5 h. ago Aspiring rapper who killed seven people in July 4 parade shooting in Illinois pleads guilty to 69 charges

The trial of Robert E. Crimo III, 23, began February 24 and was expected to last about a month with testimony from survivors and police

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3 d. ago Two priests 'plotted to assassinate' top Russian bishop known as Putin's personal 'confessor'

Clerics Denis Popovich, 27, and Nikita Ivankovich, 28, have been held by the Russian FSB security service and face life in prison if found guilty of terrorism charges

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4 d. ago Andrew Tate 'leaves Romania' with brother after being held on rape and trafficking charges

Outspoken 'misogynist' Tate, along with brother Tristan, were facing more than 10 years behind bars if found guilty. Both had strongly denied the charges against them. The siblings were arrested by Romanian authorities three years ago.

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6 d. ago Ugly Betty star Eric Mabius pleads not guilty to battery charges after violent  brawl with 2 women in Florida bar

Ugly Betty star Eric Mabius has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor charges after he was arrested last week following a violent bar brawl with two women in Florida.

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6 d. ago Missouri woman to change not guilty plea in plot to sell Graceland in a foreclosure sale

Court records show that a Missouri woman is changing her not guilty plea to federal charges that she designed a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale

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1 week ago Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author

The British-American novelist was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the August 2022 attack. Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty to the charges

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1 week ago Missouri man who pleaded guilty in shooting of Black teen at wrong door dies

Andrew Lester, who is white, was charged with assault after Ralph Yarl, who survived, rang doorbell by mistake in 2023An 86-year-old Missouri man died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.Andrew Lester of Kansas City had been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then 16-year-old, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M. Before his trial was scheduled to begin, Lester had pleaded guilty on Friday to a lesser charge of second-degree assault, which carries up to seven years behind bars. He had been scheduled to be sentenced on 7 March. Continue reading...

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