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Joel Michael Guy Jr. was sentenced to two life terms for murdering and dismembering his parents over Thanksgiving weekend 2016. More

November 23, 2020

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities arrested a 23-year-old man in an attack at a Nebraska fast food restaurant in which two people were shot and killed, two were wounded and officers responding to a report of a possible bomb inside a moving truck in the parking lot arrived to find the vehicle on fire. Roberto […] More

November 23, 2020

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin was seen smiling in a photo with his lawyer and “Silver Spoons” actor Ricky Schroder after being released from custody by posting a $2 million bond. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding […] More

November 23, 2020

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2 million bail Friday and was released from custody. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding […] More

November 20, 2020

UPDATED (COURT TV) Nov. 20, 2020 — An arraignment is scheduled for January 4, 2021, in the Colorado murder trial of Michael Close, the man accused of shooting a couple walking their dog in a Denver neighborhood, killing one. DENVER (AP) June 12, 2020 — Several hundred people gathered in a Denver suburb to remember […] More

November 20, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has rejected a divorce settlement between former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and his wife, citing the possibility of fraud. Washington County District Judge Juanita Freeman did not discuss motives for the divorce in her October decision to reject an agreement that transferred most of the couple’s assets to […] More

November 19, 2020

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters’ way into college, officials said. Giannulli’s wife, “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin, is already behind bars for her role in the college admissions bribery scheme involving […] More

November 19, 2020

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over the drowning of “Glee” actor Naya Rivera, who died this summer while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake. The suit, filed Tuesday, blames Ventura County and managers of Lake Piru for her accidental death on July 8 at the lake […] More

November 19, 2020

Greg and Travis McMichael were back in court last week hoping to be released on bond. (Episode 66) More

November 19, 2020

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Tory Lanez pleaded not guilty through his attorney Wednesday to felony assault charges in the July shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion. Lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley entered the plea in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm […] More

November 18, 2020

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A thief took a break during his burglary of a Southern California pizzeria to make himself a pizza pie before fleeing with the restaurant’s delivery car, authorities said. The suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Oscar Sanchez, broke into Big Slice Pizza in Fullerton, Calif., on Nov. 8, police said. He was […] More

November 18, 2020

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Army Green Beret charged with espionage activity on behalf of Russia is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges. A plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Alexandria is scheduled for Wednesday morning for Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, of Gainesville. Court records do not spell out the specific […] More

November 18, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — A California couple got prison time Tuesday for paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a volleyball recruit — the latest sentencing in the college admissions bribery scheme that’s roiled the worlds of higher education, sports and entertainment. Diane Blake was sentenced to six weeks behind […] More

November 17, 2020

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Lil Wayne was charged Tuesday in Florida with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a federal offense that carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison.   Documents filed in Miami federal court say the rapper, whose […] More

November 17, 2020

Skylar Richardson was released from the probation she was sentenced to after she was convicted of abuse of a corpse. More

November 17, 2020

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman who said she fatally shot her husband in self-defense was released from prison Tuesday after serving 20 months. Tina Talbot hugged her 9-year-old son, whom she hadn’t seen since March because of coronavirus-related visitor restrictions, while family and friends cheered outside the Huron Valley prison for […] More

November 17, 2020

Larynzo Johnson was indicted on assault and wanton endangerment charges for allegedly shooting police during demonstrations. More

November 17, 2020

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker was cleared of robbery charges in Florida on Monday after his alleged victims’ attorney was arrested on extortion charges. The Broward County State Attorney’s Office announced it was dropping all charges against Baker shortly after the county sheriff’s […] More

November 16, 2020

KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Defense attorneys say they will mount an insanity defense in the case of a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her two young children found in an eastern Pennsylvania basement last year. Attorneys for Lisa Snyder filed papers in Berks County Court on Thursday citing a number of serious […] More

November 16, 2020

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a killing spree that bred fear across northern England in the late 1970s. He was 74. Peter Sutcliffe was serving a life sentence for the killings of 13 women in Yorkshire and […] More

November 13, 2020

A Georgia judge denied bond for Travis and Gregory McMichael, the father and son charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery. More

November 13, 2020

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of killing his teenage roommate and disposing of the body has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Christopher Allen Holford, 33, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the February 2018 death of Austin Tyler Steele, 18, […] More

November 13, 2020

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery had previously used racial slurs in a text message and on social media, a prosecutor said Thursday as a judge weighed whether to grant bond for the defendant and his father. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, have […] More

November 12, 2020

A justice department report found Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised 'poor judgment' in handling the Epstein investigation. More

November 12, 2020

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge is scheduled to consider bond requests by a father and son jailed on murder charges in the February shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory McMichael and his adult son, Travis McMichael, were to appear Thursday morning before Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley. They also have asked the judge to […] More

November 12, 2020

Court TV shares recordings Lori Vallow made before she met Chad Daybell, speaking about the thoughts of murdering her third husband. (Ep. 65) More

November 12, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A state panel has finalized Nevada’s $2.85 million payment to a woman who spent almost 34 years in prison for a Reno killing she didn’t commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2015. Attorney General Aaron Ford announced last month that a state judge in Reno had approved […] More

November 12, 2020

ATLANTA (Court TV) — Two of the three Georgia men accused in the death of Ahmaud Arbery will remotely stand before a judge Thursday morning to request that they be released pending their upcoming trials. Travis and Gregory McMichael, father and son, have been in the custody of the Glynn County Sheriff’s Department for the […] More

November 11, 2020

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears fears her father and will not resume her career so long as he has power over it, her attorney said in court Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny declined to suspend James Spears from his central role in the court conservatorship […] More

November 11, 2020

Tony Rhoden Sr. filed a lawsuit against the four members of the Wagner family charged with murdering 8 members of the Rhoden family. More

November 10, 2020