By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State University mostly found no violations of campus policy in a review of roughly 20 former or current staff members who were said to have received complaints about Larry Nassar, the doctor convicted of molesting female athletes, according to a report Tuesday. The report is part of a […] More
September 2, 2020
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after he was stopped for a traffic violation while riding a bike, then ran from police, punched one officer and dropped a bundle that included a gun, authorities said. The Monday afternoon shooting […] More
September 1, 2020
By CARA ANNA and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man portrayed in the film “Hotel Rwanda” as saving the lives of more than 1,200 people from genocide was “kidnapped” while in Dubai, his daughter asserts, while authorities on Tuesday gave no further details behind his arrest on accusations of terrorism. Paul […] More
September 1, 2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judicial panel ordered that a judge accused of favoritism, dishonesty and other misconduct be removed from the bench, according to court documents released Monday. The Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission said it found Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn Gentry, who was suspended from the bench in January, guilty on […] More
September 1, 2020
ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly 40 missing or endangered children have been rescued by federal and state agents during a law enforcement operation in Georgia, authorities say. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday that 13 missing children were found and an additional 26 endangered children were rescued during the two-week operation centered on Atlanta and a city to […] More
August 31, 2020
Kenosha Police released a report saying that Jacob Blake had a knife and fought with officers before he was shot seven times in the back. More
August 31, 2020
By STEPHEN GROVES and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse faces five felony charges […] More
August 28, 2020
CHICAGO (AP) — The lawyer for R. Kelly said Thursday the R&B singer, who is awaiting trial on child pornography and other charges, was assaulted by a fellow detainee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. Attorney Steve Greenberg revealed in a tweet that he learned of the attack on his client Wednesday. Greenberg […] More
August 28, 2020
By CURT ANDERSON and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who spent the last 37 years in prison on a rape and murder charge was released Thursday, hours after officials revealed dramatic new evidence that proved his innocence. Robert DuBoise walked out of the Hardee Correctional Institution in […] More
August 28, 2020
Megan Boswell, 19, wore a mask as she appeared via video briefly Friday for an arraignment in Sullivan County Criminal Court. More
August 28, 2020
By STEPHEN GROVES and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday after two people were shot to death during a third straight night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, about 15 miles (24.14 […] More
August 27, 2020
It shocked the nation when television star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were implicated in Operation Varsity Blues. (Episode 54) More
August 27, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors won’t have to immediately divulge the identities of three women who say financier Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-girlfriend conspired to sexually abuse when they were teenagers, a judge said Tuesday. Defense lawyers were premature in asking that she force the government to name the accusers of Epstein and British socialite […] More
August 27, 2020
By Court TV Staff The family of a Florida man whose disappearance was featured in the hit TV series “Tiger King” wants answers. Don Lewis vanished in 1997 , was declared dead in 2002, and his second wife, Carole Baskin, inherited his fortune. The case seemed to be closed until Lewis’ disappearance caught national attention […] More
August 26, 2020
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press An attorney for the family of a young woman found breathing at a Detroit funeral home after being declared dead said Tuesday the 20-year-old was in a body bag for some two hours before it was opened and she was discovered to be alive, with her eyes open. Geoffrey Fieger, […] More
August 26, 2020
A family attorney said Jacob Blake, a black man, was paralyzed after he was shot multiple times by police in Wisconsin. More
August 26, 2020
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The death penalty case against Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 massacre at a Florida high school remains in limbo. At a brief hearing Tuesday, no decisions were made on a trial date amid continuing obstacles because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cruz’s defense lawyers […] More
August 25, 2020
Prosecutors urged a judge not to dismiss charges against Tou Thao in George Floyd's death, saying he pushed concerned bystanders. More
August 25, 2020
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The father of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down. Blake’s father told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was told his son was shot eight times during the Sunday evening confrontation with police, which was captured […] More
August 25, 2020
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — City and law enforcement leaders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, unanimously endorsed the use of body cameras in 2017 as a way to increase police accountability and collect evidence at scenes of domestic violence, among other benefits. But since then, they have balked at the price tag, raised policy concerns and put […] More
August 25, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the high-profile case. It upheld his 2004 murder conviction in the […] More
August 24, 2020
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Officers deployed tear gas early Monday to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in Kenosha that also drew a harsh rebuke from the governor after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot at a Black man’s back seven times as […] More
August 24, 2020
SEATTLE (AP) — Less than 24 hours before a court order would have required five Seattle media companies to turn over unpublished protest photos and videos to police, the state Supreme Court has granted them a temporary respite. A Washington state Supreme Court commissioner on Thursday postponed a King County judge’s order that would have […] More
August 24, 2020
'Full House' star Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, apologized publicly at their sentencing. More
August 21, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press UPDATED 8/21/20 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former California police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer told victims Friday he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a decade-long string of rapes and murders across a wide swath of California. Sacramento County Superior […] More
August 21, 2020
UPDATE: Friday afternoon, Lori Loughlin was sentenced to 2-months in a federal prison for her part in a college bribery scheme. Her husband Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday morning. In addition to the prison time, Loughlin must pay a $150,000 fine. By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli was […] More
August 21, 2020
By Court TV Staff UPDATED 8/21/20 11:30 am EST Chad Daybell has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence and two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence after the remains of his wife’s two children were found on his Rexburg, Idaho, property. […] More
August 21, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has been removed from handling the criminal case against a reality TV doctor and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping several women. The judge on Thursday took the rare step of determining that local prosecutors must be disqualified after noting that District Attorney […] More
August 21, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department will seek to reinstate the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted in the Boston Marathon Bombing. More
August 20, 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the location of 21-year-old Georgia mother Leila Cavett, whose young son was found wandering alone in a South Florida apartment complex last month. “We are still relentlessly investigating the circumstances surrounding her disappearance,” FBI Miami […] More
August 20, 2020
