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The men Ed Buck lured to his apartment for “party and play” found themselves in a situation of life and death, prosecutors said. More

July 13, 2021

Authorities said NFL linebacker Barkevious Mingo "turned himself in on his own accord in consultation with his attorney." More

July 13, 2021

The Wisconsin couple was reported missing by their son, Chandler Halderson, who has since been arrested for their murder. More

July 13, 2021

A neighbor reportedly found the elderly couple dead in their beds from a single gunshot wound to the head. More

July 13, 2021

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A former Stillwater Junior High School history teacher and coach who helped organize the teacher walkout in 2018 has been sentenced to prison for engaging in sexual communication with a minor. Alberto Morejon, 28, was sentenced Friday to ten years after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a minor […] More

July 12, 2021

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 7-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet inside her Utah home, authorities said. The girl died at Heber Valley Hospital on Friday night, the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office said. […] More

July 12, 2021

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Drake Bell, the former star of the popular Nickelodeon show “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced in Cleveland on Monday to two years’ probation on child endangerment charges relating to a girl who met him online and accused him of sexual contact after she attended his concert when […] More

July 12, 2021

By PAUL WISEMAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla founder Elon Musk took to a witness stand Monday to defend his company’s 2016 acquisition of a troubled company called SolarCity against a lawsuit that claims he’s to blame for a deal that was rife with conflicts of interest and never […] More

July 12, 2021

“I want my daddy!” the little girl cries as a Louisville Metro police officer carries her from the car. More

July 12, 2021

Marilyn Manson is charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from an alleged incident on Aug. 19, 2019 at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion. More

July 12, 2021

Yasemin Uyar's body was found Saturday in a wooded area off an interstate, New Jersey authorities said. More

July 12, 2021

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A drug dealer pleaded guilty Friday to murder in the death of an Illinois state trooper who was shot in the head while preparing to remove steel bars from the man’s front door. Christopher Grant pleaded guilty to a series of crimes related to the shooting of Nicholas Hopkins […] More

July 9, 2021

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Falls woman has been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison in connection with a kidnapping and torture case, a judge said. Sasha Dee Martinez, 34, will be eligible for parole after serving at least five years, Judge Bruce Pickett said Wednesday. Martinez pleaded guilty to aggravated […] More

July 9, 2021

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris police released rapper Lil Baby from custody on Friday after fining him for having cannabis in his car, according to the city prosecutor’s office. He was stopped along with NBA star James Harden, who was frisked but not detained. Lil Baby’s arrest on Thursday along one […] More

July 9, 2021

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A Kansas man convicted of sexual assault in the rape of a woman in suburban Denver and of assaulting and carjacking another woman has been sentenced to life in Colorado state prison. The Aurora Sentinel reports that 26-year-old Tre Carrasco was sentenced Friday by Arapahoe County District Judge Ben Leutwyler to […] More

July 9, 2021

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday in a fatal shooting at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant that was sparked by an argument over a card game. Treshonda M. Pollion, 25, pleaded guilty in April to voluntary manslaughter in the Oct. 25 death of 29-year-old Eloise Chairs. […] More

July 9, 2021

Two of the three men found fatally shot at a suburban Atlanta golf course had their hands, legs and mouths bound with tape when police discovered their bodies in the bed of a pickup truck last weekend. More

July 9, 2021

Details about what they allegedly did could not be released because of “the nature of the allegations” and because court records are sealed, CBI said. More

July 9, 2021

Authorities say Kaliyha Everett intended to rob Tysaiah Donaldson when he contacted him to purchase marijuana in 2015. More

July 9, 2021

R&B singer R. Kelly's lawyers were given more time to prepare his defense ahead of his sex-trafficking trial in New York. More

July 8, 2021

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Authorities announced the arrest of a man Thursday in connection with the killing of three men found shot to death on the golf course of a suburban Atlanta country club.    Cobb County sheriff’s deputies and U.S. marshals arrested Bryan Rhoden more than 25 miles (40 kilometers) from where the […] More

July 8, 2021

BOISE, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) Prosecutors in Maricopa County will not prosecute Chad Daybell in connection with the death of Charles Vallow.    In a letter from Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel to the Chandler Police Department obtained by East Idaho News, prosecutors listed “no reasonable likelihood of conviction” in charges of conspiracy to […] More

July 8, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who once represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity. Avenatti, 50, was […] More

July 8, 2021

It has now been six months since Maya Millete, a Chula Vista mother of three, disappeared. More

July 8, 2021

Six long years have passed since Crystal Rogers was last seen or heard from. The mother of five went missing on July 3, 2015, in Bardstown. More

July 8, 2021

The big question now is what happens next with Joe Clyde's mother Krystal? More

July 8, 2021

Jurors heard details in testimony from Robert Durst's trial in Texas, where he was accused of murdering his neighbor. More

July 8, 2021

Michael Avenatti faces sentencing over a year after a jury concluded he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity. More

July 8, 2021

Authorities are launching a grand jury investigation into the collapse and at least six lawsuits have been filed by Champlain Towers families. More

July 8, 2021

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he assaulted an Associated Press photographer and police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Alan William Byerly, 54, was armed with what appeared to be a stun gun when he charged at […] More

July 7, 2021