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Man killed in random knife attack at California steakhouse

A homeless man who randomly stabbed a patron in a crowded Southern California restaurant to death as he was holding his ...

Bill Cosby

Defense says schedules show Cosby wasn't around for assault

Jurors got a look Friday at Bill Cosby's travel records as his lawyers made the case that he never visited his suburban ...

Killing renews concerns for homeless Native Americans

The morning a homeless man was shot and killed in Albuquerque, police say surveillance videos showed him running down a ...

Woman faces upgraded charges in Missouri officer's death

A Missouri woman accused of dealing drugs from a home where an ex-convict fatally shot one police officer and wounded two ...

Nanny who killed kids while parents away convicted of murder

A once-trusted nanny who butchered two children in her care while their parents were away was convicted of murder by a jury ...

White woman charged in parking lot spat with black women

A 71-year-old white woman has been charged with battery after she and her son argued with two black female service members ...

Second mistrial in ex-Navy commander's attempted rape trial

A deadlocked jury led to a second mistrial Monday in the case of a former Navy commander charged with the attempted rape of ...

Michael Bever

Trial begins for Oklahoma accused of killing family members

Jury selection began Monday for the younger of two brothers accused of fatally stabbing their parents and three siblings ...

49ers: Foster to miss offseason program for legal issues

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster won't participate in the offseason program while he tends to legal matters ...

Bill Cosby

'Your friends': Constand tells Cosby jury of pills, assault

Bill Cosby's chief accuser sent jurors into the weekend with a stark portrait of the night she says the man she viewed as a ...

'Winnie!' South Africa bids farewell to Madikizela-Mandela

Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie ...

The Latest: White man charged for shooting at black teen

The Latest on a suburban Detroit man charged with shooting at a black teenager who knocked on his door (all times local): 3 p

Hindu nationalist lawmaker held after rape allegation

A governing Hindu nationalist party lawmaker was arrested on Friday after being accused of abducting and raping a teenage ...

Man who killed girlfriend in front of daughter gets life

A New Jersey man convicted of stabbing his girlfriend dozens of times in front of her young daughter and then pushing her ...

Reuben Foster

49ers' Reuben Foster charged in assault against girlfriend

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has been charged with felony domestic violence after being accused of dragging ...

Heather Locklear

Heather Locklear pleads not guilty to battery of deputies

Heather Locklear has pleaded not guilty to charges she attacked deputies who answered a domestic violence call at her ...

Nurse fired, arrested after patient dies at Texas hospital

A former nurse who was fired last month from a Texas hospital has been charged with murder in the death of a patient last ...

Thousands gather for memorial for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Emotional tributes to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela poured in on Wednesday during an hours-long memorial ...

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby lawyer attacks accuser as prosecutors build case

Bill Cosby's retrial took a far more combative turn Tuesday than the first go-round, as his lawyers launched a scathing ...

Reggaeton singer Kendo Kaponi arrested in Puerto Rico

Federal agents in Puerto Rico have arrested reggaeton singer Kendo Kaponi on charges of armed burglary and assault in Florida