A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late wife will no longer face the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday. Lori Vallow Daybell is scheduled to stand trial starting April 3. Both she and Chad Daybell — …
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The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, the California college student who disappeared in 1996 and whose body has never been found, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison. The sentencing of Paul Flores marks the culmination of a case that has drawn worldwide attention for …
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After over 40 years, authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder of a woman at a South Lake Tahoe campground in 1979, CBS Sacramento reports. Harold W. Carpenter, 63, was arrested after investigators found a DNA match for an unrelated crime in Washington state. He’s being held without bond …
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Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby …
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Police arrested a man accused of stealing a car and then crashing into a building in East Baltimore, causing it to partially collapse and kill one person while injuring five other people, CBS Baltimore reported. Police charged Shawn Lee Brunson, 33, on Friday with stolen auto, CBS Baltimore reported. Police said …
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The man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Southern Oregon last week died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an hours-long standoff, police confirmed Wednesday. Benjamin Foster was also suspected of killing two people in the days before his death, police revealed. Police discovered the site of …
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A woman was apprehended in northern New Jersey this week after allegedly using a forged birth certificate to enroll at a local high school, authorities said. The woman, identified as Hyejeong Shin, 29, faces a single, third-degree charge for providing a false government document with intent to verify age or …
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A suspect is in custody and an umbrella cockatoo has been rescued after it was stolen from the Steckel Park Bird Aviary in Santa Paula, California, officials said. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said the 35-year-old cockatoo, named Julie, is valued at $2,500. Police said caretakers at the aviary were …
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The man prosecutors call the “architect and mastermind” of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents who used their wealth and privilege to buy their kids’ way into top-tier schools was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday. The punishment for Rick …
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Denver — Two women who say a male nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colorado hospital where they were being treated, alleging the hospital’s management didn’t do enough to prevent the abuse. The lawsuit – which is proposed as …
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