Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible. More
December 16, 2021
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 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
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
More than five years after a St. Louis man visiting New Orleans to plan his wedding was shot and left to die in an armed robbery, a suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities announced Thursday. More
December 16, 2021
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
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
A teenager who told investigators that he mistook his brother for a deer when he shot him has been charged with a gun crime, authorities in western Michigan said Thursday. More
December 16, 2021
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
Can prosecutors convince a jury Kim Potter was criminally responsible for Duante Wright’s death when she fired her gun rather than her taser? More
December 16, 2021
Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright,. More
December 16, 2021
Several judges on the panel appeared open to considering reversing Weinstein’s conviction and ordering a new trial. More
December 16, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell's trial will resume with the defense calling its own witnesses in federal court in Manhattan. More
December 16, 2021
The trial of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes moves into its final phase Thursday when federal prosecutors and defense attorneys will present their final arguments to the jury that will determine her fate. More
December 16, 2021
The Chicago Blackhawks have settled a lawsuit by a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach during the team's 2010 Stanley Cup title run. More
December 15, 2021
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal count alleging he willfully deprived George Floyd of his rights during the May 25, 2020, arrest that led to the Black man's death. He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated but similar count stemming from the use of force against a then-14-year-old boy, who is also Black, in 2017. More
December 15, 2021
Trial of Harvard University professor Charles Lieber - charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program - began in Boston federal court. Former chair of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology pleaded not guilty to two counts of making false statements to authorities and four tax offenses. More
December 15, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — A parole hearing has been scheduled next month for Andrew Delke, who was convicted in the death of Daniel Hambrick. Delke, who is a former Metro Nashville police officer, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after striking a plea deal with District Attorney Glenn Funk. Since August, Delke has been […] More
December 15, 2021
High school student Damari Batten arrested after fatal shooting of another teen who died in a shooting after a basketball game at Menchville High School. Newport News Police said during the game, there was video footage showing gestures back and forth inside between people. Police said one person went to a vehicle then an altercation happened beside that vehicle and that person was shot. The victim has been identified as 17-year-old Justice Dunham. More
December 15, 2021
Florida man arrested on charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection and attacking a police officer. Mason Joel Courson was arrested and charged with federal offenses including assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and inflicting bodily injury, civil disorder, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. More
December 15, 2021
Kim Potter's use of deadly force against Daunte Wright was not appropriate, a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday at the former suburban Minneapolis police officer's manslaughter trial, undercutting a defense argument that she would have been justified in shooting Wright even if she didn't mean to. More
December 15, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Broward County, Florida, school district will pay more than $26 million to the families of 17 people killed and some of those injured in the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Board members approved the two legal settlements on Tuesday. A total of $25 million […] More
December 15, 2021
Prosecutors nearing the end of their case have drawn on testimony from Potter’s former colleagues to portray an officer whose intended use of a Taser would have violated department policy despite her extensive training. More
December 15, 2021
A man accused of shooting and critically wounding a Phoenix police officer was on probation when the offense occurred, according to a prosecutor. More
December 15, 2021
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. More
December 15, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell has denied allegations from multiple women that she helped the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. More
December 15, 2021
The woman who died in a fiery crash that authorities blame on ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III driving drunk at racetrack speeds burned to death, the county coroner in Las Vegas said Tuesday. More
December 14, 2021
A woman who has been charged with the murder of her 2-year-old son has plead guilty in court Tuesday. Julia Tomlin is being charged with second degree murder in the case of 2-year-old Noah Tomlin's death. Tomlin pleaded guilty on Tuesday to Second Degree Murder, Felony Child Neglect, and Concealing a Dead Body. More
December 14, 2021
A grand jury in Texas has returned a capital murder indictment against a man authorities have said confessed to killing five people, including three whose dismembered bodies were found in a burning dumpster earlier this year. Jason Thornburg, 41, was indicted Monday on a charge of capital murder in the deaths of David Lueras, 42, Lauren Phillips, 34, and Maricruz Mathis, 33. More
December 14, 2021
Skeletal remains found nearly 40 years ago have been identified as those of a guitarist who once played with the R&B group The O'Jays and also co-wrote a few of their songs, investigators said. Authorities used DNA and genealogical research to identify the remains of Frank "Frankie" Little Jr., which were found in a garbage bag in a wooded area behind a business in Twinsburg in 1982. More
December 14, 2021
