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Surfside Condo Association board ordered into receivership
Surfside Condo Association board ordered into receivership

SURFSIDE, Fla. — A Miami-Dade Circuit Judge has accepted a tentative plan from the insurance carrier for the Champlain Towers South condo association. The agreement includes up-front payments to resolve damage claims resulting from a class-action lawsuit filed on June 24. Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman, who placed the condo association board into receivership, appointed Michael […] More

July 2, 2021

Affidavit: Lori Vallow Daybell conspired to commit 4th husband’s murder
Affidavit: Lori Vallow Daybell conspired to commit 4th husband’s murder

By Katie McLaughlin CHANDLER, Ariz. (Court TV) — Lori Vallow Daybell is facing charges that she conspired with her brother to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. That is in addition to the charges the so-called Doomsday Cult Mom already faces, which include the murders of her children — Tylee and JJ — as well […] More

July 2, 2021

James Franco settles for $2.2M in school sex misconduct suit
James Franco settles for $2.2M in school sex misconduct suit

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Franco and his co-defendants agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, court filings made public Wednesday showed. The two sides first reached a deal […] More

June 30, 2021

Britney Spears’ father seeks court probe of her allegations
Britney Spears’ father seeks court probe of her allegations

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ father has asked the court overseeing his daughter’s conservatorship to investigate her statements to a judge last week on the court’s control of her medical treatment and personal life, which she called overly restrictive and abusive. James Spears emphasized in a pair of […] More

June 30, 2021

Hate crime charge for woman in NYC hotel confrontation
Hate crime charge for woman in NYC hotel confrontation

NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman who wrongly accused a Black teen of taking her phone at a New York City hotel late last year and grabbed at him as he tried to leave now faces hate crime charges. Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in court in Manhattan via videoconference Wednesday on charges including unlawful […] More

June 30, 2021

Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site
Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site

CRANBROOK, British Colombia (AP) — A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar findings at […] More

June 30, 2021

Josh Duggar trial on child porn charges moved to November
Josh Duggar trial on child porn charges moved to November

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar’s trial on child pornography charges has been moved to November. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Tuesday granted Duggar’s request to delay his trial, which had originally been scheduled to begin July 6. Brooks moved the trial to November 30, with a pretrial conference […] More

June 30, 2021

Change in strategy in search for missing 5-year-old Summer Wells
Change in strategy in search for missing 5-year-old Summer Wells

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — There’s been a change in the effort to locate a missing five-year-old girl. Plus, there’s a possible new lead that could help explain what happened to Summer Wells. This all comes as there’s a shift in strategy now focusing on the possibility of foul play. After nearly two weeks, […] More

June 30, 2021

Lori Daybell indicted on first degree murder charges in her ex-husbands death
Lori Daybell indicted on first degree murder charges in her ex-husbands death

BOISE, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) – Lori Vallow has been indicted on first degree murder charges in the death of her ex-husband. A Maricopa County Grand Jury in Arizona charged Vallow with one count of Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder in the death of Charles Vallow.    The indictment states, “Lori N. Vallow, […] More

June 29, 2021

Video footage to be admitted in Nashville officer’s trial
Video footage to be admitted in Nashville officer’s trial

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Video footage of a white Nashville police office fatally shooting an armed Black man from behind during a chase will be allowed into next month’s murder trial, a Nashville judge ruled Monday. Judge Monte Watkins’ decision comes as defense attorneys for 27-year-old white Officer Andrew Delke had sought to keep the […] More

June 29, 2021