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Lawyer: Texas dad didn’t know son accused in deaths had gun
Lawyer: Texas dad didn’t know son accused in deaths had gun

An attorney for a man accused of driving his son to a Dallas-area gas station store where the 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting three teens and wounding a fourth says the father didn't know his son had a gun. Attorney Heath Harris told The Dallas Morning News he believes evidence will show that 33-year-old Richard Acosta, who is charged with capital murder, is innocent. More

January 4, 2022

Colorado mom pleads guilty in ‘terminally ill’ daughter’s death
Colorado mom pleads guilty in ‘terminally ill’ daughter’s death

A Douglas County woman who was accused of faking her daughter's terminal illness, seeking donations, and causing her death, pleaded guilty to lesser charges as part of a plea deal. Kelly Renee Turner, 43, pleaded guilty on Monday to child abuse causing death, theft and charitable fraud. She was initially charged in October 2019 with two counts of first-degree murder, among several other charges, in the August 2017 death of her 7-year-old daughter, Olivia Gant. More

January 4, 2022

Prince Andrew effort to toss sex assault suit hits roadblock
Prince Andrew effort to toss sex assault suit hits roadblock

A judge was mostly dismissive Tuesday of oral arguments by a lawyer for Prince Andrew who wants to win fast dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the prince two decades ago sexually assaulted a 17-year-old American who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. More

January 4, 2022

NFL player arrested for DUI in Las Vegas
NFL player arrested for DUI in Las Vegas

Authorities say they received a call about a driver asleep inside a vehicle parked on an exit ramp of a parking garage located in the 3500 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard. More

January 4, 2022

Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr subpoenaed by NY attorney general
Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr subpoenaed by NY attorney general

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, demanding their testimony in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family's business practices, according to a court filing made public Monday. More

January 3, 2022

Judge: Prince Andrew can’t halt lawsuit with domicile claim
Judge: Prince Andrew can’t halt lawsuit with domicile claim

Prince Andrew's effort to immediately block the progression of a lawsuit by a woman who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17 — on the grounds that she no longer lives in the U.S. — was rejected by a federal judge as oral arguments were set to proceed Monday on the prince's request to dismiss the lawsuit. More

January 3, 2022

Colorado governor slashes trucker’s prison term to 10 years
Colorado governor slashes trucker’s prison term to 10 years

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew widespread outrage.   The decision on Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence was among several year-end commutations and pardons issued by […] More

December 31, 2021

Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ends
Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ends

The sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, ended with a guilty verdict, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of false news that has swirled around the case. On Thursday, posts emerged falsely claiming that trial documents were sealed to protect Epstein — who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes […] More

December 31, 2021

What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?
What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Wednesday’s guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what the once high-flying Jeffrey Epstein confidante was accused of and what’s next for her: WHO WERE GHISLAINE MAXWELL’S ACCUSERS? The prosecution hinged on the accusations of four women — Annie Farmer and the […] More

December 30, 2021

Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case
Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case

LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew wasn’t on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case but her conviction is bad news for the man who is ninth in line to the British throne. With the conclusion of the Maxwell case, attention will now turn to a U.S. civil suit in which the plaintiff alleges Maxwell […] More

December 30, 2021

April trial date set in shooting of Phoenix police officer
April trial date set in shooting of Phoenix police officer

PHOENIX (AP) — A trial date next April has been set for a man charged with attempted murder and other crimes in a Dec. 14 shooting that left a Phoenix police officer critically wounded. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Thursday entered not guilty pleas for Essa Williams and set several court dates leading […] More

December 30, 2021

Denver shootings suspect wrote books previewing attacks
Denver shootings suspect wrote books previewing attacks

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man accused of killing five people in a rampage in Denver is believed to have written fictional books self-published online that named some of his real-life victims and described similar attacks. The writings are part of the investigation into what led Lyndon James […] More

December 30, 2021

Man gets 100 months in prison for damage in protest
Man gets 100 months in prison for damage in protest

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a St. Paul man to more than eight years in prison for burning, looting and damaging businesses during a 2020 protest against police brutality in Minneapolis. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schlitz sentenced 32-year-old Victor Devon Edwards on Wednesday to 100 months in prison and two years of […] More

December 30, 2021

Business manager to Kardashians killed, boyfriend charged
Business manager to Kardashians killed, boyfriend charged

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles business manager whose clients had included Nicki Minaj and the Kardashians was killed, and her boyfriend was charged with murder, authorities said Wednesday.Police found Angela Kukawski, 55, dead in her car in Simi Valley northwest of Los Angeles on Dec. 23, a day after she was reported missing, police said in a statement. More

December 29, 2021

Court documents: Lori Vallow’s attorney disqualified from representing her
Court documents: Lori Vallow’s attorney disqualified from representing her

FREMONT COUNTRY, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) — Mark Means, the attorney for Lori Vallow, is disqualified from representing her according to a memorandum decision.   Means represented both Chad Daybell and Vallow at times, according to the court document.. Means posted on Twitter and sent a press release on April 28, 2020, stating the office […] More

December 29, 2021