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An El Paso County woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, entered a not guilty plea in court Thursday afternoon. More

November 5, 2021

Prosecutors said Larry had made 129 phone calls, and about nine hours’ worth of those calls had been to the kids. More

November 5, 2021

The killing of Ahmaud Arbery has became part of a broader reckoning on racial injustice in the criminal legal system. More

November 5, 2021

Trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in killing of 12-year-old Colorado girl ended with jurors unable to reach verdicts on the most serious charges against him. More

November 4, 2021

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man who was fired from his dishwashing job at Billings steakhouse returned to the restaurant hours later, grabbed some knives and stabbed or cut some of his former co-workers while demanding money, police said. Five people were injured Wednesday evening, three were taken to area hospitals, and the 21-year-old former […] More

November 4, 2021

By AMY FORLITI, TAMMY WEBBER and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The first man shot by Kyle Rittenhouse on the streets of Kenosha was “hyperaggressive” that night, threatened to kill Rittenhouse, and later lunged for his rifle just before the 17-year-old fired, witnesses testified Thursday. >>>READ MORE: Kenosha Protest Shooting Trial Daily […] More

November 4, 2021

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The trial hasn’t even started and yet issues of race are dominating the case in which three white men are charged with murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery.    The 25-year-old Black man’s slaying has become part of the broader reckoning on racial injustice […] More

November 4, 2021

U.S. charges against Chicago woman Heather Mack - convicted of killing wealthy mom on Bali vacation - raised questions about how someone who went to prison overseas can be in U.S. court. More

November 4, 2021

Jennifer Leigh Ryan Texas real estate agent flaunted participation in Jan. 6 Capitol riot bragged she wasn't going to jail because she's white and blond with a good job sentenced to jail. More

November 4, 2021

Eric Kortz - former neighbor of U.S. Postal Service worker who told authorities he thought the mail carrier had poisoned him and his family with cyanide - was indicted on a murder charge. More

November 4, 2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man is accused of being violent during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said. The charges against Joshua John Portlock, 40, of Smyrna, include engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, according to […] More

November 4, 2021

Mississippi man Bridell Barber sentenced to life in prison without parole after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting five people to death — one in 2016 and four in 2017. More

November 4, 2021

The man known as “Tiger King,” who gained fame in a Netflix documentary following his conviction for trying to hire someone to kill an animal rights activist, says he has cancer. More

November 4, 2021

Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has said she is innocent of charges alleging that she recruited teenagers who were not yet adults for Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004, Judge Alison J. Nathan told 132 prospective jurors. More

November 4, 2021

Two of the biggest trials in the country are happening simultaneously: Wisconsin v. Kyle Rittenhouse and The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery murder trial. More

November 4, 2021

Judge seats one Black juror and 11 whites in trial of men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery despite prosecutors' objections that several Black potential jurors were cut due to race. More

November 3, 2021

Mississippi man Marquis Aaron Flowers pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting deaths of two police officers and a judge gave him two sentences of life in prison. More

November 3, 2021

Kansas woman who used 134-year-old law to convene citizen grand jury after prosecutor declined to file rape charges against man she accused of attack said she was angry but not surprised. More

November 3, 2021

Jury selection for the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery was disrupted when prosecutors accused the defense of using race. More

November 3, 2021

By TAMMY WEBBER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial over a string of shootings on the streets of Kenosha watched one of the central pieces of video evidence Wednesday — footage of a man chasing Rittenhouse and throwing a plastic bag at him […] More

November 3, 2021

FBI agents took Heather Mack, 26, into custody on her arrival at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning. More

November 3, 2021

A trial resulting from an American woman's claims that Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17 would probably occur late next year, a judge said. More

November 3, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Ga (Court TV) – A jury of 12 have been selected in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s accused killers. Ahead of the opening statements, the court will hear arguments on outstanding motions. The defendants’ “use of force” experts, introducing polygraph examinations, and the victim’s toxicology report on the date of the incident, are […] More

November 3, 2021

The man accused of assaulting a flight attendant last week is claiming he suffers from psychological damage stemming from a prior skull injury. More

November 3, 2021

The El Paso County Sheriff's Office in Colorado confirmed the victims and suspect were husband, wife and kids. More

November 3, 2021

Officials wept with relief after seeing body camera video of a police officer scooping up the girl, Cleo Smith, and hearing her say, “My name is Cleo.” More

November 3, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County agreed Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to two families who lost relatives in last year’s helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven other people. The Board of Supervisors approved a settlement of two federal lawsuits filed by the Altobelli and Mauser families alleging they suffered […] More

November 2, 2021

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As jurors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse listened to opening statements in a Wisconsin courtroom Tuesday, attorneys in south Georgia questioned potential jurors for a third week in the trial of three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying.    It took the judge and […] More

November 2, 2021

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose wife and son were killed five months ago and has since found himself part of a half-dozen state investigations and a number of lawsuits had his assets frozen Tuesday by a judge worried he and his son might be scheming […] More

November 2, 2021

By MICHAEL TARM, AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Jurors heard starkly different portrayals of Kyle Rittenhouse — instigator or victim — in opening statements at his trial Tuesday on charges of shooting three people on the streets of Kenosha during a turbulent protest against racial injustice. >>>READ MORE: Kenosha […] More

November 2, 2021