SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to request help,…
Read more Former Illinois deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey faces up to 20 years in prisonNEW YORK — Halena Herrera can’t cross a street without thinking about the pickup truck that barreled toward her, killing her best friend and three other people, at…
Read more Drunk driver gets 24 years to life in prison for killing 4 people at July 4 barbecue in NYC parkWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime…
Read more Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone usersJACKSON, Miss. — A man handed an illegal prison sentence years longer than the maximum penalty for his crime has been granted clemency by Mississippi’s governor, weeks after…
Read more Mississippi man serving an illegal sentence granted clemency, weeks after his brotherANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of veteran journalist Fatih Altayli from prison pending the outcome of his appeal against a conviction for…
Read more Court orders release of prominent Turkish journalist from prison pending appealNEW YORK — Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and…
Read more Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argumentMADISON, Wis. — Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers raised alarms Friday about judicial independence and…
Read more Advocates raise alarms after Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of obstructionA former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts “as if they were…
Read more Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts gets 8-year prison termBUCHAREST, Romania — American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year…
Read more US rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced by Romanian court to 9 months for drug possessionNEW YORK (AP) — Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be…
Read more Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraudWASHINGTON — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of…
Read more Fugees rapper sentenced to prison over illegal donations to Obama campaignA former Customs and Border Protection officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into…
Read more Former customs officer sentenced to 15 years for helping drug traffickersLONDON (AP) — A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi…
Read more Chinese ‘cryptoqueen’ who scammed thousands jailed in UK over Bitcoin stash worth $6.6 billionLONDON — A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme…
Read more China’s ‘cryptoqueen’ jailed in UK over $6.6 billion Bitcoin scamFOLSOM, Calif. — Two California prison officers were hospitalized after an alleged attack by an incarcerated man, and authorities are investigating it as an attempted homicide, officials said…
Read more 2 California prison officers hurt in alleged attack by inmateNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been transferred to a prison in New Jersey to serve out the remainder of his four-year prison…
Read more Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs transferred to prison to serve prostitution-related sentenceANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced the owner of a ski resort hotel and 10 others to life in prison after convicting them of severe…
Read more Turkish court sentences hotel owner and 10 others to life for deadly fire that killed 78NEW YORK — A plot to assassinate Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two purported…
Read more 2 men face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian American journalistTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law,…
Read more Matriarch sentenced to life in prison for hired killing of her ex-son-in-lawLOUISVILLE, Ky. — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police detective convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid is expected to report to…
Read more Judge denies request by ex-detective convicted in Breonna Taylor raid to delay prison