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Jury finds ex-member of rock band Mr. Bungle guilty of killing his girlfriend
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A founding member of the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend after prosecutors in California found an audio file the victim recorded on her phone as she fought for her life. A...
A former DEA agent is convicted of protecting drug traffickers
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Buffalo, New York, was convicted of corruption Thursday following a second trial on charges he used his position to protect drug traffickers he believed were associated with organized crime. Jurors found...
Jury selection begins in corruption trial of longest-serving legislative leader in US history
CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection began Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the longest-serving legislative leader in American history. The case against Madigan, who resigned in 2021, is one of Illinois’ largest corruption trials...
Jurors weigh how to punish a former Houston officer whose lies led to murder during a drug raid
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors asked a jury on Monday to sentence a former Houston police officer to life in prison for the murders of a couple during a drug raid that exposed systemic corruption. Gerald Goines was convicted last month in the deaths of Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his wife...
Mistrial declared again for sheriff accused of kicking shackled man in the groin
A judge declared a second mistrial Monday in the case of a Vermont sheriff charged with assault for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin when he was a captain. Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore went on trial last week for a second time after a jury deadlocked in July...
Jury selection begins in murder trial of Minnesota man accused of killing his girlfriend
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of the former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state in 2023. Adam Fravel, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder. He was arrested in June, 2023, days...
Michael Madigan once controlled much of Illinois politics. Now the ex-House speaker heads to trial
CHICAGO (AP) — Once lauded as thelongest-serving legislative leader in American history, Michael Madigan will enter a federal courtroom this week on charges he used his vast influence to run a “criminal enterprise” to amass even more wealth and power. The former Illinois House...
Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury did convict the former police sergeant, Wesley Shifflett, of reckless handling of a...
Some perplexed at jury's mixed verdict in trial for 3 former officers in Tyre Nichols' death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Moments after a federal judge read the partial convictions in the federal trial of three former Memphis officers in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, an activist outside the courtroom could not contain his shock. “What the (expletive)?” Hunter Demster...
Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motive
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act, a prosecutor said Friday. “We're not going there,”...
