COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A former nurse in Idaho who admitted to helping a Colorado rancher cover up the killing of his fiancee Kelsey Berreth was released on parole after receiving a reduced sentence. Krystal Jean Kenney, 34, was released Tuesday from Denver Women’s Correctional Facility after being resentenced to 18 months in prison […] More
March 24, 2021
Girl Scout troop leader Jill Gauthier is accused of stealing $125,000 from cookie sales and event fees. More
March 24, 2021
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Law enforcement officials and former associates of a 21-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket described the suspect as someone prone to sudden rage who was suspended from high school for a sudden attack on a classmate that left the student bloodied. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who is […] More
March 24, 2021
TUCSON, Ariz. (Scripps News Tucson) — It’s a mystery that started in the City of Apache Junction with a discovery in the hot Arizona sun that became a 28-year-old case that’s gone cold. On August 6th 1992 at around 9:45 am, a man was walking his dog at the northwest corner of Baseline Avenue […] More
March 24, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death, with opening statements set for Monday in a case that led to weeks of protests and a national soul-searching about racial justice. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin […] More
March 23, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The end of jury selection is in sight at the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, with just one more needed ahead of opening statements next week. >>>HOW TO WATCH: Court TV’s Live Coverage of MN v. Derek Chauvin The process inched forward Monday with one […] More
March 23, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — For a third time, a judge rejected a bail package Monday aimed at freeing Ghislaine Maxwell as the ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein awaits trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for him to sexually abuse. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan in Manhattan said in a written decision that nothing […] More
March 23, 2021
UPDATED 3/23/21 11:15 A.M. EST. BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket. Authorities also identified nine victims after previously identifying a police officer who had been killed. The victims ranged in age from 20 to 65, said […] More
March 23, 2021
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
