KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City mother has been committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health after pleading not guilty in the killing of her 6-year-old son by reason of mental disease or ...

A trial scheduled to start Oct. 29 for David VanderLeest of Green Bay in connection with the death of a toddler was suspended due to the prosecution and defense not having access to all of the ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A federal death penalty case for a New Mexico defendant is on hold because of the U.S. government shutdown. A U.S. district court in Albuquerque temporarily halted the case against ...

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FILE - David Herrera Urias, attorney for plaintiffs, questions a witness during a trial Aug. 26, 2004, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File) (Harry Cabluck ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The estate of a 4-year-old boy whose malnourished body was found buried in the backyard of his Cleveland home will get a second chance to argue Catholic Charities’ negligence ...

A former Detroit nurse will face trial in three separate sexual assault cases after a judge found sufficient evidence to send the case to circuit court. 47-year-old Wilfredo Figueroa-Berrios is ...

MILTON, GA — The Georgia Supreme Court is weighing arguments in an appeal from the City of Milton, which is seeking to overturn a $35 million jury verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit tied to the death ...

HOUSTON — The family of a young man whose body was discovered in Houston’s Buffalo Bayou last year says they believe his death was not properly investigated and are convinced he was murdered, despite ...

Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, crimes they described ...

Christopher Scholtes, the father charged with murder for leaving his 2-year-old daughter in a hot car, has accepted a plea agreement. Scholtes pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and ...

A 25-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting an 80-year-old woman at a Michigan assisted living facility is finally going to trial. The alleged rape was reported in 2022. The victim's attorney ...