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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

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — The mother of an Illinois 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a protest in Wisconsin said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the street that night and put much of the blame for what happened on police and the governor.   Kyle Rittenhouse, […] More

November 10, 2020

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying the gun that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a protest over police brutality in August. Online court records show prosecutors in Kenosha charged 19-year-old Dominick Black on Nov. 3 with two felony counts of supplying a dangerous […] More

November 10, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — The prosecutor’s office in Arizona’s most populous county announced Monday that all pending cases for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana will be dismissed after the state’s voters approved a legalization measure. The announcement from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said the decision would also apply to cases for possessing paraphernalia […] More

November 10, 2020

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears wants to be freed from her father. The pop star’s moves have been missing from stage and screen in a career hiatus that shows no signs of ending, but she’s been making all kinds of maneuvers in court in an attempt to gain […] More

November 10, 2020

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018. City Attorney Tearman Spencer is recommending the payment plus an admission […] More

November 9, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A founder of the Salt Life clothing brand is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of an 18-year-old woman at a Florida hotel. Michael Troy Hutto, 54, was being held without bond at the Duval County jail in Jacksonville following his arrest in connection with the death of 18-year-old Lora […] More

November 9, 2020

READING, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania judge has ruled that a man cannot be tried a second time in the shooting deaths of two cousins almost a quarter of a century ago. A Berks County judge last month dismissed the charges against 44-year-old Roderick Johnson, saying his initial trials were unfair and trying him […] More

November 9, 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Black man paralyzed in a Wisconsin police shooting reached a plea deal Friday to settle a sexual assault case pending against him.   Online court records indicate prosecutors dropped a felony third-degree sexual assault charge and a misdemeanor criminal trespass charge against 29-year-old Jacob Blake. In exchange, Blake pleaded guilty […] More

November 9, 2020

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A member of the Seminole Nation who was convicted in state court of sexually assaulting a child will be retried in federal court after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in July that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against Native Americans in parts of the state.   The case involved […] More

November 6, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Depp has exited the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise following his failed libel case against The Sun tabloid newspaper for a 2018 article that labeled him a “wife beater.” Depp said Friday in a letter posted on Instagram that he would depart the role of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald after the […] More

November 6, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man stole a car that had been left running with a baby inside it, picked up a friend and abandoned the child on a porch about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away, police said. The driver, Angel Marie Jasso, 34, and the friend, Roddy Mike Montes, 20, were arrested on […] More

November 6, 2020

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican senator said Friday he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president’s words “very disturbing.” Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, […] More

November 6, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican authorities have found the body of a Los Angeles firefighter who vanished in August and was shot during a botched kidnapping, it was announced Wednesday. There was a “full identification” of Francisco Aguilar, whose cremated skeletal remains were found in an uninhabited area on Oct. 23, said Hiram Sánchez, Baja […] More

November 5, 2020

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 83-year-old man charged with killing a couple in a northeastern Wisconsin park in 1976 has been found competent to stand trial. A judge in Marinette County Circuit Court on Wednesday found that Raymand Vannieuwenhoven is able to understand the court proceedings and assist in his own defense. Vannieuwenhoven was arrested […] More

November 5, 2020

A judge denied requests from the defense to move the trial for four police officers accused of killing George Floyd. More

November 5, 2020

After losing his extradition fight, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was in a Kenosha, Wisconsin courtroom for a bail hearing, and, as expected, it was contentious. (Episode 64) More

November 5, 2020

By JESSICA GRESKO The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents. The case is a big test of religious rights on a more conservative court. […] More

November 5, 2020

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s district attorney vowed Wednesday to make his own decision about whether to charge two young officers in the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. and not to rely solely on the police investigation.   The comments from District Attorney Larry Krasner came just before the city […] More

November 4, 2020

BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. (AP) — Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison. The family filed the lawsuit against the […] More

November 3, 2020

A judge set bail at $2 million for 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of killing two men and injuring a third at a protest. More

November 2, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A British court ruled Monday against Johnny Depp in his libel case against the owner of the Sun tabloid newspaper, which labelled him a “wife beater.” In a ruling, Justice Andrew Nicol said Depp has “not succeeded in his action for libel.” He added that the defendants had shown what they published […] More

November 2, 2020

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge on Friday ordered the extradition of a 17-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The ruling in Kyle Rittenhouse’s case came after a hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, Illinois. Defense lawyers sought to […] More

October 30, 2020

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin has reported to a federal prison in California to begin serving her two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal.   The U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston said Friday that Loughlin was being […] More

October 30, 2020