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
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
