Judge denies trial delay over witness' solar eclipse plans

A federal judge in Florida ruled a trial couldn't be postponed just because one of the key witnesses — a federal agent — had travel plans to see the solar eclipse

• Aug 21, 2017

Mass killer spared death over Calif. jail informant scandal

A judge ruled Scott Dekraai would not be sentenced to death after pleading guilty to killing eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at an Orange County hair salon

• Aug 21, 2017

Sheriff: Judge returns fire after being shot outside courthouse

Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was flown to a hospital where he is believed to be in stable condition

• Aug 21, 2017

9 shot dead, 54 wounded in violent Chicago weekend

Six of those who were wounded, and one who was killed, were shot during a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning

• Aug 21, 2017

Slender Man stabbing suspect pleads guilty to lesser charge

Fifteen-year-old Anissa Weier is one of two teens charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress a fictional horror character

• Aug 21, 2017

Cops: Relative fatally stabbed 3 young girls as they slept

Police say the suspect, Antonio Williams, admitted to killing his six-year-old sister and young cousins

• Aug 21, 2017

Family outraged by charges filed in deadly crash involving best friends

Carlee D'Arata faces one count of felony manslaughter while intoxicated for killing her best friend in an ATV accident

• Aug 21, 2017

Prosecutors reveal reason for grisly Chicago slaying

Disturbing new details describe how boyfriend of since-fired microbiology professor Wyndham Lathem was stabbed 70 times in Chicago

• Aug 20, 2017

Child killed, parents wounded in domestic violence incident in N.C.

University police said the father and mother of the child killed were injured in the incident Sunday

• Aug 20, 2017

Sex offenders can live next door to victims in many states

Danyelle Dyer, 21, hopes to become a role model for victims of sexual assault by bringing change to Oklahoma

• Aug 20, 2017

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