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(NEW YORK) — A California judge largely denied a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team for new or additional DNA testing in his case, as the Los Angeles Innocence Project seeks evidence proving he didn’t murder of his wife and unborn child. The LA Innocence Project, which took up Scott Peterson’s case last year, had […]

(DIALBLO, C.A.) — A convicted rapist dubbed the “Bad Breath Rapist” has been caught more than 16 years after he fled Massachusetts, according to authorities. Tuen Lee — who was arrested in Northern California on Tuesday — broke into a co-worker’s house and raped her on Feb. 2, 2005, according to the Massachusetts State Police. […]

J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The upcoming Cricket World Cup in Nassau County, New York, along with associated events in New York City, could be viewed by extremists as “an attractive opportunity to perpetrate acts of violence or disruption,” according to a new assessment by the NYPD Intel Bureau. “Recent pro-ISIS […]

(NEW YORK) — In a lengthy jury instruction, Judge Juan Merchan asked jurors to treat the former president as “another member of the community” as they embark to determine Donald Trump’s fate in his hush money criminal trial. “It is not my responsibility to judge the evidence here. It is yours,” Merchan said. “You are […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting Democrats’ calls for his recusal from cases related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the 2020 election after flags flown at his personal residences sparked controversy. Alito provided further details of the incidents as he responded to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick […]

(LANSING, M.I.) — The Michigan Department of Attorney General filed charges on Tuesday against an officer who struck and killed a Black man with an unmarked police vehicle. Michigan state police trooper Detective Sgt. Brian Keely is facing second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges – crimes punishable by life or 15 years in prison, respectively […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last April pleaded […]

Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images (CINCINNATI) — At least one person was shot in an officer-involved incident at a Kroger grocery store just outside of Cincinnati, according to police. The officer is not hurt, according to Colerain Township police. Additional information was not immediately available. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. […]

(ANTIOCH, C.A.) — More than three years after watching her brother die in an encounter with police at her family’s California home, Bella Quinto Collins said her brother’s last words still haunt her. “Please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me,” Angelo Quinto, a 30-year-old Navy veteran, pleaded as officers allegedly took turns restraining her […]

(CAMBRIDGE, M.A.) — Harvard University announced that it will no longer be speaking out on political or social issues that don’t impact the institution’s “core function,” after months of unrest on college campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war. The move follows guidance and recommendations from the Institutional Voice Working Group, which Harvard established in April to […]