ST. LOUIS — Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in prison for a murder he has claimed from the outset that he didn’t commit. A hearing this week will determine if he should go free. St. Louis prosecutors are now convinced Dunn is telling the truth, but lawyers for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office disagree and will … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment Tuesday at the University of Michigan, less than a week after demonstrators showed up at the home of a school official and placed fake body bags on her lawn. Officers wearing helmets with face shields moved in before sunrise to clear the Diag, known for … Read more
Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water. About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to … Read more
A day care owner and three of her employees in New Hampshire turned themselves in to authorities after being accused of sprinkling melatonin on children’s food, Manchester police said. The owner of the day care, Sally Dreckmann, 52, and the employees — Traci Innie, 51; Kaitlin Filardo, 23 and Jessica Foster, 23, all of Manchester … Read more
Jamie Dimon’s days as CEO of JPMorgan Chase are numbered — though its unclear by how much. In a response to a question Monday about the bank’s succession planning, Dimon indicated that his expected tenure is less than five more years. That’s a key change from Dimon’s previous responses to succession questions, in which his standard answer had been … Read more
The family of a teen who was executed by the state of Pennsylvania after being convicted of murder in 1931 have filed a lawsuit seeking damages nearly 100 years after his death. On Monday, attorneys for the family of Alexander McClay Williams, who was executed by the state when he was just 16-years-old, announced that … Read more
A New York man with ties to European royalty disappeared from Malibu, California, early Saturday, authorities said. Attilio Brillembourg, 53, of New York, was last seen about 1:10 a.m. Saturday on the 6000 block of Murphy Way in Malibu, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a missing persons bulletin. “There is concern for … Read more
A man stole a Los Angeles Police Department patrol SUV with an officer inside the vehicle Sunday morning and crashed into several cars at a downtown Los Angeles intersection. An officer was working as part of a security detail on 12th Street, location of the infamous “Graffiti Towers,” at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday when she … Read more
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — An Arizona man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive in a hand-dug grave near their home, authorities said. Seven years after the murder, David Pagniano decided to plead guilty before his trial was scheduled to … Read more
TUCSON, Ariz. — Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago. Murad Dervish, 48, faces seven felony charges including first degree murder in the death of Thomas Meixner, 52, who was shot nine times near his office and … Read more