LONDON (AP) — A British judge told WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday that his extradition hearing will proceed without him if he continues to speak from the dock and interrupt witnesses. Vanessa Baraitser briefly adjourned the hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court after Assange interrupted defense witness Clive Stafford Smith, who was giving evidence. […] More
September 8, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — State psychiatrists have found a Colorado woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson and later plotting to break out of jail mentally competent to stand trial, a judge said Tuesday. Their conclusion was revealed during a court hearing for Letecia Stauch, who was ordered by Judge Gregory Warner in […] More
September 8, 2020
A Saudi court issued final verdicts in the case of Jamal Khashoggi after his son announced pardons that spared five convicted from execution. More
September 8, 2020
A judge rejected a request to delay WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition hearing until next year after a hearing in London. More
September 8, 2020
Todd Mullis was sentenced to life in prison without parole and ordered to pay victim restitution in the amount of $150,000. More
September 4, 2020
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is welcoming public scrutiny of the court conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 12 years as she seeks to push her father out of power, according to a Thursday court filing. Spears filed an objection unprecedented in the 12 years […] More
September 4, 2020
The lawsuit comes just ahead of the two-year anniversary of the death of Botham Jean, who was killed by ex-cop Amber Guyger. More
September 3, 2020
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for The Weinstein Co. presented a Delaware judge Wednesday with a revised bankruptcy plan that would provide about $35 million for creditors, including victims of sexual misconduct by disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein. The settlement amount is $11.5 million less than under a previous plan, […] More
September 3, 2020
UPDATED 9/3/20 ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man whose sister vanished in May after going on a bicycle ride near her Colorado home is organizing a search of the mountainous area, saying that his family has waited long enough. Andy Moorman announced the planned search of the area near Maysville, Colorado, on Saturday during a […] More
September 3, 2020
Riots broke out in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin after the shooting of Jacob Blake. (Episode 55) More
September 3, 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A court has granted Carol Burnett temporary custody of her teenage grandson as the boy’s mother struggles with substance abuse. A Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday judge granted the 87-year-old Burnett and her husband, Brian Miller, custody of her 14-year-old grandson Dylan West until Jan. 8. The move came two […] More
September 2, 2020
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grainy video posted Wednesday shows the fatal shooting of a Black man by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after he was stopped on a bicycle for a traffic violation, but the video does not confirm the police allegation that he “made a motion” for a […] More
September 2, 2020
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Army officials announced changes in the leadership at Fort Hood on Tuesday amid what they said was a widening investigation into the slaying of a soldier at the Texas base that has prompted calls for the military to change the way it handles […] More
September 2, 2020
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday. The findings — which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement — are […] More
September 2, 2020
A plea offer to an accused drug trafficker included Breonna Taylor's name as a 'co-defendant' for illegal activities. More
September 2, 2020
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The commissioners of a coastal Georgia county where Black man Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot after being pursued by armed white men are suing to stop a referendum on abolishing the county police department. The Glynn County Commission filed the lawsuit Friday, The Brunswick News reports. The report said the lawsuit argues that […] More
September 2, 2020
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
