Jury acquits New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers in assault and battery trial

BOSTON (AP) — A jury acquitted New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers on Friday in his assault and battery trial. Peppers finished testifying earlier Friday by denying he choked or shoved his accuser. Peppers, who first took the witness stand on Thursday, had been on trial...

Jury seated at Los Angeles trial of rapper A$AP Rocky on felony charges he fired a gun at a former friend in 2021

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in youth detention center rape case

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked on whether a former worker at New Hampshire's youth detention center raped a 14-year-old boy in 1998, but the defendant still faces 15 other charges in separate cases. Jurors were unable to reach a...

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in case of former youth detention center worker charged with rape

Steve Bannon's border wall trial delayed until March 4 as new lawyers plot aggressive defense

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s trial on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S. southern border will start a week later than scheduled, a judge said Wednesday, after the conservative rabble-rouser hired new lawyers to pursue an aggressive defense strategy. ...

Judge rejects new trial for former Sen. Menendez over tainted laptop

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected claims by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez that his conviction should be thrown out because the jury was given a laptop containing material that was supposed to be excluded from the trial. Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan...

Correction: Ahmaud Arbery-Prosecutor story

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — In a story published Jan. 17, 2025, about a former Georgia prosecutor heading to court as a criminal defendant charged with interfering with police investigating the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of the killling of Arbery, a...

A$AP Rocky turns down plea deal as trial opens on charges he fired a gun at a former friend

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky turned down a final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail, risking the possibility of a guilty verdict and years in prison as jury selection began at his trial on Tuesday. The agreement offered to the 36-year-old hip-hop star, fashion mogul and...

More than 200 potential jurors summoned for trial of prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery's death

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — More than 200 potential jurors were summoned Tuesday to a Georgia courthouse for questioning about whether they can serve impartially in the trial of a former prosecutor accused of meddling with police as they investigated the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. ...

Last-minute settlement talks stall Prince Harry's high-stakes trial against British tabloids

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry's mission to put the British tabloids on trial for decades of alleged unlawful snooping into his life was in question Tuesday as last-minute settlement talks delayed the start of a high-stakes trial pitting him against Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers. If...