LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former California college student charged with murder in the 1996 disappearance of classmate Kristin Smart and the defendant’s father, who is accused of helping hide the young woman’s body, made their first court appearance Thursday but did not enter pleas. Paul Flores, 44, was charged with first-degree murder for the […] More
April 15, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Scripps News Kansas City) — The prosecution and defense in Kylr Yust’s double-murder trial took very different approaches in closing arguments Wednesday afternoon. After hearing testimony from the defendant himself, jurors heard final perspective from each side before the case was handed over to them for deliberation. Yust is accused of murdering Kara […] More
April 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd rested its case Thursday without putting Chauvin on the stand, presenting a total of two days of testimony to the prosecution’s two weeks. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Closing arguments are set […] More
April 15, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday in the traffic-stop shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright that has engulfed a small Minneapolis suburb in four straight days of bitter conflict between protesters and police. Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after […] More
April 15, 2021
As the prosecution in the Derek Chauvin murder trial presents its case, they turn to medical experts to establish the cause of George Floyd's death. More
April 15, 2021
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — The FBI dug up land in Cleveland on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of Ashley Summers, a Cleveland girl who went missing in 2007 at the age of 14. Animal bones were found at the property, but no sign of Ashley. The dig occurred in the area of West […] More
April 15, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The suspect in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart killed her while trying rape her in his dorm room and his father helped hide the body, the San Luis Obispo County district attorney said Wednesday. District Attorney Dan Dow said prosecutors would seek to prove Paul Flores tried […] More
April 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd died of a sudden heart rhythm disturbance as a result of his heart disease, a forensic pathologist testified for the defense at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, contradicting prosecution experts who said Floyd succumbed to a lack of oxygen from the way he was pinned down. >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin Daily Trial […] More
April 14, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was filed three days after Wright was killed […] More
April 14, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense for a former police officer charged in George Floyd’s death challenged the heart of the case against the officer, calling a use-of-force expert who testified that Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning Floyd and said it might have gone easier if the Black man had been “resting comfortably” on the pavement. >>>READ MORE: MN […] More
April 14, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished from a college campus on California’s scenic Central Coast nearly 25 years ago and suspicion has followed him ever since. He went from being a “person of interest” to a “suspect” to “the prime suspect.” Investigators never […] More
April 13, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday, moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. […] More
April 13, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a man convicted of murder, sexual assault and other crimes in the killings of a woman and her two daughters, ages 11 and 17, in a 2007 home invasion. Justices issued a 7-0 decision Monday upholding the convictions against Joshua Komisarjevsky. He appealed […] More
April 13, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because of his frantic resistance, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Tuesday, contradicting a parade of authorities from both inside and outside the Minneapolis Police Department. Taking the stand at Chauvin’s murder trial, Barry Brodd, a former Santa […] More
April 13, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death was set to start presenting its case Tuesday, following 11 days of a prosecution narrative that combined wrenching video with clinical analysis by medical and use-of-force experts to condemn Derek Chauvin’s actions. >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin: Daily Trial […] More
April 13, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as the man struggled with police, the city’s police chief said Monday, as police clashed with protesters for the second night in a row. Brooklyn […] More
April 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the killing of a Black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just outside Minneapolis. Amid the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Daunte Wright was shot and killed during a […] More
April 12, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Black man died after being shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop and crashing his car several blocks away, sparking violent protests that lasted into the early hours Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators and the man’s mother called for calm. The […] More
April 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd‘s death enters its third week Monday, with the state nearing the end of a case built on searing witness accounts, official rejections of the neck restraint and expert testimony attributing Floyd’s death to a lack of oxygen. >>>READ MORE: MN v. […] More
April 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chief medical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide testified Friday that the way police held him down and compressed his neck “was just more than Mr. Floyd could take,” given the condition of his heart. Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner, took the stand at the murder trial of […] More
April 9, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from the way he was held down by police, a retired forensic pathologist testified Friday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin: Daily Trial Highlights The testimony of Lindsey Thomas, who retired in 2017 from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office […] More
April 9, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the torture and killing of her 8-year-old son is asking a judge for a re-sentencing hearing. Pearl Sinthia Fernandez is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the 2013 murder of Gabriel Fernandez. She argues in her […] More
April 9, 2021
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property in November 2017 for being drunk and disruptive. Simpson’s attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, declined Thursday to comment about the agreement reached with […] More
April 9, 2021
As deputies pulled up to the scene, they spotted the woman being chased and directed her to hide behind their patrol car. More
April 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, medical experts testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, emphatically rejecting the defense theory that Floyd’s drug use and underlying health problems killed him. >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin: Daily Trial Highlights “A healthy person […] More
April 8, 2021
Court TV's Vinnie Politan and Michael Ayala look back at five of the biggest moments in the first week of Derek Chauvin's trial. More
April 8, 2021
DALLAS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a former Dallas police officer who was arrested on capital murder charges for allegedly ordering two killings in 2017 after prosecutors agreed that they don’t have enough evidence to move forward with the case. After listening to more than two hours of testimony by […] More
April 7, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck area — and was bearing down with most of his weight — the entire 9 1/2 minutes the Black man lay facedown with his hands cuffed behind his back, a use-of-force expert testified at Chauvin’s murder trial. >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin Daily Trial […] More
April 7, 2021
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Decomposed remains found in a Missouri park have been positively identified as those of a Chinese woman who had been missing from Columbia, Missouri, since 2019, authorities said Tuesday. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said forensic experts used dental records to identify Mengqi Ji’s remains, which were found by a hunter on March 25 […] More
April 7, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The parade of Minneapolis police officers rejecting a former officer’s actions in restraining George Floyd continued at his murder trial, including a use-of-force instructor who said officers were coached to “stay away from the neck when possible.” >>>READ MORE: MN v. Chauvin Daily Trial Highlights Lt. Johnny Mercil on Tuesday became the […] More
April 7, 2021
