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Police eye genetic DNA 25 years after JonBenet Ramsey killed
Police eye genetic DNA 25 years after JonBenet Ramsey killed

Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say they are looking at "genetic DNA testing" to see if it can be used to help solve the case. The 6-year-old was found dead in the basement of her family's Boulder home on Dec. 26, 1996, bludgeoned and strangled, several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note had been left behind. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever charged in the case. More

December 21, 2021

Deaths of Illinois man, 2 sons deemed a triple homicide
Deaths of Illinois man, 2 sons deemed a triple homicide

Police in northern Illinois are investigating the apparent shooting deaths of a man and his two young sons as a triple homicide and are searching for the man's missing vehicle. Officers found the bodies of Andrew Hintt, 31, and his two sons, 5 and 7. More

December 21, 2021

EXPLAINER: Why Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud case turns on intent
EXPLAINER: Why Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud case turns on intent

The high-profile trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes boils down to a single question: Did she cover up defects in her startup's blood-testing technology to rip off investors while potentially endangering the lives of unwitting patients? More

December 21, 2021

Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations
Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations

The jury deliberating at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial finished its first full day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict, having asked to review the testimony of three of four women who said they were teens when the British socialite aided financier Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing them. More

December 21, 2021

Former child protective officer sentenced to prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography
Former child protective officer sentenced to prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography

BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — A former child protective officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography. According to testimony presented at his trial, 40-year-old Jean Buteau Remarque, who previously held positions at the International Bureau of Children’s Rights in Montreal, Canada, and as […] More

December 20, 2021

Utah speedskater Allison Baver indicted, accused of falsely obtaining bailout money
Utah speedskater Allison Baver indicted, accused of falsely obtaining bailout money

SALT LAKE CITY (Scripps News Salt Lake City) — A federal grand jury has indicted former Olympic speedskater and Utah resident Allison Baver on nine counts that accuse her of lying to obtain $10 million from the Paycheck Protection Program. The indictment was filed Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City. A docket shows […] More

December 20, 2021

Man who joined Capitol melee gets nearly 4 years in prison
Man who joined Capitol melee gets nearly 4 years in prison

A man who joined a mob in one of the most violent attacks on police during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Monday to nearly four years in prison. Devlyn Thompson, 28, wrote an apology letter to the officer whom he assaulted during a melee in a tunnel where police battled with dozens of rioters for more than two hours. He also expressed remorse for his actions in a letter to U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who sentenced him to three years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. More

December 20, 2021

California sues Walmart over disposal of hazardous waste
California sues Walmart over disposal of hazardous waste

Retail giant Walmart illegally dumps more than 1 million batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer and other products, toxic cleaning supplies, electronic waste, latex paints and other hazardous waste into California landfills each year, state prosecutors alleged Monday in a lawsuit that the company labeled "unjustified." More

December 20, 2021

Key moments in the police shooting of Daunte Wright
Key moments in the police shooting of Daunte Wright

Kim Potter, a former police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is charged with manslaughter in the April 11 shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black motorist. Here are some key moments in the case: More

December 20, 2021

Police: Stolen Ohio bridge found, man facing theft charge
Police: Stolen Ohio bridge found, man facing theft charge

A 58-foot-long (18-meter) pedestrian bridge stolen from an Ohio city last month has been found and a man is facing charges, police said. Akron police said investigators acting on tips and other information Friday afternoon found the missing span partially disassembled on property in Sharon Township in neighboring Medina County. A man has been arrested and charged with felony theft, police said. More

December 20, 2021

EXPLAINER: What is Potter charged with in Wright death?
EXPLAINER: What is Potter charged with in Wright death?

A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop him from fleeing during an attempted arrest but accidentally grabbed her gun instead. More

December 20, 2021

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