61 h. ago Suspect in Trump assassination attempt veers off topic and forfeits opening statement at trial

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A suspect on trial for trying to assassinate President Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year forfeited his right to continue making an opening statement on Thursday when he veered off topic and talked about Adolf Hitler and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Ryan Routh, who […]

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63 h. ago Trial starts for man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump

U.S. prosecutors allege Routh hid with a rifle near the sixth hole green at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach intending to kill Trump as he golfed.

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3 d. ago Jury selected in trial of man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A jury was selected Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida. The panel of 12 jurors and four alternates was sworn in on the third day of jury selection at the federal courthouse in Fort […]

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4 d. ago Trial starts for trucker accused of smuggling cocaine, heroin across border

A trial finally got underway Monday in Sarnia involving a Brampton truck driver charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin.

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5 d. ago Accused Chinatown stabber’s trial will hinge on mental state on day of attack: Crown

Blair Donnelly pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault as his trial began at the Vancouver Supreme Court on Monday.

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5 d. ago Quebec mom accused of abandoning her child in rural Ontario to stand trial next week

The mother has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child.

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5 d. ago Criminal negligence trial begins for Alberta couple accused of letting senior 'slowly' die after fall

Simmons was 76 and lived with what the Crown described as mobility issues

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1 week ago Judge allows advanced DNA evidence in Gilgo Beach serial killing trial

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killer. New York State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei made the decision Wednesday but didn’t explain the ruling at a brief hearing in […]

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1 week ago ‘Star’ French doctor accused of fatally poisoning 12 patients goes on trial

BESANCON, France — A French doctor goes on trial next week accused of intentionally poisoning 30 child and adult patients, 12 of whom died, in an alleged attempt to show off his resuscitation skills and discredit co-workers. Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anesthetist at two clinics in the eastern city of Besancon, when patients […]

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2 w. ago Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. released from prison in Mexico, awaiting trial over alleged cartel ties

MEXICO CITY — Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was released Sunday from a prison in northern Mexico where he was sent in August after being deported from the United States. The boxer, son of Mexican boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez, is awaiting trial on accusations of involvement with cartels and illegally trafficking arms into Mexico. […]

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3 w. ago Judge reserves decision on accused Lapu Lapu Day attacker’s fitness to stand trial

Kai-Ji Adam Lo is charged with 11 counts of second-degree murder in the vehicle ramming at the April 26 Lapu Lapu Day Filipino street festival.

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3 w. ago Surrey gangster accused of drug smuggling around the globe agrees to U.S. trial delay

Surrey gangster Opinder Singh Sian, who is linked to the Brothers Keepers gang, was arrested in Nevada and is charged with conspiracy to export methamphetamine

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3 w. ago Jury selection to begin in trial of matriarch charged with arranging Daniel Markel’s death

Donna Adelson is accused of arranging the 2014 killing of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel

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