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December 08, 2018

Virginia city seeks healing after man's murder conviction

Civil rights activists in this Virginia city say they hope the first-degree-murder conviction of a man who drove into a group ...

December 08, 2018

Man who drove into crowd convicted of first-degree murder

A man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted Friday of ...

December 07, 2018

Michigan's medical chief to stand trial on Flint charges

Michigan's chief medical executive will stand trial on involuntary manslaughter and other charges in a criminal investigation ...

December 07, 2018

Suicide recorded on cell phone sends Utah man to prison

A Utah man who helped a teenager kill herself and filmed the act to fulfill what prosecutors called a fascination with death ...

December 07, 2018

Indiana man pleads guilty to 1988 killing of 8-year-old girl

An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to the 1988 abduction, rape and killing of an 8-year-old Fort Wayne girl. John D.

December 07, 2018

Tennessee electrocutes second inmate in 2 months

A Tennessee inmate became the second person to die in the state's electric chair in just over a month Thursday, nearly two ...

December 07, 2018

The Latest: Tennessee inmate's last words barely heard

The Latest on an execution in Tennessee (all times local): 8:15 p.m. The final words of a man executed in Tennessee almost ...

December 07, 2018

Jury set to deliberate murder case in 2017 fatal car ramming

A prosecutor told a jury Thursday that James Alex Fields Jr. had hate and violence in his mind when he deliberately drove his ...

December 07, 2018

Feds won't pursue third trial against Border Patrol agent

Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they will not seek a third trial for a Border Patrol agent who has been acquitted twice ...

December 06, 2018

2 deadly shootings send a chill through black gun owners

Gun-rights advocates like to say, "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun." Some black gun ...

December 06, 2018

Riots sweep Athens on anniversary of teen's shooting death

Protesters in Athens set up a massive burning barricade and pelted riot police with firebombs and rocks Thursday on the 10th ...

December 06, 2018

Border agent indicted for capital murder in 4 Texas deaths

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers told investigators he wanted to "clean up the streets" ...

December 06, 2018

Charges: Woman shot ex's girlfriend after drawing him away

A woman drew her ex-husband outside his apartment with a message about dropping off cold medicine for their 3-year-old twins, ...

December 05, 2018

Costa Ricans arrest resort guard in death of Florida woman

A security guard at a Costa Rica Airbnb rental villa was arrested in the death of a Florida woman who was remembered by ...

December 05, 2018

Man says he will prove he didn't kill Michael Jordan's dad

For more than 25 years, the man identified as the triggerman in the death of Michael Jordan's father has repeatedly declared ...

December 04, 2018

Sheriff: Woman kills jail escapee who kicks in her door

An inmate who had escaped minutes earlier from a county jail in South Carolina was shot and killed by a woman after he kicked ...

December 04, 2018

Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in West Bank clash

Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian man during a military operation in the West Bank city of ...

December 04, 2018

Exam: Black man killed by officer shot 3 times in back

A forensic examination shows a black man was shot three times in the back side of his body when an Alabama police officer ...

December 04, 2018

APNewsBreak: Settlement reached in infamous "Norfolk 4" case

The city of Norfolk has agreed to pay $4.9 million to four former sailors who were wrongly convicted of a woman's rape and ...