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A Greek helicopter pilot is appearing in court in Athens on charges of premeditated murder over the death of his young wife. More

June 22, 2021

TAMPA, Fla. (Scripps News Tampa) — On Monday afternoon, a Riverview man was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and 9-year-old daughter in 2018. Ronnie Oneal III, 32, was found guilty of killing Kenyatta Barron and Ron’Niveya Oneal. He was also found guilty of trying to kill his son, who was eight years old at […] More

June 21, 2021

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State police released a number of additional reports Monday on the shooting deaths of a mother and her son from a prominent South Carolina legal family, but they contained little new information and a number of passages blacked out. Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his mother, Maggie, […] More

June 21, 2021

By TERRY TANG and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona teenager suspected of killing one person and injuring a dozen others during a 90-minute drive-by shooting spree in metropolitan Phoenix told police he believed people were after him because of his involvement in another shooting, according to court documents released Friday. Ashin […] More

June 21, 2021

Here's a look at how conservatorships operate, what's unusual about hers, and why the cry to #FreeBritney keeps getting louder. More

June 21, 2021

Greek pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos has confessed to murdering his wife and staging the crime scene as a robbery. More

June 21, 2021

Chester Vegas Sr. is accused of murdering his wife inside a Louisiana restaurant decades ago. More

June 21, 2021

Police believe missing Colorado woman Jepsy Kallungi was strangled and buried by her husband. More

June 21, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man has been charged with killing an off-duty university police officer outside a high school basketball game where he’d shown up without a mask.John Shallerhorn, 35, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the Feb. 26 death of Martinus Mitchum, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office […] More

June 18, 2021

By TOM HAYES NEW YORK (AP) — Jailed R&B singer R. Kelly will likely get to keep a new lawyer in his federal sex-trafficking case despite questions about the attorney’s texts and other communications with one of Kelly’s ex-girlfriends. Kelly, 54, is accused of leading an enterprise made up of his managers, bodyguards and other […] More

June 18, 2021

ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina’s prominent legal families, arguing that authorities violated public records law by refusing to release 911 calls and police reports. The Post and Courier in Charleston reported that it filed the […] More

June 18, 2021

WACO, Texas (AP) — A judge denied a request to suppress the confession of a woman accused of helping kill and dismember Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who was missing for about two months before her remains were found. U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright rejected to toss Cecily Ann Aguilar’s confession after 2.5 hours of testimony […] More

June 18, 2021

A Cleveland man will spend the next 40 years in prison for numerous crimes he committed in 2018. More

June 18, 2021

A rare and intense situation played out in court as Ronnie Oneal III questioned his son. More

June 18, 2021

Jury selection for the trial of Mark Redwine, who is accused of murdering his 13-year-old son, began Monday. More

June 17, 2021

PODCAST: Christian “Kit” Martin, the former U.S. Army major and commercial airline pilot, took the stand in his own defense this week in an attempt to convince the jury he had nothing to do with the gruesome deaths of three of his neighbors. Was he able to convincingly explain all of the evidence that implicated […] More

June 17, 2021

The group accused of beating a man to death behind a grocery store allegedly did so because they thought he beat his pregnant girlfriend. More

June 17, 2021

Lindsy Maves is accused of setting another woman on fire. More

June 17, 2021

Alexander Jackson was found at the home suffering from a gunshot wound to the foot and taken to a local hospital for treatment. More

June 17, 2021

Prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to impose a “very substantial” prison sentence on Michael Avenatti for trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike. More

June 17, 2021

Kim Avis was found guilty of of raping three women and sexually assaulting a minor following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. More

June 17, 2021

Chaos broke out after Judge Synenburg ruled the motion to acquit Tevin Biles-Thomas on all charges. More

June 16, 2021

ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — State police have released a brief timeline of events as part of their investigation into the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina’s prominent legal families. On Tuesday, the State Law Enforcement Division released an update into their probe of the deaths of Paul Murdaugh and […] More

June 16, 2021

BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in the death of a 13-year-old West Texas girl who was reported missing more than a decade ago, a police spokesman said. Texas Rangers arrested Shawn Casey Adkins on Monday on a murder charge in the killing of Hailey Dunn, said Sgt. Fred Biddle, a […] More

June 16, 2021

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has approved a $15 million settlement against a doctor in a lawsuit by the parents of an incapacitated woman who was sexually assaulted and later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care center, marking the last of several deals to resolve legal claims over the […] More

June 16, 2021

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press A New York judge on Tuesday approved disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s extradition to California, where he faces additional sexual assault charges, ending a legal fight prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense’s concerns about Weinstein’s failing health and a squabble over paperwork. Judge Kenneth Case said there was […] More

June 16, 2021

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) —The California woman accused of murdering her son and dumping his body at a trailhead near Las Vegas will have a virtual hearing on her advisement this coming Thursday, June 17th at 10:30 am ET. Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, 35, was taken into custody on June 8th in Denver, Colorado, […] More

June 15, 2021

Ronnie O'Neal is accused of murdering his girlfriend and their daughter. More

June 15, 2021

Dashboard video from Trooper Rodney Dunn’s cruiser shows he performed a PIT maneuver about two minutes after initiating the stop. More

June 14, 2021

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (Scripps News Denver) — A teen brutally stabbed last September felt justice was served on Friday when a judge handed down her attacker a 60-year jail sentence. In a wheelchair and surrounded by family and friends, Jadah McDaniels held her head high as she entered the Arapahoe County District Court for the […] More

June 14, 2021