CLEVELAND, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — It is one of the darkest chapters in Cleveland’s history. From 1934 to 1938, a serial killer stalked the town, claiming at least a dozen victims. The killer, known as both the “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” and the “Torso Murderer,” for the way he dismembered his many victims […] More
March 23, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 14th juror was seated Monday for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, nearly completing the panel ahead of opening statements next week. The newest juror is a social worker in her 20s who said she has talked with friends about police reform and that […] More
March 22, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposition to capital punishment. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Trump administration, which carried out executions of 13 federal inmates in its final six months […] More
March 22, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Scripps News Kansas City) — “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference,” Christine Anderson recited. She was reading the Serenity Prayer, prominently hung on the wall of her living room. On her hardest days, she […] More
March 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection enters a third week Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Thirteen jurors have been seated for Derek Chauvin’s trial on murder and manslaughter charges, with the judge saying two more will be […] More
March 22, 2021
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has been sued by four more women who accuse him of sexual assault and harassments. The lawsuits were filed Thursday night, hours after the NFL said it was investigating earlier allegations by three massage therapists who said the quarterback sexually assaulted them during massages. Watson, 25, has broadly denied […] More
March 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge said Friday he won’t delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death over concerns that a $27 million settlement for Floyd’s family could taint the jury pool, but he’ll allow limited evidence from a 2019 arrest. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of […] More
March 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd said Friday that he’ll allow the jury to hear some evidence about a prior arrest in which Floyd was found with drugs. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill partially granted a defense motion to allow evidence […] More
March 19, 2021
POWAY, Calif. (Scripps News San Diego) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is bringing attention to a 54-year-old unsolved murder. On May 1, 1967, 14-year-old Nikki Benedict was stabbed and left to die while walking home from her friend’s house in Poway. The family has gone 54-years without knowing what happened to Nikki. […] More
March 19, 2021
Armie Hammer is the main suspect in a sexual assault that was reported to police on Feb. 3, 2021, according to police. More
March 19, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just two more jurors were needed for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, as the judge prepared to rule Friday on two major motions — including whether to allow evidence from Floyd’s earlier 2019 arrest. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. […] More
March 19, 2021
DALLAS (AP) — Three masseuses have sued Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson for alleged sexual assault, accusing the star player of a “disturbing pattern” of behavior toward women. In lawsuits filed this week, two of the woman claim that Watson touched them with his penis during massages last year, and the third alleges he forced […] More
March 18, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys at the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death argued Thursday over whether a forensic psychiatrist can testify about how people react to traumatic events, as both sides clash over how much the jury should hear of Floyd’s own actions. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live […] More
March 18, 2021
LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for Johnny Depp told Britain’s Court of Appeal Thursday that the actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, did not donate all of her $7 million divorce settlement to charity as she claimed, part of arguments seeking to overturn a ruling that the actor assaulted Heard during the couple’s marriage. The Hollywood star is […] More
March 18, 2021
PODCAST: The death of George Floyd changed the world with a landmark twenty-seven-million-dollar settlement between the City of Minneapolis and the George Floyd family. More
March 18, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Concern appears to be fading that a massive settlement for George Floyd’s family would derail the trial of a former police officer accused in his death, with most potential jurors saying they had avoided news of the settlement or could set it aside. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN […] More
March 18, 2021
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (AP) — The latest of many searches in the nearly 25-year mystery of the disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart ended Tuesday with no comment from authorities on whether it yielded any results. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that service of a search warrant was concluded at the Arroyo […] More
March 17, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. A day after the shootings, investigators were trying to unravel what might have compelled 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long […] More
March 17, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday dismissed two jurors who had been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd’s death over concerns they had been tainted by the city’s announcement of a $27 million settlement with Floyd’s family. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek […] More
March 17, 2021
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The owners of a former Christian reform school for girls in southwest Missouri are charged with more than 100 counts alleging they sexually, emotionally and physically abused girls for years. Sixteen former residents of the Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in Cedar County say Boyd and Stephanie Householder frequently restrained them […] More
March 17, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. The attacks began around […] More
March 17, 2021
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has denied bond for a southwest Missouri real estate agent who is accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her former mother-in-law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Camden County Judge Heather Miller said Tuesday that she believed that 43-year-old Leigh Ann Bauman posed too much of a safety […] More
March 17, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection for a former Minneapolis police officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death faced a possible setback Wednesday, as the judge prepared to recall seven jurors to see if they have been tainted by news of a $27 million settlement for the Floyd family. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of […] More
March 17, 2021
MILAN, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Milan, Ohio is best known for being the birthplace of Thomas Edison. For locals, the town of 1,300 is also known for its dark past. On April 1, 1968, a triple murder rocked the small farm town — three members of a well-loved family, slain in the dead of […] More
March 17, 2021
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (AP) — The Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers has announced an increase in the award for a Port Charlotte Teen who was found deceased in 2019. Gage Jackson went missing in March of 2019. Family and friends knew something was wrong when Jackson did not show up to work. About a week later, […] More
March 16, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death asked the judge again Tuesday to allow evidence of a previous arrest during which Floyd was found with drugs, a request the prosecutor derided as an attempt to “smear” Floyd’s character. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of […] More
March 16, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death are a diverse group, an element being closely scrutinized in a case where race plays such a central role. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Nine jurors […] More
March 16, 2021
SAN DIEGO (Scripps News San Diego) — It’s a mother’s desperate plea to find the person responsible for killing her daughter, 40 years ago. Cold case detectives are no closer to finding Michelle Louise Wyatt’s killer today than they were in 1980. But family and friends of Wyatt want to bring her story back into […] More
March 16, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man suspected of killing three adults and a child and abducting his baby daughter had pulled out a gun and opened fire following a heated argument at an Indianapolis home, police said Monday. The baby’s mother was also wounded in Saturday night’s shootings. The 6-month-old girl was later found unharmed. Malik […] More
March 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death said Monday that he’s “gravely concerned” that the announcement of a $27 million settlement for Floyd’s family makes it impossible for his client to get a fair trial. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek […] More
March 15, 2021
