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US judge plans jury pool of 1,000 for 2nd Arbery death trial
US judge plans jury pool of 1,000 for 2nd Arbery death trial

The federal judge presiding over the upcoming hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery said Monday she plans to summon a jury pool of roughly 1,000 people scattered across an expansive area that covers 43 Georgia counties. More

December 20, 2021

No verdict yet in Kim Potter trial for Daunte Wright’s death
No verdict yet in Kim Potter trial for Daunte Wright’s death

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a "blunder of epic proportions" and did not have "a license to kill," a prosecutor told jurors on Monday shortly before they began deliberating in her manslaughter trial. More

December 20, 2021

Rocker Rod Stewart, son resolve Florida hotel assault case
Rocker Rod Stewart, son resolve Florida hotel assault case

Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year's Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at an exclusive Florida hotel. Court records released Friday show that the singer and his son Sean Stewart entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of simple battery. More

December 17, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case
Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense called another of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time paramours to the stand Friday: a former Miss Sweden, New York City doctor and tabloid fixture who told the jury that she trusted the financier with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser. More

December 17, 2021

Police: 4 bodies found are victims of ‘shopping cart killer’
Police: 4 bodies found are victims of ‘shopping cart killer’

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state are the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting them on dating sites. At a press conference Friday, Fairfax County […] More

December 17, 2021

Toughest sentence yet for any Capitol rioter: over 5 years
Toughest sentence yet for any Capitol rioter: over 5 years

A Capitol rioter who attacked police officers working to hold back the angry pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6 was sentenced Friday to more than five years behind bars, the most so far for anyone sentenced in the insurrection. Robert Palmer, 54, of Largo, Florida, wept as he told U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that he recently watched a video of his actions that day and could not believe what he was seeing. More

December 17, 2021

Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud case heads to the jury
Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud case heads to the jury

The jury that will decide whether former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes turned her blood-testing startup into a massive scam finally got the case late Friday after a three-month-long trial that captivated Silicon Valley. More

December 17, 2021

Officials: Astroworld victims died from compression asphyxia
Officials: Astroworld victims died from compression asphyxia

The 10 people killed at the Astroworld music festival in Houston all died from compression asphyxia during a massive crowd surge in which attendees were packed so tightly that many could not breathe or move their arms, officials announced Thursday. More

December 16, 2021

New Mexico authorities issue warrant for Baldwin’s phone
New Mexico authorities issue warrant for Baldwin’s phone

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday issued a search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s cell phone, saying it could hold evidence that might be helpful as they investigate a deadly shooting on a New Mexico film set that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director. Baldwin was holding a revolver during rehearsal when it […] More

December 16, 2021

Michael Cohen sues Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment
Michael Cohen sues Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment

Michael Cohen claimed in a new lawsuit Thursday that Donald Trump retaliated against him for writing a tell-all memoir, saying his abrupt return to federal prison last year endangered his life and amounted to punishment for criticizing the president. More

December 16, 2021

Man in fight over barking dogs found guilty of murder
Man in fight over barking dogs found guilty of murder

A man has been convicted of fatally stabbing his neighbor at a southeast Washington motel in a fight over barking dogs. Earnace Beasley Jr. denied stabbing William Bepler, 38, during the May 9, 2020, confrontation. But jurors in Beasley's Benton County Superior Court trial didn't believe him, returning a guilty verdict Wednesday for first-degree murder during a burglary. More

December 16, 2021

Louisiana judge who used racist slur takes leave of absence
Louisiana judge who used racist slur takes leave of absence

A Louisiana judge is taking an unpaid leave of absence after she repeatedly used a racial slur in a video recorded at her home and posted to social media, and Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday called for her resignation. The video, which caused a community outcry, shows a television set at the home of Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet displaying security footage of what appears to be a foiled burglary. Laughter and racist slurs are heard from the viewers — who aren't visible on camera — as they watch two people capture the suspect. More

December 16, 2021

Police: Fourth victim dies after Delaware stabbing incident
Police: Fourth victim dies after Delaware stabbing incident

A fourth victim of a fatal stabbing incident in Delaware has died, authorities said Thursday. New Castle County Police said detectives were notified that Donald Grier, 68, was pronounced dead shortly after midnight. Grier had been hospitalized in critical condition since the Dec. 3 stabbing at a townhome in Townsend. More

December 16, 2021

Tiger King Joe Exotic delaying treatment for resentencing
Tiger King Joe Exotic delaying treatment for resentencing

The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as "Tiger King" Joe Exotic is delaying prostate cancer treatments until after his resentencing on convictions for a murder-for-hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws, according to a motion filed in federal court. More

December 16, 2021