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Attempted murder charges were filed against Deonte Lee Murray for the shooting to two LA County sheriff's deputies. More

September 30, 2020

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — An arrest has been made in connection with vandalism and shots fired into the home of a Black suburban Detroit family who have a Black Lives Matter sign in their front window, police said. Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer confirmed the arrest Tuesday night but did not elaborate on charges or […] More

September 30, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a self-improvement group in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves branded with his initials, is facing sentencing in the federal conspiracy case. Seagram’s liquor fortune heiress Clare Bronfman is due to appear on Wednesday in federal court […] More

September 30, 2020

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, laid to rest beside her husband and near some of her former colleagues on the court. Washington last week honored the 87-year-old Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, with two days […] More

September 30, 2020

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 39-year-old woman was charged Tuesday in what authorities say was an attempted kidnapping of the 9-month-old granddaughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana from his Southern California home. Sodsai Predpring Dalzell of Los Angeles pleaded not guilty in LA County court to felony counts […] More

September 30, 2020

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A standoff between South Florida police and President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale ended after an officer who was friends with Parscale convinced him to surrender, officials said. Fort Lauderdale Officer Christopher Wilson wrote in a report that he had just finished a shift Sunday evening when a […] More

September 30, 2020

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has completed its probe into the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. More

September 29, 2020

Brett Hankison pleaded not guilty to charges of wanton endangerment for his role in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. More

September 29, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a home intruder who attempted to kidnap their 9-month-old grandchild over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed on Sunday. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Montana told deputies that his grandchild was sleeping in a playpen on Saturday when […] More

September 29, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday approved legislation prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other peopls that makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime. Reports surfaced after the Jan. 26 crash that […] More

September 29, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The curfew has been lifted in Louisville, where many people have been charged with refusing to stop their nighttime protests after a grand jury’s decision not to charge officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said he allowed the curfew to expire as of 6:30 a.m. […] More

September 28, 2020

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children and that he opened fire because Blake started turning toward the officer while holding a knife, the officer’s lawyer contends. Brendan Matthews, […] More

September 28, 2020

Crowds marched through the streets for a fifth night after a grand jury failed to charge officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor. More

September 28, 2020

Breonna Taylor's family has criticized the KY AG for failing to charge the police officers involved in her death. More

September 25, 2020

17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse fought his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges after killing two protesters. More

September 25, 2020

A suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann faces another investigation over an alleged rape. More

September 25, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school district can’t be forced to pay more than $300,000 total to the victims or their families in the Parkland high school massacre that left 17 people dead and another 17 wounded. Justices unanimously sided with Broward County Public Schools, agreeing that the Feb. 14, […] More

September 25, 2020

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evel Knievel’s son is on a collision course with the Walt Disney Co. and Pixar over a movie daredevil character named Duke Caboom. A federal trademark infringement lawsuit filed in Las Vegas accuses the movie company of improperly basing the new character in last year’s “Toy […] More

September 24, 2020

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex.   Palm Beach County court records show that the charge was dropped Thursday. Palm […] More

September 24, 2020

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for an Illinois man convicted of abducting his estranged girlfriend from Kentucky in 2014 and killing her along an Ohio highway. Death row inmate Terry Froman was sentenced to death in 2017 by a Warren County […] More

September 24, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse's defense has portrayed him as a courageous teenager exercising his right to bear arms amid riots in the street. More

September 24, 2020

Court TV's Vinnie Politan talks about the verdict of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who fatally shot Botham Jean. (Episode 58) More

September 24, 2020

Breonna Taylor was fatally shot in her Louisville apartment during a botched police raid on March 13, 2020. More

September 24, 2020

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” is being sued for defamation by a former assistant. As part of the lawsuit, the daughters of Baskin’s former husband are seeking more information about what happened to their father, who disappeared […] More

September 23, 2020

By MARK SHERMAN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday at the court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon. The court’s eight justices, masked […] More

September 23, 2020

A grand jury returned an indictment against a single former police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments during the raid. More

September 23, 2020

By DAVID RISING and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month’s treatment for poisoning, with doctors now believing that a “complete recovery” from the nerve agent is possible, the facility said Wednesday. Navalny spent 32 days in treatment […] More

September 23, 2020

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to “give up and remove your application for this election,” according to court papers filed Tuesday. Pascale Ferrier, of […] More

September 23, 2020

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former Southern California lawyer was sentenced Friday to life without the possibility of parole for strangling his ex-wife and throwing her body off a cruise ship in the Mediterranean in 2006. Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 62, of Safety Harbor, Florida, was convicted in June of first-degree murder with a special […] More

September 23, 2020

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant, the widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff claiming deputies shared unauthorized photos of the crash that killed her husband, their 13-year-old daughter and seven others. After the Jan. 26 crash, reports surfaced that graphic […] More

September 23, 2020