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Sergeant fired in school shooting response to get job back
Sergeant fired in school shooting response to get job back

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s sergeant fired because he sat in a parked car during a 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will get his job back along with back pay, according to a statement from the union that represents deputies. The arbitrator dismissed the case against Brian Miller […] More

May 15, 2020

Atlanta lawyer imprisoned in wife’s 1992 murder dies at 67
Atlanta lawyer imprisoned in wife’s 1992 murder dies at 67

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Atlanta attorney convicted of arranging the slaying of his wife in 1992 has died in prison, according to his lawyer.   Fred Tokars, 67, died of natural causes over the weekend while incarcerated in Pennsylvania, his attorney, Jerry Froelich, confirmed to news outlets this week. Fred Tokars had suffered from […] More

May 14, 2020

Local prosecutors under investigation in Georgia slaying
Local prosecutors under investigation in Georgia slaying

By JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutors who first handled the fatal shooting of a black man, before charges were filed more than two months later, were placed under investigation Tuesday for their conduct in the case, which has fueled a national outcry and questions about whether the […] More

May 12, 2020

2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order
2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, was taken into custody at an apartment in Bay City. His alleged accomplice, Larry Teague, 44, was arrested Thursday […] More

May 12, 2020

Rapper Nick Blixky fatally shot in NYC; no suspect arrested
Rapper Nick Blixky fatally shot in NYC; no suspect arrested

NEW YORK (AP) — Up-and-coming rapper Nick Blixky was shot and killed in New York City, police said Monday. The 21-year-old, who was born Nickalus Thompson, was found with gunshot wounds in front of a building in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to Kings County […] More

May 11, 2020

SCOTUS to hear Trump cases questioning presidential immunity
SCOTUS to hear Trump cases questioning presidential immunity

By Court TV Staff Should President Trump’s accountant hand over his financial records to state prosecutors for a criminal investigation? That’s one of the questions the Supreme Court of the United States will take up, testing the limits of presidential immunity. On Tuesday, May 12, SCOTUS will hear two cases regarding President Trump. First up […] More

May 11, 2020

SCOTUS to hear church discrimination case
SCOTUS to hear church discrimination case

By Court TV Staff The Supreme Court of the United States will be the deciding factor in a case involving a church’s alleged discrimination against a former teacher.   Agnes Morrissey-Berru taught fifth and sixth-grade at California catholic private school for sixteen years until 2015. When her contract wasn’t renewed by Our Lady of Guadalupe, […] More

May 11, 2020

Missing Idaho kids’ uncle died of blood clot in Arizona
Missing Idaho kids’ uncle died of blood clot in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — A pulmonary blood clot killed the brother of an Idaho woman who’s facing charges in the disappearance of her children — a case that attracted worldwide attention with revelations of her doomsday beliefs and connection to three mysterious deaths. Autopsy and toxicology reports were released Friday for Alex Cox, who died in […] More

May 11, 2020

Georgia man’s death raises echoes of US racial terror legacy
Georgia man’s death raises echoes of US racial terror legacy

By AARON MORRISON and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Many people saw more than the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life when a video emerged this week of white men armed with guns confronting the black man, a struggle with punches thrown, three shots fired and Arbery collapsing dead. The Feb. 23 […] More

May 9, 2020

White father, son charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery case
White father, son charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery case

By RUSS BYNUM and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son stood quietly Friday as the judge read murder and aggravated assault charges against them in the fatal shooting of a black man who was running through their Georgia neighborhood. In just a few minutes, their first court appearance […] More

May 8, 2020

Video leads to white men’s arrest in black runner’s death
Video leads to white men’s arrest in black runner’s death

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — More than two months after a black man was shot to death while jogging on a Sunday afternoon, Georgia investigators conceded that the facts show enough evidence to jail a white father and son on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault. The investigation appeared stalled […] More

May 8, 2020

Man killed couple in home after taking cash, police say
Man killed couple in home after taking cash, police say

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man forced a couple out of their bed at gunpoint, took money and cellphones, then killed them after he was recognized, prosecutors said Wednesday. Albert E. Johnson broke into the house wearing a mask April 18 but removed it after escaping to his […] More

May 8, 2020

Arrests made in shooting death of black man after outcry
Arrests made in shooting death of black man after outcry

By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black man they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. The charges came more than two months […] More

May 7, 2020

The Court TV Podcast Episode 40
The Court TV Podcast Episode 40

Our in-depth coverage of the trial of Skylar Richardson, the Ohio cheerleader accused of murdering her baby continues with an examination of Richardson’s second police interrogation, where she claims to have set the body on fire, despite police having evidence to the contrary. More

May 7, 2020

City employee charged in leaking of Colorado court document
City employee charged in leaking of Colorado court document

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A municipal employee was charged Tuesday with official misconduct for allegedly leaking a sealed court document in the case of a woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson. Sherie Farstveet, a paralegal and executive administrator in the Brighton city attorney’s office, was issued a citation for the misdemeanor on Tuesday. […] More

May 7, 2020

Court overturns Quincy Jones’ win in Michael Jackson lawsuit
Court overturns Quincy Jones’ win in Michael Jackson lawsuit

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate over the use of Jones-produced Jackson hits in the concert film “This Is It” and two Cirque du […] More

May 6, 2020

Nuns fight for religious exemption to Obamacare contraceptive mandate
Nuns fight for religious exemption to Obamacare contraceptive mandate

By Court TV Staff The Little Sisters of the Poor is a religious order that offers housing and compassion to the elderly in need. And like many religious nonprofits their size, the Little Sisters offer health benefits to employees through a self-funded plan from a third-party insurer. But they refuse to offer contraceptive coverage through […] More

May 6, 2020

Robocalls argued in U.S. Supreme Court live teleconference
Robocalls argued in U.S. Supreme Court live teleconference

By Court TV Staff UPDATED 5/6/20 ORIGINAL STORY 5/5/20 Those insufferable robocalls will be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in this month’s live teleconferences. Robocalls are the number one complaint the Federal Communications Commission receives each year, according to Commissioner Ajit Pai. And the calls aren’t just an annoyance, many are […] More

May 6, 2020

Auditor: Favre received welfare money for no-show speeches
Auditor: Favre received welfare money for no-show speeches

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A nonprofit group caught up in an embezzlement scheme in Mississippi used federal welfare money to pay former NFL quarterback Brett Favre $1.1 million for multiple speaking engagements but Favre did not show up for the events, the state auditor said Monday. Details about payments […] More

May 5, 2020

Aid groups challenge U.S. funding requirements
Aid groups challenge U.S. funding requirements

By Court TV Staff U.S.-based humanitarian groups operate through a global network of affiliates that share their name and logo to bring HIV prevention programs to families, sex workers and other vulnerable communities in foreign countries. For their work, these non-governmental organizations rely on federal funding through legislation known as the Leadership Act. Enacted under President George W. Bush in 2003, the Leadership […] More

May 4, 2020

Judge refuses to lower $1 million bail for missing kids’ mom
Judge refuses to lower $1 million bail for missing kids’ mom

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has refused to lower the $1 million bail set for the mom of two kids missing since last fall. Magistrate Judge Michelle Mallard said Friday that the challenges Lori Daybell may face in jail during the coronavirus pandemic are not any different than […] More

May 4, 2020

Booking.com seeking trademark license from U.S. Government
Booking.com seeking trademark license from U.S. Government

By Court TV Staff For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing live streaming of their court arguments beginning Monday, May 4. Ten cases will be heard in front of SCOTUS over the following weeks, the first case being the United States Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com.   Popular travel […] More

May 1, 2020