Latest Trials News

Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss

Jun. 28, 2024 20:28 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing. Judge Mary...

Kentucky judge keeps ban in place on slots-like 'gray machines'

Jun. 28, 2024 19:07 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Supporters of a Kentucky law banning slots-like machines scored a legal victory Friday when a judge kept in place a measure to permanently unplug the video games that offered cash payouts and were branded as “gray machines" during legislative debates. ...

JBLM servicemen say the Army didn't protect them from a doctor charged with abusive sexual contact

Jun. 28, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

Fifteen current or retired Joint Base Lewis-McChord servicemen who say the Army failed to protect them from a military doctor who has been charged with sexual abuse are each seeking $5 million in damages for the emotional distress they say they have suffered. “I have overwhelming...

Alec Baldwin’s case is on track for trial in July as New Mexico judge denies request to dismiss it over damaged evidence

Jun. 28, 2024 18:44 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s case is on track for trial in July as New Mexico judge denies request to dismiss it over damaged evidence.

Eagles singer Don Henley sues for return of handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics

Jun. 28, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Eagles singer Don Henley filed a lawsuit in New York on Friday seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s hit “Hotel California” album. The civil complaint filed in Manhattan federal court comes after prosecutors in March...

Prosecutors in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial rest; Judge rejects defense request for acquittals

Jun. 28, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez rested their case on Friday after presenting evidence for seven weeks, enabling lawyers for the Democrat and two New Jersey businessmen to begin calling their own witnesses next week to support their claims that no crimes were...

Jury to keep deliberating Karen Read's murder charge on Monday after saying they haven't agreed

Jun. 28, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Karen Read trial went home for the weekend after telling the judge Friday that they couldn’t agree, only to be told to keep trying. The jury must decide whether prosecutors have proven that Read drunkenly and angrily slammed into her Boston...

Prosecutors finish presenting case against Sen. Bob Menendez. Democrat's lawyers now get their turn at corruption trial

Jun. 28, 2024 13:28 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors finish presenting case against Sen. Bob Menendez. Democrat's lawyers now get their turn at corruption trial.

Judge in Karen Read murder trial tells jurors to keep deliberating after they say they've been unable to reach a verdict

Jun. 28, 2024 12:23 PM EDT
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Judge in Karen Read murder trial tells jurors to keep deliberating after they say they've been unable to reach a verdict.

Here's what you need to know about the verdict in the 'NFL Sunday Ticket' trial and what's next

Jun. 28, 2024 09:59 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL has been found guilty of breaking antitrust laws in its distribution of out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on the “Sunday Ticket” premium subscription service. Even though the jury of five men and three women in a U.S. District Court awarded nearly...