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Model charged in stabbing death in the Bronx
NEW YORK (AP) — A model who has appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Levi’s has been formally charged in the stabbing death of a man in New York City, prosecutors said Saturday. Dynus Saxon was arraigned in Bronx criminal court late Friday in connection with the Nov. 10...
California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life without parole in prison. Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced in a Southern California courtroom at the end of an all-day...
Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Venezuelan man "went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a prosecutor said Friday. A defense attorney said the evidence is circumstantial and doesn't prove his...
Recalled California DA charges county jail staff in 2021 in-custody death of inmate
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area district attorney recalled in the Nov. 5 election filed criminal charges this week against 11 former and current staff of a county jail for the 2021 in-custody death of a man who was left unchecked in his cell for days. Alameda County...
Texas inmate Melissa Lucio is 'actually innocent' of killing daughter, judge says
HOUSTON (AP) — Efforts to free Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter, were significantly bolstered after a judge concluded that she is “actually innocent” of capital murder. Senior State...
A man charged in a deadly 2022 shooting rampage in Memphis is set to stand trial in July
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man who faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and left three people dead and three others wounded will face trial in July, a judge said Friday. Ezekiel Kelly has pleaded not guilty to...
Man and four teenagers convicted of murdering two boys in mistaken identity case
LONDON (AP) — Four teenagers and an adult male were convicted in a British court on Friday of stabbing two boys to death in a case of mistaken identity -- killings that shocked a country already anxious about knife crime. Mason Rist, aged 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were chased down and...
Judge sets April trial for 3 former officers charged with murder in Tyre Nichols' beating
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols will go on trial in April, a judge decided Friday. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith have pleaded not guilty to state charges of second-degree murder in the...
Tech consultant spars with the prosecutor over details of the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant charged with murder in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death sparred with the lead prosecutor at trial Thursday, interrupting questions asked of him with his own questions as he was grilled on his testimony. Nima Momeni, 40, had to be...
Former Marine misused a combat technique in fatal chokehold of NYC subway rider, trainer testifies
NEW YORK (AP) — When Daniel Penny wrapped his arm around the neck of a homeless man on a Manhattan subway last year, the 25-year-old veteran appeared to be deploying a non-lethal chokehold long drilled into U.S. Marines. Done right, the maneuver should knock a person out without...
