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Man who wore horns at riot willing to speak at Trump’s trial
Man who wore horns at riot willing to speak at Trump’s trial

PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for an Arizona man who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns is offering to have his client testify at former President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial. Lawyer Albert Watkins said he hasn’t spoken to any […] More

January 29, 2021

Oklahoma mom of 2 who drowned pleads guilty to child neglect
Oklahoma mom of 2 who drowned pleads guilty to child neglect

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman whose two young children wandered from their apartment and drowned has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the case. Donisha Renee Willis, 24, agreed Monday to two child neglect charges in the May 2020 deaths of 3-year-old Miracle Crook and 21-month-old Tony Crook Jr., according to court records. The charges […] More

January 29, 2021

Teen charged in fatal shootings of 5 at Indianapolis home
Teen charged in fatal shootings of 5 at Indianapolis home

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s home, a prosecutor announced Thursday. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one […] More

January 28, 2021

Pakistani court: Release man accused in Daniel Pearl’s death
Pakistani court: Release man accused in Daniel Pearl’s death

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. The court also dismissed an appeal of Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh’s acquittal by Pearl’s family and the Pakistani government. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Sheikh would be […] More

January 28, 2021

Attorney: Murder charge after deadly drug raid ‘political’
Attorney: Murder charge after deadly drug raid ‘political’

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer indicted for murder following a deadly 2019 drug raid in which a couple was killed is being targeted by a district attorney looking to score political points in the wake of last year’s nationwide protests against police brutality, his attorney alleged on Tuesday. Officer Felipe Gallegos became the […] More

January 27, 2021

Rittenhouse, mother fixated on social media treatment
Rittenhouse, mother fixated on social media treatment

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois teen accused of killing two people during unrest in Wisconsin and the teen’s mom were fixated on social media comments about them in the hours after his August arrest, newly released police video shows.   Police in Antioch, Illinois, on Monday released four hours of video taken after Kyle […] More

January 27, 2021

Judge: Floyd’s past arrest details can’t be used at trial
Judge: Floyd’s past arrest details can’t be used at trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Information about George Floyd’s prior arrests can’t be used at the trials of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in his death, but jurors will be allowed to hear details about two previous incidents involving the officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck, a judge ruled. In an order dated Monday and made […] More

January 27, 2021

GOP largely sides against holding Trump impeachment trial
GOP largely sides against holding Trump impeachment trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — All but five Senate Republicans voted in favor of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol siege on Jan. 6 is unlikely.   While the Republicans did not succeed in ending […] More

January 27, 2021

Vermont Sen. Leahy taken to hospital for observation
Vermont Sen. Leahy taken to hospital for observation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after not feeling well, a spokesman said, hours after the 80-year-old Democrat began presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Leahy, who’d been in his Capitol office, was taken to the hospital “out of an abundance of caution” […] More

January 26, 2021

Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home
Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home

BOSTON (AP) — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli’s request to serve the remaining three months of his prison term in the college admissions bribery scheme at home was denied Tuesday by a federal judge. Giannulli argued he should be released to home confinement for the rest of his five-month sentence because he spent eight weeks under […] More

January 26, 2021

Judge OKs Weinstein bankruptcy plan with $17M for victims
Judge OKs Weinstein bankruptcy plan with $17M for victims

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has approved a revised Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan that provides about $35 million for creditors, with roughly half that amount going to women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. The judge approved the plan after a hearing Monday, overruling objections by attorneys representing […] More

January 26, 2021

Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. It’s an early sign of Trump’s enduring sway over the […] More

January 26, 2021

Trump adds ex-prosecutor to impeachment team
Trump adds ex-prosecutor to impeachment team

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is adding another South Carolina attorney to his impeachment legal team, according to a trial lawyer group in the state. In an email sent to South Carolina members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, group chairman Wallace Lightsey wrote that Deborah Barbier — a former federal prosecutor-turned-defense attorney […] More

January 26, 2021

Genetic genealogy helps ID victim of Green River Killer
Genetic genealogy helps ID victim of Green River Killer

SEATTLE (AP) — Genetic genealogy helped identify the youngest known victim of one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers almost 37 years after her remains were discovered near a baseball field south of Seattle. Wendy Stephens was 14 and had run away from her home in Denver before Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, […] More

