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Tou Thao, a former officer charged in George Floyd's death, told investigators he was focused on crowd control. More

August 17, 2020

WILSON, N.C. (AP) — More than $700,000 has been raised for the funeral service expenses of a slain 5-year-old boy in North Carolina whose death has captured national attention. The donations poured into a GoFundMe page organized by Gwen Hinnant, who identifies herself on the website as Cannon Hinnant’s grandmother. “This family has faced unimaginable […] More

August 17, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York who was convicted last year on charges that he turned some of his followers into sex slaves will face sentencing on Oct. 27, a judge said Friday. In a conference call, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis told lawyers for Keith […] More

August 14, 2020

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s manager has been arrested on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a documentary addressing allegations that the singer had sexually abused women and girls. Donnell Russell, 45, […] More

August 14, 2020

Wearing a “Black Lives Matter” face mask, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appeares in a Manhattan courtroom to hear lawyers argue over what restrictions to place on testimony at his sexual misconduct trial. More

August 14, 2020

Newly-released bodycamera video shows the growing horror of onlookers during George Floyd's arrest and death. More

August 14, 2020

Three men were charged with threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse. More

August 13, 2020

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer accused of fondling a dead woman was sued Tuesday by her family, court documents show. The lawsuit accuses Officer David Rojas of fondling Elizabeth Baggett’s breasts and “feeling her nipples, without limitation,” as well as showing the body camera video of […] More

August 13, 2020

Prosecutors asked a judge to try four fired Minneapolis police officers together for George Floyd's death. More

August 13, 2020

When the complete police body camera footage of the George Floyd killing was leaked to a British media outlet, Minneapolis judge Peter Cahill had little choice but to grant Court TV’s request to lift his ban on the video’s release. (Episode 52) More

August 13, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles financier who tipped authorities to the college admissions cheating scheme was sentenced to prison Wednesday for trying to cheat stock investors out of $15 million. Morrie Tobin, 57, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison by a federal judge in Boston who acknowledged his “extraordinary” […] More

August 13, 2020

More than five years later, Crystal Rogers' family is still waiting for answers about what happened to the mother of five. More

August 13, 2020

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — A woman who intentionally drove into the path of a semitrailer on an interstate, killing her 10-year-old daughter and severely injuring her 6-year-old son, has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. Kia Ferguson, 38, of South Euclid, will also have her driver’s license suspended for life under the […] More

August 12, 2020

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A woman accused of trying to poison her husband and stepson was caught on video spiking a drink with paint thinner and cleaning products, prosecutors said Wednesday. Susan McNair, 72, was arrested by Wilmington police on Tuesday on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of contaminating food or […] More

August 12, 2020

In an appeals filing, Bill Cosby's attorneys argued it was 'fundamentally unfair' to let prosecutors use a damaging deposition. More

August 11, 2020

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The reaction of federal prison officials to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide last year is to blame for onerous conditions a British socialite faces in jail while awaiting trial on charges that she procured teenage girls for Epstein to abuse a quarter-century ago, her lawyers said Tuesday. Through […] More

August 11, 2020

Elijah McClain's parents filed a federal lawsuit seeking accountability after McClain was killed by police who put him in a chokehold. More

August 11, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Monday that they need more time to decide whether to ask an appeals court to reconsider the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentence was thrown out over concerns over about the jury selection process. The U.S. Justice Department urged the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of […] More

August 11, 2020

By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida man who disappeared in 1997 and who appeared on the hit TV series “Tiger King,” has hired a lawyer and is offering $100,000 in exchange for information to help solve the case. Attorney John Phillips held a news conference in […] More

August 10, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge ordered the release of body camera footage recorded by former officers charged in the death of George Floyd. Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday the that videos from the body cameras of Thomas Lane and J. Kueng taken on the night Floyd died will be made publicly available, though it […] More

August 10, 2020

An Idaho woman charged in the concealment of her children’s remains has waived her preliminary hearing. Lori Vallow-Daybell was scheduled to stand before the court in Fremont County on August 10th and 11th. According to court documents, Vallow-Daybell signed the waiver on July 17th. However, the waiver wasn’t filed until two days after her husband, […] More

August 8, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Comedian Andy Dick has filed a lawsuit in New Orleans against the man who punched him last year outside a French Quarter nightclub. Documents in the July 30 lawsuit were made public Thursday, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported. Dick, 54, said the punch by David Hale, 47, caused “serious, permanent and disabling […] More

August 7, 2020

Amber Guyger is serving a 10-year prison sentence for the September 2018 fatal shooting of Botham Jean. More

August 7, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge set bail at $90 million for the leader of a Mexican megachurch charged in California with child rape and human trafficking, according to a newspaper report. The staggering bail amount set Thursday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George Lomeli all but ensures that Naasón Joaquín García, the self-proclaimed […] More

August 7, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy Award-winning music producer Detail faces more than a dozen felony charges including 11 counts of rape involving six women, authorities said Thursday. The producer was arrested Wednesday night and was being held on nearly $6.3 million bail, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Detail, whose […] More

August 7, 2020

UPDATE: On the heels of her husband Chad Daybell’s preliminary hearing this week, Lori Vallow-Daybell has waived her rights to her own preliminary hearing. She was originally slated to appear in court beginning on Monday, August 10. ORIGINAL ARTICLE By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday there’s enough evidence […] More

August 6, 2020

Doomsday Cult Mom Lori Vallow’s husband, Chad Daybell, was in court this week for a preliminary hearing and Court TV was there. (Episode 51) More

August 6, 2020

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of University of Utah police officers made inappropriate comments about explicit photos of a student who had submitted the pictures as evidence in an extortion case shortly before her shooting death, an investigation found Wednesday. Utah’s Department of Public Safety opened an investigation […] More

August 6, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota court is investigating how a British newspaper obtained police body-camera footage showing the arrest and death of George Floyd. The Daily Mail on Monday published parts of videos from two Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd’s arrest on May 25. A Hennepin County judge last month allowed journalists and members […] More

August 6, 2020

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The death of a professional poker player from California whose burned body was found in Michigan doesn’t appear related to her work, police said Wednesday. A 60-year-old man was charged with murder Tuesday in the death of Susie Zhao, 33, who grew up in suburban Detroit and returned from […] More

August 5, 2020