was dismissed when he died four days after speaking publicly about it. A new law has now revived his […] More

January 12, 2022

Man arrested in deaths of victims found in Kansas, Oklahoma
Man arrested in deaths of victims found in Kansas, Oklahoma

Kansas man arrested in 2019 robbery, kidnapping and shooting deaths of two men whose bodies were found hours apart in an Oklahoma ditch and a Kansas trailer. Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Ralph Thomas Salas Jr. was booked into the Seward County Jail. More

January 12, 2022

Judge vacates 1988 murder, rape convictions of Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn
Judge vacates 1988 murder, rape convictions of Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — The 1988 murder and rape convictions of both Joyce Watkins and the late Charlie Dunn have been vacated almost 34 years later, according to a court order issued by Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton. >>>READ COURT ORDER DOCUMENTS<<< A court date is scheduled for Wednesday, January 12 at 9 a.m., […] More

January 12, 2022

New trial set for man charged with killing 18 in Dallas area
New trial set for man charged with killing 18 in Dallas area

A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to be retried in April after the first jury to hear a murder case against him deadlocked. The retrial of Billy Chemirmir, 49, in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris is scheduled to begin on April 25. More

January 11, 2022

US Judge: Baton Rouge must end retaliation against lawyer
US Judge: Baton Rouge must end retaliation against lawyer

An attempt by Baton Rouge officials to have an attorney found in contempt of court for releasing video of a controversial arrest was a "bad faith" effort to retaliate against the attorney for exercising his free speech rights, a federal court judge has ruled. More

January 11, 2022

‘Jeopardy!’ champ’s parents sue hospital after his death
‘Jeopardy!’ champ’s parents sue hospital after his death

The parents of a five-time champion on the game show "Jeopardy!" are accusing a Las Vegas-area hospital where he underwent abdominal surgery of causing his death in February 2021. Brayden Smith, who died at 24, was one of the last "Jeopardy!" contestants to appear with host Alex Trebek before Trebek died in November 2020 after battling pancreatic cancer. More

January 11, 2022

Inmates sue prison, alleging unprovoked beatings by guards
Inmates sue prison, alleging unprovoked beatings by guards

Several current and former inmates of color at a maximum security prison in Massachusetts have filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were subjected to violent beatings by guards in retaliation for a previous assault on a corrections officer by prisoners. More

January 11, 2022

US Supreme Court agrees McGirt ruling not retroactive
US Supreme Court agrees McGirt ruling not retroactive

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Oklahoma appellate court decision that the high court's landmark McGirt ruling on criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country does not apply retroactively to state convictions that are finalized. More

January 11, 2022

Jury seated to hear triple homicide case in Kenosha County
Jury seated to hear triple homicide case in Kenosha County

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has been selected in Kenosha County Circuit Court to hear the case against a man charged with killing three people and wounding three others in a shooting at a crowded bar. Twenty-five-year-old Rakayo Vinson is facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted first-degree intentional […] More

January 11, 2022

Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the United States. The justices declined without comment on Monday to consider the appeal of Hoda Muthana, who was born in New Jersey in October 1994 to a diplomat from Yemen and grew up in Alabama near Birmingham. More

January 11, 2022

Ex-inmate admits role in federal prison smuggling scheme
Ex-inmate admits role in federal prison smuggling scheme

Another former inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey has admitted his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle drugs and other contraband to inmates into the facility. Johansel Moronta, 29, of Linden, pleaded guilty Monday to possessing and obtaining contraband while in prison and violating his federal parole. More

January 11, 2022

Fitchburg man pleads not guilty to child rape charges
Fitchburg man pleads not guilty to child rape charges

A Fitchburg man has pleaded not guilty to 14 charges, including multiple counts of child rape and assault and battery on a child under age 14, according to authorities. Stephen R. Goodsell, 32, was held on $5,000 bail at his arraignment Monday in Worcester Superior Court More

January 11, 2022

Springfield man sentenced to life in prison in death of baby
Springfield man sentenced to life in prison in death of baby

A 29-year-old Springfield man has been sentenced to life in prison in the 2019 death of a 7-month-old baby. Marc Carrier (Greene County Jail)The Springfield News-Leader reports that child's mother and prosecutors asked for the life term before 31-year-old Marc Carrier was sentenced Friday. More

January 11, 2022

Judge sets bail at $1M for man accused of killing roommate
Judge sets bail at $1M for man accused of killing roommate

Judge set bail at $1 million for a man who reportedly believed he was demonically possessed and admitted to killing a Marysville resident, saying "voices" told him to do it. Anthony Boggess was booked into the Snohomish County Jail in Everett for investigation of second-degree murder and first-degree attempted arson in the death of former roommate, James Thrower More

January 11, 2022