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With a verdict near, Gov. Tony Evers said that 500 National Guard members would be prepared for duty in Kenosha if local law enforcement requested them. More

November 15, 2021

The sister, who is older, said she knows Isabella is “dead because she was there,” the court documents said. More

November 15, 2021

Britney Spears is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled the pop singer's life and money for nearly 14 years. More

November 12, 2021

Bradley Rukstales - former chief executive of suburban Chicago tech company who lost his job after he threw a chair inside U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 riot - sentenced to 30 days in jail. More

November 12, 2021

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jurors who will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate will be allowed to consider lesser charges if they opt to acquit him on some of the original counts prosecutors brought, the judge said Friday during a contentious hearing in which both sides […] More

November 12, 2021

Trump ally Steve Bannon indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied congressional subpoena from House committee investigating insurrection at U.S. Capitol. More

November 12, 2021

Iowa teens Willard Noble Chaiden Miller and Jeremy Everett Goodale both 16-years-old formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber. More

November 12, 2021

Billy Chemirmir is scheduled to go on trial Monday Nov. 15 2021 in the deaths of one of 18 women he's accused of killing in Texas over a two-year span. More

November 12, 2021

St. Paul man TeKeith Jones pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend and her two children last January - a crime he said he committed to spare the children from their mother. More

November 12, 2021

William Looper told investigators he beat and abused the boy for two weeks and couldn't explain why, Solicitor David Stumbo said. More

November 12, 2021

Jurors will soon begin deliberating in a case that left Americans divided over whether Rittenhouse was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante. More

November 12, 2021

A police officer testified Friday he planned to give Ahmaud Arbery a trespass warning for repeatedly entering a home under construction before he was chased and shot dead. More

November 12, 2021

With no significant opposition from anyone involved, it appears likely Judge Brenda Penny will dissolve the legal arrangement. More

November 12, 2021

Joseph Elledge - Missouri man who admitted burying wife's body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts - was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder. More

November 12, 2021

Defense rested in murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse - setting stage for closing arguments Monday in shootings that left Americans divided over whether he was a patriot or a vigilante. More

November 11, 2021

Rittenhouse trial attorneys sparred over technology used to zoom video and enlarge images - prosecutors alleged defense was taking advantage of 75-year-old judge's lack of understanding. More

November 11, 2021

College senior critically injured at Astroworld in Houston died - making her 9th person to die after fans surged toward the stage during a performance by headliner Travis Scott. More

November 11, 2021

Rittenhouse prosecutors could ask jury to consider lesser charges - a move that could secure a conviction for some crime but take a possible life sentence off the table. More

November 11, 2021

Jurors in trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's killing watched security videos showing other people entering home under construction in months before Arbery was killed. More

November 11, 2021

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Less than three seconds elapsed between the time a protester in the streets fired a shot in the air and Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with his rifle, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Thursday at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. >>>READ MORE: […] More

November 11, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — The Satilla Shores resident who called police on Ahmaud Arbery expressed regret on the witness stand Wednesday for his part in the chain of events that led to Arbery’s death. Matt Albenze was the first civilian witness to testify in the murder trial of Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William […] More

November 11, 2021

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the prosecution calls Gaige Grosskreutz, the man Kyle Rittenhouse shot, who survived. More

November 11, 2021

The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse flirted with a mistrial Wednesday after the lead prosecutor angered the judge with his questioning of the defendant. More

November 10, 2021

Heather Mack - Chicago woman arrested in U.S. on murder conspiracy charge in 2014 slaying of her mother in Indonesia - will remain locked up after her attorney waived a detention hearing. More

November 10, 2021

Over an 11-hour interview with investigators last July former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defiantly denied allegations he sexually harassed women and sparred with lawyers questioning him. More

November 10, 2021

Scott Fairlamb - New Jersey gym owner who punched police officer during Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol - sentenced to over 3 years in prison - likely benchmark for rioters from that day. More

November 10, 2021

Attorneys for former Raiders Henry Ruggs bid to keep medical records away from prosecutors charging him with driving under the influence in crash that killed Vegas woman. More

November 10, 2021

Alex Murdaugh - South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were found shot to death at home where housekeeper died - to remain in jail many months now that judge again denied bond. More

November 10, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Washington Post reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd, from his family history in the tobacco fields of North Carolina to his murder last year in Minneapolis by a white police officer. Viking announced Wednesday that “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for […] More

November 10, 2021

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial Wednesday, testifying about how he shot three men during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.    Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz. He faces multiple charges, including […] More

November 10, 2021