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Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights want their trials separated from Derek Chauvin's. More

August 3, 2021

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting two young people inside a Southern California movie theater last week was accompanied by three friends who told investigators they were alarmed because they believed he had brought a gun into the cinema, a newspaper reported. Police records obtained by the Orange County Register and […] More

August 3, 2021

The judge presiding over Robert Durst's murder trial in Los Angeles denied the request for a mistrial because of his health issues. More

August 3, 2021

By Grace Wong, Court TV MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — A second day of jury selection is underway for a North Dakota chiropractor charged in a quadruple homicide that shocked the tight-knit community of Mandan, west of Bismarck. The judge has qualified 20 jurors to advance to the final round of jury selection, when a panel […] More

August 3, 2021

Juanita Koilpillai's 23-year-old son has been charged with her murder. More

August 3, 2021

Police said 14-year-old Steven Butler III was a victim of blunt-force injuries.  More

August 3, 2021

Investigators believe Tara Strozier was tortured, killed and her body weighted down then left in the pond. More

August 3, 2021

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho state lawmaker accused of violating ethics rules by publicizing the name of an alleged rape victim in disparaging social media posts refused to answer questions she deemed “irrelevant” during an ethics hearing on Monday. The lawmaker also claimed the young Statehouse intern who reported […] More

August 2, 2021

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff will be removed from office after jurors on Monday found him guilty of charges of theft and using his office for personal gain. News outlets report that jurors convicted Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely of two counts but found him not guilty of eight others. Blakely was […] More

August 2, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —A St. Paul woman was charged with murder Monday for allegedly shooting her ex-husband in the back of his head and burying his body in the yard, then building a shed on top of him. Authorities had been investigating the disappearance of Kou Yang, 50, when a neighbor told them about […] More

August 2, 2021

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected a convicted man’s request for a new trial in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, whose body was found in a cornfield weeks after she disappeared while out for a run near her small hometown. Judge […] More

August 2, 2021

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri grand jury indicted a man and woman on a first-degree murder charge alleging they strangled a woman and dismembered her body, the Jackson County prosecutor announced Monday. Kansas City-area residents Michael Hendricks, 40, and Maggie Ybarra, 30, are charged with killing 32-year-old Kensie Renee Aubry. The grand jury […] More

August 2, 2021

A judge granted actor Jussie Smollett's attorney smore time to prepare arguments on several issues ahead of his trial. More

August 2, 2021

Deputies say Aaron Morgan stabbed his grandmother and mother, then stole his grandmother's car. More

August 2, 2021

The suspect is alleged to have worked at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945 as an enlisted member of the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing. More

August 2, 2021

The case of Alexandra Brueger has baffled detectives and her family for five years. Now Ally’s family is coming forward with new details in the hopes this killer can be caught. More

August 2, 2021

In a 911 call, he reportedly told a dispatcher that he was "hearing voices" and killed his son. More

August 2, 2021

A Michigan man sought in the murder of his 82-year-old father has been arrested. More

August 2, 2021

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, mostly women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in four of the killings and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Robert Aaron Long, 22, still faces the death […] More

July 30, 2021

A judge said he would not remove one of Jussie Smollett's attorneys, but barred him from questioning two witnesses in the case. More

July 30, 2021

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in the early 1990s as they rode bikes near a canal system in Phoenix plans to mount an insanity defense at his upcoming trial. An attorney for Bryan Patrick Miller said in court records last […] More

July 30, 2021

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Knox is speaking out about her name being associated with the new film “Stillwater,” saying any connection rips off “my story without my consent at the expense of my reputation.” “Stillwater” stars Matt Damon as a father who flies to France to help his […] More

July 30, 2021

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages after failing to respond to a lawsuit that accused him of raping a woman in New York City in 2013. U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty issued a default judgment against […] More

July 30, 2021

By Katie McLaughlin, Court TV ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — Prosecutors in Idaho have dropped the destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence charges against Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell.  The husband and wife were indicted in May on charges including first-degree murder for the deaths of Chad’s first wife, Tammy Daybell, and Lori’s children, […] More

July 30, 2021

Recently released unredacted documents detail the gun violence restraining order filed last May against the husband of Maya Millete. More

July 30, 2021

Baltimore police arrested the deceased children's aunt, 33-year-old Nicole Johnson. More

July 30, 2021

An alleged cold case serial rapist faces more charges – some dating as far back as the 1980s. More

July 30, 2021

In the months after her husband’s death, Lori Vallow Daybell aroused suspicions among relatives who told investigators that she believed a demon had overcome her estranged spouse. More

July 30, 2021

Robert Durst's attorneys asked for an emergency hearing, citing the defendant's health problems as cause for a mistrial. More

July 30, 2021

Chester Lilly has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his neighbor, Travis Peters. More

July 30, 2021