WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, who served as chief executive of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, told jurors Friday he saw Roger Stone as “an access point” to WikiLeaks, which later released hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. Bannon appeared as a reluctant witness in Stone’s criminal trial in federal court under subpoena and […] More
November 8, 2019
HOUSTON (AP) — Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn’t commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and […] More
November 8, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — A comedian and former talk show host told jurors in the Roger Stone trial Friday that the political operative pressured him into backing up lies he told Congress. Randy Credico said Stone pressed him to “go along” with a false account of the operative’s contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 U.S. presidential […] More
November 8, 2019
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A$AP Rocky will perform in Sweden several months after he was convicted of assault in a street brawl. Concert promoter Live Nation says the rapper will return to Stockholm “after tremendous support from the Swedish fans.” The artist is due to perform Dec. 11 at Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe arena. A$AP Rocky, whose […] More
November 8, 2019
Ibraheem Yazeed left the scene in an ambulance. His jail booking photo shows him with a swollen left eye. More
November 8, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers won a courtroom bid Thursday to block a Nevada woman accusing the soccer superstar of raping her in Las Vegas in 2009 from digging into the validity of their 2010 confidentiality agreement and $375,000 hush-money payment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts told Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney that it […] More
November 8, 2019
Guilty! Despite taking the stand in her own defense, Ezra McCandless was found guilty of the murder of Alex Woodworth. More
November 7, 2019
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A former nurse who says she tampered with evidence to cover up the killing of her boyfriend’s fiancee has taken the stand at his murder trial in Colorado. Krystal Lee Kenney was testifying Wednesday at the trial of 33-year-old Patrick Frazee, who has denied killing 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth. She was […] More
November 6, 2019
Two of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys and two of his accusers sit down for exclusive interviews with Court TV’s Seema Iyer. Court TV will re-air both interviews on Friday, November 8 at 5/4c. Iyer’s interviews with Weinstein Attorneys Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis air on Monday, Nov. 4, with conversations with alleged victims […] More
November 6, 2019
DOUGLAS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman convicted of killing her boyfriend’s 2-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutor Ian Sansot says a Coffee County jury found Amanda Jacobs Coleman guilty of malice murder on Friday. News outlets report police responded in March 2018 to the home Coleman shared with […] More
November 6, 2019
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday that a Colorado man accused of beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat and burning her body on his ranch consistently manipulated those around him, while the defense countered that their client had no motive and noted the woman’s body has not been found. […] More
November 5, 2019
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge will hear arguments Monday in a dispute involving the 1-year-old daughter of a Chinese woman who has been missing for more than three weeks, with the woman’s parents and the mother-in-law of her jailed U.S. husband seeking guardianship. An attorney for Ke Ren and Xiaolin Ji, who are the […] More
November 4, 2019
Famed NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II is back in a San Diego courtroom for the government’s second attempt to try him on multiple charges. More
November 4, 2019
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Marion man has been imprisoned for defrauding a homeowners association out of nearly $125,000. The Gazette reports that 55-year-old Wayne Jones Jr. was given 18 months at his sentencing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. He’d pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Prosecutors say that while Jones was treasurer of […] More
November 4, 2019
Kellen Winslow II pleaded guilty on two counts of sexual misconduct ahead of his scheduled retrial. More
November 4, 2019
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three Tennessee teenagers have been sentenced in the death of a 15-year-old classmate. News outlets report 19-year-old Isaiah Trey Brooks was sentenced to 10 years in prison for reckless homicide in the death of Gibbs High School sophomore Zach Munday. >>More trending news A Knox County judge on Friday also sentenced […] More
November 4, 2019
BOSTON (AP) — “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting the latest charges against them in the college admissions scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli filed court documents Friday saying the couple plans to plead not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. The couple also […] More
November 1, 2019
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Opening statements are anticipated in the trial of a Colorado man charged with killing his fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. SOURCE: KOAA, Berreth Family via CNN A jury is expected to be seated for the trial of Patrick Frazee on Friday, allowing lawyers to present their view […] More
November 1, 2019
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs and killed her parents got into a fight in a New Mexico prison with an inmate who asked about the case, showing how word of his crimes has spread and raising questions about whether moving him to an out-of-state lockup accomplished anything. A […] More
October 31, 2019
As Ezra McCandless takes the stand in her own defense, Vinnie and Seema look back at the testimony of her ex-boyfriend Jason Mengle. More
October 31, 2019
REIDSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia officials say they have captured an inmate who was mistakenly released from a state prison while serving a life sentence following a rape conviction. The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a Tweet that authorities took Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez into custody Wednesday night in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. The department of […] More
October 31, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother says some evidence suggests Epstein died by homicidal strangulation, not suicide by hanging. Dr. Michael Baden raised concerns Wednesday on Fox News about the New York City medical examiner’s findings that ruled Epstein’s death a suicide. The autopsy report appeared to put much speculation […] More
October 30, 2019
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury’s sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing […] More
October 30, 2019
PHOENIX (AP) — A retired FBI agent described a horrific raid of now-closed body donation facility Monday, recalling a table stacked with severed human legs, heads stuffed in a cooler, and torsos without heads and limbs. Mark Cwynar testified on the opening day of a civil trial that one torso had its head removed and […] More
October 29, 2019
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Colorado man suspected of killing his flight instructor fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. It was expected to take several days to seat a jury to weigh the evidence against Patrick Frazee, 33, who has pleaded not guilty to […] More
October 28, 2019
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled for a Colorado man suspected of killing his flight instructor fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. The selection starting Monday for the trial of Patrick Frazee is expected to last several days. Frazee has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of […] More
October 28, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was mocked from the stage and jeered by attendees at a New York City actors showcase — a rare public appearance for the disgraced movie mogul ahead of his January rape trial. A comedian at Wednesday’s “Actor’s Hour” referred to Weinstein during her set as “the elephant in the […] More
October 25, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Russian gun rights activist who admitted being a secret agent for the Kremlin and trying to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power was released from federal prison on Friday, officials said. Maria Butina left a low-security facility in Tallahassee, Florida and was placed in the […] More
October 25, 2019
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say actress Felicity Huffman has been released from a federal prison in California on the 11th day of a 14-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons says the “Desperate Housewives” star was released from the low-security prison for women in the […] More
October 25, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya denies accusations of sexual assault contained in a lawsuit filed against him this week. De La Hoya’s company, Golden Boy Promotions, issued a statement Tuesday describing the action as a “frivolous lawsuit” and calling the allegations “completely false.” The lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles […] More
October 24, 2019
