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
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
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
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
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
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
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WPTV) — The upcoming sentencing trial for the man who confessed to killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018 will be delayed until February. More
December 30, 2021
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
“I don't want to speak for all the jurors, but I think we believed she was a good person and even believed she was a good cop,” the juror said. More
December 30, 2021
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
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
The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. More
December 29, 2021
The Green Vault is one of the world’s oldest museums. It was established in 1723 and contains the treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony. More
December 29, 2021
The hearing transcript has been sealed, leaving the topics that were discussed a mystery. More
December 29, 2021
Lyndon James McLeod, 47, was also killed Monday night after he shot a police officer who confronted him in a busy shopping district in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. More
December 29, 2021
New Jersey's Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the 2016 conviction of a Florida woman for killing her 5-year-old son 25 years earlier. More
December 29, 2021
A U.S. Air Force airman who was convicted of killing a Mennonite woman after kidnapping her in New Mexico and taking her to Arizona will be sentenced next month. More
December 29, 2021
Authorities have not released a motive. Both teens attended the victim's Spanish class at Fairfield High School, where she had taught since 2012. More
December 29, 2021
By STEFANIE DAZIO, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MORGAN LEE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 14-year-old was shopping for Christmas clothes last week with her mother when the pair heard screams and hid in a dressing room, where the girl was fatally shot by Los Angeles police after an officer fired a rifle at a […] More
December 28, 2021
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges stemming from allegations from two women — including a state trooper — that he planted unwanted kisses on their cheeks, a suburban prosecutor said Tuesday. It's the latest in a series of decisions about whether a raft of sexual assault and harassment claims against Cuomo will end up in criminal court. More
December 28, 2021
The judge presiding over the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell cited an “astronomical spike” in the number of coronavirus cases in New York City as she explained Tuesday why she was urging jurors to work longer hours. More
December 28, 2021
The 24-year-old suspect, Daniel Elena Lopez, died at the scene. Also killed was Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, who was hiding with her mother inside a dressing room. More
December 28, 2021
A gunman killed four people and injured three others, including a police officer, in a shooting spree that spanned across Denver and ended in Lakewood. More
December 28, 2021
It was one of the most heinous crimes in North Dakota history, defense attorney Bruce Quick acknowledged in his opening statement. More
December 28, 2021
DALLAS (AP) — The wife of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested Christmas Eve on a domestic violence charge that the right-wing provocateur said stems from a “medication imbalance.” Sheriff’s deputies took Erika Wulff Jones into custody and booked her into an Austin jail around 8:45 p.m. Friday. Jail records show the 43-year-old faces misdemeanor […] More
December 27, 2021
A truck driver sentenced to 110 years for an explosive crash that killed four people in suburban Denver moved a step closer Monday to potentially having his prison term reduced. More
December 27, 2021
The jury deliberating the fate of Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex trafficking trial requested a white board and different colored sticky notes Monday as it signaled that it had plenty of work to do after a long holiday weekend. More
December 27, 2021
Prosecutors believe the shooting happened after an argument on the road, during which they say Edgecomb punched Cleereman in his car. More
December 27, 2021
The arrest is tied to the 2019 death of Bee Love Slater, whose body was found burned beyond recognition in her vehicle in Clewiston. More
December 27, 2021
Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits. More
December 27, 2021
