Former President Donald Trump was shot during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. He was immediately shielded and taken to safety after his ear was injured. Details are emerging about how it happened and the identity of the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20. Here’s what we know. Where did it happen? The shooting took place at … Read more
The longest-running criminal trial in Georgia history is poised to become a lot longer — or, if the defense has its way, derailed entirely. In the latest disruption that has placed the criminal racketeering case against rapper Young Thug on hold indefinitely, a Fulton County Superior Court judge must decide whether the trial judge should … Read more
A woman in Illinois was fatally shot by law enforcement last week after she called authorities because she was scared an intruder was in her home, according to her family’s attorney. Sonya Massey, 36, died after an encounter with deputies from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office in Springfield early July 6, according to a news … Read more
SANTE FE, N.M. — In a stunning turn of events, the judge in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial dismissed the case Friday, agreeing with the actor’s lawyers that prosecutors hid evidence that may have been linked to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust” in 2021. “There … Read more
An Arizona father was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly leaving his 2-year-old daughter in the car outside the family’s home for three hours when temperatures climbed to 109 degrees, authorities said. Christopher Scholtes, 37, was taken into custody Friday and booked at the Pima County Adult Detention Center for second-degree murder and child … Read more
The Milwaukee Police Department said it referred criminal charges to the district attorney’s office Friday amid an investigation into the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell, a Black man who was pinned to the ground by hotel security guards last month. The police department said that it referred felony murder charges with the underlying charge of battery … Read more
Phoenix police announced this week an arrest in a two-decade old slaying of a 15-year-old girl. Wednesday marked 20 years to the day that Elena Lasswell was “brutally” murdered inside her home, police announced in a short video statement. Sergio Reyes, 37, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree murder. He was extradited from Mexico … Read more
A woman was arrested this week in the death of her 5-year-old foster son after he was found unresponsive in a hot car in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha police said Juanita Pinon, 40, was charged with one count of child abuse by neglect, resulting in death, after the boy was discovered inside the vehicle just after … Read more
Share Morrissey says fellow special prosecutor resigned today Morrissey, under cross-examination from Spiro, confirmed that her fellow special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson resigned today. Spiro asked Morrissey to explain why Ocampo Johnson stepped aside. Morrissey replied in part that her colleague “didn’t agree with the decision to have a public hearing” into the defense team’s … Read more
LOS ANGELES — A woman who pleaded guilty to killing entertainment consultant and social justice advocate Michael Latt was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison on Wednesday. Jameelah Elena Michl had been stalking and threatening film director A.V. Rockwell and targeted Latt because he was Rockwell’s friend, prosecutors and police said. Michl pleaded guilty last month to … Read more