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Robert Durst took the stand to reflect on happy moments in his life in New York with two women prosecutors allege he would later kill. More

August 11, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly will face an anonymous jury of seven men and five women when his New York City sex trafficking trial goes forward next week with opening statements. The panel was sworn in on Wednesday after dozens of potential jurors were screened by U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in […] More

August 11, 2021

James Anthony Gray's first trial ended with a mistrial and his conviction in the second trial was overturned because of how police got his confession. More

August 11, 2021

A retired FBI agent testified Tuesday about the location and status of Barry Morphew’s phone in the hours surrounding the disappearance of his wife, which included him dumping trash in five different locations in the Broomfield area. More

August 11, 2021

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Andrew is likely to do anything he can to avoid giving evidence in a U.S. lawsuit filed by an American woman who alleges that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic say. Andrew may contest the U.S. […] More

August 10, 2021

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the suspect in a 2018 Florida high school massacre told a judge Tuesday that the news media and public should be barred from all pretrial hearings, saying Nikolas Cruz’s right to an impartial jury will be irrevocably harmed if certain evidence is revealed […] More

August 10, 2021

Lawyers for convicted murderer Scott Peterson are denying reports of their client's potential participation in another high-profile murder case in California. More

August 10, 2021

Police in Indiana found Skylea Carmack’s body in a shed in September 2019. More

August 10, 2021

Suzanne Morphew was having a two-year affair leading up her 2020 disappearance and alleged murder at the hands of her husband, an investigator said in Monday’s preliminary hearing. More

August 10, 2021

"Roberta Kaplan" + "stepping down" + "board of directors" + "Time's Up" + #MeToo + "Hollywood women" + "sexual harassment" + resigned + "Gov. Andrew Cuomo" + accusers More

August 9, 2021

Robert Durst took the stand at his California murder trial Monday and immediately denied killing his best friend. More

August 9, 2021

Jeffrey Epstein accuser sued Prince Andrew saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court. More

August 9, 2021

Elizabeth Carserino had been hired by the victim's family to be a live-in caretaker, More

August 9, 2021

R&B R. Kelly star faces charges of sex abuse, racketeering and bribery in his New York City trial. More

August 9, 2021

Chelsea Trujillo was arrested for child abuse and a restraining order violation. More

August 9, 2021

R. Kelly's sex abuse trial begins today in NYC. Court TV will provide round-the-clock live legal updates outside the courthouse. More

August 9, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ father said in a court filing Friday that there are “no grounds whatsoever” for removing him from the conservatorship that controls her money and affairs. James Spears “has dutifully and faithfully served as the conservator of his daughter’s estate without any blemishes on […] More

August 6, 2021

Seth Donald is accused of murdering his grandfather in 2019. He allegedly sent a video of the murder to family members. More

August 6, 2021

Antonia Ashford is the associate warden at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which houses British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. More

August 6, 2021

Prosecutors have announced they intend to seek the death penalty against Chad Daybell when he goes on trial for the murders of Tammy Daybell, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. More

August 6, 2021

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writers Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens. Apple said its messaging app will use […] More

August 5, 2021

KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron responded to criticism saying the decision was in the jury's hands, not his. More

August 5, 2021

An issue with a juror forced an early ending to court and delayed Robert Durst's highly-anticipated testimony. More

August 5, 2021

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy has won a legal victory in its bid to reclaim an ancient marble statue it asserted was stolen after it turned up in the possession of a New York antiquities dealer. A U.S. district court in New York on Monday threw out a suit seeking to […] More

August 5, 2021

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — An educator who taught the children of U.S. military personnel at an Army base in Germany is accused of sexually assaulting two young students, court records show. Stefan Eberhard Zappey has been a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense, assigned to an elementary school […] More

August 5, 2021

“The voices said my friends and family were going to be killed," Joseph Jimenez reportedly said in a interview at a jail where he is being held. More

August 5, 2021

Joseph Elledge's defense attorneys argued the tapes were hearsay and should not be admitted during the trial. More

August 5, 2021

Court TV’s Chanley Painter joins host Vinnie Politan to discuss new recordings of the 'Doomsday Cult Mom' Lori Vallow Daybell. More

August 5, 2021

Real estate heir Robert Durst is expected to take the stand in his own defense at his Los Angeles murder trial. More

August 4, 2021

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sailor charged with starting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard last year was assigned to the ship after dropping out of training to become a Navy SEAL, and he was described by some fellow sailors as a person who had disdain for the Navy, according to investigators. Details […] More

August 4, 2021