SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court opened a door Monday for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defense of a man awaiting trial for the 2005 slaying of a high school teacher whose disappearance remained a mystery for more than a decade. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that private attorneys for Ryan […] More
March 15, 2021
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman is accused of doctoring photos and video of her daughter’s cheerleading rivals to try to get them kicked off the squad, officials said. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Raffaela Spone, 50, with three misdemeanor counts of cyber harassment of a child and related offenses. […] More
March 15, 2021
SEATTLE (AP) — The mother of a newborn found dead in a trash can at a convenience store in Seattle more than 23 years ago was arrested after she was identified using genetic genealogy, authorities said. The mother was 27 when the baby was born, The Seattle Times reported. The statute of limitations for manslaughter is […] More
March 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection continues Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, with the process halfway complete after the first week. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Seven people have been picked to hear evidence in the trial against Derek Chauvin, who is […] More
March 15, 2021
As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death screen potential jurors, they’re on guard for anything that suggests jurors would help, or hurt, their side. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Prosecution and defense attorneys get a number of peremptory challenges […] More
March 15, 2021
AURORA, Colo. (Scripps News Denver) — It’s been more than four years, and the trail of whoever killed an Aurora bartender has gone cold. Friends of Kelly Acosta are still holding out hope that reward money will turn the tables and bring someone to justice. “His picture is up on the wall. He was a […] More
March 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial. The Minneapolis City Council emerged from closed session to announce the record settlement, […] More
March 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who said he has a “very negative” impression of Derek Chauvin nevertheless became the sixth juror selected for the former Minneapolis police officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death. The man, who told attorneys he could set that aside and consider the evidence in the case, was the only juror chosen Thursday […] More
March 12, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man’s murder convictions and death sentence have been overturned following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that much of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday reversed the decisions against Shaun Bosse, 38, because the crimes occurred on land within the Chickasaw Nation’s […] More
March 12, 2021
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of life” to humanize Floyd in front of jurors. It’s a doctrine with roots in a 1985 state Supreme Court case, and one that several legal experts said makes Minnesota a […] More
March 11, 2021
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Scripps News Milwaukee) Family and friends are honoring the victims of a murder 10 years ago. On Oct. 19, 2007, up-and-coming R&B singer Yolanda “Lala” Brown and her producer JeTannue “Kool-Aid” Clayborn were shot and killed in a Milwaukee studio on 55th Street and Lisbon Avenue. Ten years later the case is […] More
March 11, 2021
GEORGETOWN, Ohio (Scripps News Cincinnati) — An Ohio couple who stand accused of starving and abusing an 11-year-old girl in their care will face a jury this year. Margaret and Charles Breeze sat opposite each other in Brown County Common Pleas Judge Scott Gusweiler’s courtroom Wednesday afternoon. They didn’t say a word, although they did […] More
March 11, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill reinstated the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get […] More
March 11, 2021
PODCAST: 10 months after George Floyd lost his life in a confrontation with four Minneapolis police officers, the first criminal trial related to his death has begun. More
March 11, 2021
The issue of race looms large over the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death last May of George Floyd, a Black man. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin The racial makeup of the jury that will decide Derek Chauvin’s fate has been no exception, […] More
March 11, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Potential jurors in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial return Thursday to continue a selection process moving more quickly than expected. Meanwhile, the former policeman charged in George Floyd’s death faced the prospect of an additional third-degree murder charge. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin Five jurors have […] More
March 11, 2021
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff has reopened an investigation into the 2013 death of a teenager whose body was found inside a rolled-up gym mat at his high school, saying he’s reviewing 17 boxes of evidence collected by federal agents that his office recently obtained from the U.S. Justice Department. Fellow students found […] More
March 10, 2021
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The trial for an 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin was pushed back Wednesday by seven months and could be delayed even longer. Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial was scheduled to begin March 29, but both sides told […] More
March 10, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death questioned potential jurors Wednesday about their attitudes toward police, trying to determine whether they’re more inclined to believe testimony from law enforcement over evidence from other witnesses to the fatal confrontation. Judge Peter Cahill seated two more […] More
March 10, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death began Tuesday with the first potential juror excused after she revealed during questioning that she thought the way the officer acted was “not fair.” >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin […] More
March 9, 2021
DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer for the Dallas police officer arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme said his client is innocent of the 2017 killings, does not know one of the victims and that the other victim lived with the officer’s father. Bryan Riser spoke with investigators for four hours after his arrest last week on […] More
March 9, 2021
A judge signed an order permanently closing a criminal case filed against Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. More
March 9, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death is forging ahead with jury selection, even though a looming appellate ruling could halt the case and delay it for weeks or even months as the state tries to add a third-degree murder count. Prosecutors are asking the […] More
March 9, 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Scripps News Colorado Springs) — Donthe Lucas has been found guilty of First Degree Murder in the disappearance of his pregnant girlfriend, Kelsie Schelling, who has not been seen since February 2013. Jurors deliberated for only a few hours Monday after the defense rested without calling any witnesses. According to News 5’s […] More
March 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis officer accused in the death of George Floyd was put on hold Monday while an appeals court considers whether to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against him. Derek Chauvin is already facing a second-degree unintentional murder charge and a manslaughter charge. Floyd, who was Black, died […] More
March 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd on Monday paused jury selection for at least a day while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek […] More
March 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection begins Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death. Derek Chauvin’s trial, which is expected to last weeks, will be overseen by an experienced judge and argued by skilled attorneys on both sides. It will be streamed online for the world to see […] More
March 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd’s arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis: May 25 — Minneapolis police officers respond to a call shortly after 8 p.m. about a possible forgery at a corner grocery and encounter a Black man later identified as George […] More
March 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fate of a former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as the Black man said he couldn’t breathe will be decided by 12 Hennepin County residents picked after extensive grilling about their views on police and the justice system. Jury selection begins Monday in the trial […] More
March 8, 2021
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Tiger Woods was unconscious in a mangled SUV after he crashed the vehicle in Southern California last week, according to a court document that also revealed a nearby resident and not a sheriff’s deputy was first on the scene. The witness, who lives near the accident scene in Rolling […] More
March 5, 2021
