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

July 30, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Thursday dismissed one of 11 sexual assault counts against Harvey Weinstein, giving the former movie mogul and convicted rapist a minor and possibly temporary victory. At a hearing with the 69-year-old Weinstein in the courtroom, Judge Lisa B. Lench agreed […] More

July 29, 2021

ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators sought video from homes and businesses near a popular Atlanta park as divers searched a pond in their quest to solve the stabbing death of a parkgoer who was walking her dog. Katherine Janness, 40, was found dead in Piedmont Park around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police say her dog was also […] More

July 29, 2021

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office has accused a North Carolina man of committing sex crimes against two children dating back several years. The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Johnny Ray Perry, 54, is charged with statutory rape of a child age 15 or younger and two counts of […] More

July 29, 2021

BOSTON (AP) — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adults as well as children, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s, court records show. Court documents obtained by The Boston Globe show that McCarrick is charged […] More

July 29, 2021

We’re just weeks away from the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan – the three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. More

July 29, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — A former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere’s inner circle who was charged in his sex trafficking enterprise avoided prison at sentencing Wednesday after prosecutors cited her extraordinary cooperation. Lauren Salzman was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to five years probation for her role in the scandal-ridden, cult-like secret society of […] More

July 28, 2021

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has offered some of the victims’ families nearly $33 million to settle their lawsuit over how the company marketed the firearm to the public. Lawyers for now-bankrupt Remington filed the offers late Tuesday […] More

July 28, 2021

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for torching a sporting goods store during racial protests in 2020. A Tampa federal judge imposed the sentence on 21-year-old Terrance Lee Hester Jr., who pleaded guilty to an arson charge in April, according to court records. Federal investigators […] More

July 28, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York has approved the forfeiture of a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from Iraq and sold for $1.6 million to Hobby Lobby for display in the Museum of the Bible, prosecutors announced. The cuneiform tablet, written in […] More

July 28, 2021

Doctors said 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling had suffered a brain hemorrhage from severe shaking in 1984. More

July 28, 2021

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed an 18-year-old woman and seriously wounded a 19-year-old social media influencer as they watched “The Forever Purge” at a Southern California movie theater. Authorities say there is no known motive for the violence and that the shooting Monday appeared […] More

July 28, 2021

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office says they have requested murder charges against Harold David Haulman III for the death of Ashley Parlier.  More

July 28, 2021

Steven Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. More

July 28, 2021

Cristhian Bahena Rivera was to be sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. More

July 28, 2021

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 84-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of murder in the 1976 shootings of a couple camping in a northeast Wisconsin park, wrapping up a case that grew cold over more than four decades until DNA technology led to an arrest. A jury in Marinette County returned verdicts soon after beginning deliberations […] More

July 27, 2021

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida men, one of them the brother of an NFL player, have been arrested on murder charges in the 2016 shooting death of a college student. Donterio Rashad Fowler, 25, and Keondre Quamar Fields, 23, were being held without bail Tuesday following their arrests, Pinellas County jail records show. […] More

July 27, 2021

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Connie Bennett had a birthday gift to deliver to her granddaughter for her upcoming 8th birthday, so, at the end of a busy weekend nearly 40 years ago, she stopped by to drop off the organ and had an impromptu early celebration with cake and ice […] More

July 27, 2021

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man who is accused of trying to kill his girlfriend and then shooting their 2-year-old child when she escaped was charged Tuesday with more than a dozen crimes. Kamden Campos, 21, was arrested July 19 after authorities say he convinced his girlfriend to take their two daughters to Cheney […] More

July 27, 2021

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A hearing resumes Tuesday to determine whether there is probable cause for murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in a shooting that killed a 16-year-old Micronesian boy. A judge began hearing testimony from witnesses last week about the April 5 shooting that […] More

July 27, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave was extended by 10 days through Aug. 6 on Tuesday by Major League Baseball and the players’ association while the sport’s investigators check into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. Bauer was placed on seven days’ paid leave on July 2 under the […] More

July 27, 2021

Nathaniel Rowland was convicted of abducting and murdering Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for an Uber ride in 2019. More

July 27, 2021

Cristhian Bahena Rivera was supposed to be sentenced on July 15 for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. More

July 27, 2021

Matthew Rosengart proposed that James Spears be replaced with CPA Jason Rubin as conservator of the pop star’s estate. More

July 27, 2021

Judge Keith Carsons said, "I cannot ignore the brutality of your efforts to cover up that crime, or the pain it brought the family of Nicole Montalvo." More

July 27, 2021

Justo Smoker apologized to Linda Stoltzfoos’ family in court, saying he had “robbed the family of time and memories.” More

July 27, 2021

USC student Samantha Josephson was murdered after she mistakenly got into a vehicle she thought was her Uber ride. More

July 27, 2021

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas school teacher has been jailed and charged with child sex crimes, The Wichita Eagle reported Monday. Police arrested Wichita resident Shawn Wingfield, 48, Saturday on two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Wichita police spokesman Officer Charley Davidson said the agency investigated Wingfield after a report that […] More

July 26, 2021

The search for a missing father led police to his body and a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his longtime best friend. More

July 26, 2021

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police reform and accountability following the racial justice protests that erupted after George Floyd’s murder last year, as nearly a dozen laws took effect Sunday. More

July 26, 2021