January 26, 2021

Epstein’s ex-girlfriend seeks dismissal of charges she faces
Epstein’s ex-girlfriend seeks dismissal of charges she faces

NEW YORK (AP) — A British socialite charged with recruiting teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse in the 1990s asked a judge Monday to dismiss the case on multiple grounds, including that a deal years ago not to prosecute Epstein and others should shield her from prosecution. Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell said […] More

January 26, 2021

Judge: Destroy massage parlor video of Patriots owner
Judge: Destroy massage parlor video of Patriots owner

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has ordered the destruction of video that allegedly shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for massage parlor sex, according to court documents. U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II on Friday ruled that the videos of Kraft and other customers must be wiped […] More

January 26, 2021

Ex-VA doctor who misdiagnosed patient sentenced to prison
Ex-VA doctor who misdiagnosed patient sentenced to prison

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A former pathologist at an Arkansas veterans hospital has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient he misdiagnosed. Robert Morris Levy, 54, of Fayetteville was sentenced Friday in federal court. Prosecutors said Levy diagnosed a patient with lymphoma […] More

January 25, 2021

Court TV partners with ABA for Moot Court Competition finalist face-off
Court TV partners with ABA for Moot Court Competition finalist face-off

Court TV has partnered with the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 13th Annual Moot Court Competition, where law student finalists will go head-to-head arguing a case in front of a mock court. Presented by the ABA Forum on Communications Law, the First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition is designed to give minority law […] More

January 25, 2021

5, including pregnant woman, fatally shot in Indianapolis
5, including pregnant woman, fatally shot in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Five people, including a pregnant woman, were shot to death early Sunday inside an Indianapolis home in an apparent targeted attack, the city’s police chief said, decrying the “mass murder” killings as a “different kind of evil.” The fatal shootings were discovered by police who had been called about 4 a.m. to […] More

January 25, 2021

Attorneys seek pretrial release for ‘Killer Clown’ suspect
Attorneys seek pretrial release for ‘Killer Clown’ suspect

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (COURT TV) — Attorneys for Sheila Keen-Warren filed a motion to set pretrial release conditions claiming their client is “innocent” and should be released from jail, according to court documents. In their January 4th filing, attorneys claim that “there is no reliable physical or testimonial evidence that Keen-Warren committed the crime.” Adding, […] More

January 21, 2021

Judge denies request to delay cop’s trial in Floyd’s death
Judge denies request to delay cop’s trial in Floyd’s death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge said he won’t reconsider his decision to hold a March trial for the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes even though the Black man said he couldn’t breathe, according to a ruling made public Thursday. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled this […] More

January 21, 2021

Proud Boy organizer arrested in Florida over riot at Capitol
Proud Boy organizer arrested in Florida over riot at Capitol

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida men, including a self-described organizer for the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, were arrested Wednesday on charges of taking part in the siege of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, authorities said. Joseph Biggs, 37, was arrested in central Florida and faces charges of obstructing an official proceeding […] More

January 21, 2021

Rape charges denied by lawyer for ’70s Show’ actor Masterson
Rape charges denied by lawyer for ’70s Show’ actor Masterson

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson pleaded not guilty on his behalf Wednesday to the rapes of three women in the early 2000s. Defense lawyer Tom Mesereau entered the plea for Masterson, who was not present in court, to three charges of […] More

January 21, 2021

Lil Wayne, Kodak Black get clemency; Joe Exotic does not
Lil Wayne, Kodak Black get clemency; Joe Exotic does not

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Two rappers were among the entertainment figures included in a list of 140 people who were pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump in a last-minute clemency flurry early Wednesday. But the news was not as good for one hopeful celebrity. — Rapper Lil Wayne, whose […] More

January 20, 2021

Michigan man sentenced to prison in drowning of autistic son
Michigan man sentenced to prison in drowning of autistic son

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A former western Michigan college professor has been sentenced to prison for manslaughter in the death of his autistic teenage son, who drowned after spending an hour in an icy backyard pool with his arms restrained. Timothy Koets, 51, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of two years in prison […] More

January 20, 2021