3 h. ago Lawsuit accuses former Los Angeles Lakers star Byron Scott of sexually assaulting teen girl in 1987

A woman is suing former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott, accusing him of sexually assaulting her during a team event at a high school in 1987, when he was 26 and she was 15

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7 h. ago AI version of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court – video

Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021. Three-and-a-half years later, Pelkey appeared in an Arizona court to address his killer. Sort of. 'To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me, it is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances,' says a video recording of Pelkey. 'In another life, we probably could have been friends.' Pelkey continues: 'I believe in forgiveness, and a God who forgives. I always have, and I still do.' Pelkey was 37 years old, devoutly religious and an army combat veteran. Horcasitas shot Pelkey at a red light in 2021 after Pelkey exited his vehicle and walked back towards Horcasitas’s car. Pelkey’s appearance from beyond the grave was made possible by artificial intelligence in what could be the first use of AI to deliver a victim impact statement.AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court through AI

Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of himChris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021.Three-and-a-half years later, Pelkey appeared in an Arizona court to address his killer. Sort of. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court

Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of himChris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021.Three-and-a-half years later, Pelkey appeared in an Arizona court to address his killer. Sort of. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Michigan school shooter loses appeal in bid to withdraw guilty plea in 4 deaths

A Michigan court says it won’t accept an appeal from a school shooter who was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for killing four students and wounding others

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32 h. ago Lawyer signals teen accused in Georgia school shooting that killed 4 is likely to plead guilty

A lawyer says the teen accused of killing four people in a shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School is moving toward pleading guilty

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43 h. ago Lawsuit planned over Florida deputy's shooting of US airman who was killed in his own home

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he will file a lawsuit against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others in the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson

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49 h. ago Boston councilwoman pleads guilty to federal corruption charges in a kickback scheme

A Boston city councilor has plead guilty to federal corruption charges, after prosecutors accused her of taking most of an inflated bonus that she paid to a relative who worked for her

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49 h. ago Bail is set at $2 million for a man charged with killing four people in Minneapolis

The father of one of four people killed in a mass shooting that shook the Native American community in Minneapolis says it will take a long time to heal

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58 h. ago Three dead, five hurt after gunfire erupts at Arizona steakhouse: Police say no suspects in custody

Three people have been killed and and five others were injured in a shooting at a steakhouse in Glendale, Arizona, police have said.

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66 h. ago Man goes on trial accused of 8 killings in metro Phoenix in 2017

Lawyers are scheduled to make opening statements at the trial of a man charged with carrying out a string of shootings that killed eight people in the Phoenix area over a three-week span in 2017

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3 d. ago ‘Uninvited guest’ opened fire at Texas family party, killing one and wounding 14 others, police say

One person was killed and 14 others were wounded after a shooting at a family party in Houston in the early hours of Sunday.

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3 d. ago Father of teen fatally shot by Cincinnati police allegedly kills officer with his car

Man who became distraught after viewing footage of the fatal shooting of his son crashed into officer the next day, authorities sayThe distraught father of an 18-year-old shot and killed by police in Cincinnati allegedly killed a police officer with his car less than 24 hours after the death of his son.The double killing has shocked the Ohio city amid ongoing concerns about American law enforcement’s involvement in lethal encounters with citizens. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nashville school shooter who killed 1 student and himself had brandished a box cutter at school

A Nashville high school student who fatally shot a classmate before killing himself in January was on probation after threatening a student with a box cutter three months earlier

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5 d. ago Death metal guitarist killed in police shootout after ‘tree dispute’ with neighbor turned violent

San Francisco cops say the suspect, later identified as Brian Montana, died after opening fire at officers

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5 d. ago A fourth person dies from Minneapolis mass shooting and the suspect is charged with murder

Police say a fourth person has died as a result of a mass shooting in Minneapolis in which investigators believe a fifth person was killed in retaliation

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6 d. ago Man predicted own murder in chilling Facebook post one day before he was tied up and shot

Sean Pfeffer, 45, said 'I hope you shoot me' in a furious Facebook post about his alleged killer just a day before his body was found in the back of a pickup truck in California's Santa Cruz Mountains

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7 d. ago Teen accused of assaulting and robbing elderly woman was on parole for a murder he committed four years earlier

The 18-year-old was released on parole in December after robbing and killing someone in 2021

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7 d. ago Swedish police arrest teenager after three killed in Uppsala shootings

The victims who have yet to be identified are aged between 15 and 20 years old

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7 d. ago Swedish police apprehend murder suspect after three killed in Uppsala shootings

Swedish police said on Wednesday they have apprehended a suspect following a shooting in which three people were killed in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday.

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