Death penalty recommended for sex offender who killed 4
Steven Dean Gordon was wearing a GPS monitoring device related to prior offenses during three of the slayings
Crime
Tests of backlogged rape kits not yielding much success
CBS News examined four cities that tested over 28,000 rape kits, resulting in a conviction rate of just one percent
Woman stabbed to death by stepson after "gloating" over Cowboys win, police say
According to court documents, Pontrey O’Neal Jones, 20, believed his stepmother, Magdalena Ruiz, was "disrespecting his father" over the Cowboys' win
Robert Durst prosecutors concerned for witness safety
Prosecutors say they fear for the safety of witnesses because Durst is accused of killing a witness in the 1982 disappearance of his wife
Family of jogger slain in Mass. speaks out for 1st time
“It has been more than four months since Vanessa was taken from us,” Vanessa Marcotte's uncle said. “Not a day goes by we don’t reflect on the enormity of our loss.”
Congregation member arrested in black church burning in Mississippi
Andrew McClinton of Leland, Mississippi, also allegedly spray-painted the words "Vote Trump"
Atlanta attorney charged in exec wife's shooting death
Claud “Tex” McIver has said he was riding in a rear seat of an SUV on Sept. 25 when a gun he was holding discharged and the bullet hit his wife Diane, a prominent business executive
Feds: Exec moved $2B for coke, prostitutes, other bribes
Prosecutors say Navnoor Kang, the ex-head of the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s fixed income trades, received more than $100,000 worth of bribes in the form of trips, gifts, luxury hotel stays and other payoffs
Murder suspect claims he killed Trump; mental eval ordered
Defense lawyer James Baker says Justin Barkley pleaded guilty, but insisted he had shot and killed Donald Trump, not William Schumacher, the truck driver he's accused of killing
Cops: Bucket of gold thief may be hiding in Calif.
Detectives say Julio Nivelo fled to Orlando, Florida after the Sept. 29 theft before ultimately going to Los Angeles, where he's believed to be hiding
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Trump asking advisers if Hegseth should go, sources say
Hoax bomb threats affect at least 20 European flights in a week
Investigation
Trump library plans on collision course with Democratic Congress
2 women advanced further in Navy SEAL tryouts than any in history
2 Native American women make history in midterms
All the House districts that flipped in the midterm elections
The 2026 blue wave, in charts
Trump touts White House ballroom after GOP midterm losses
