9 d. ago Judge rejects Kohberger’s request to delay quadruple student murder trial

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho judge says he won’t postpone the quadruple murder trial of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler made the ruling Thursday, telling Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys that jury selection will begin in August and opening arguments will likely be held […]

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1 week ago Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding can be cut by states: Supreme Court

The ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court closes off Planned Parenthood's primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: lawsuits from patients.

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1 week ago Murder trial: Lam sisters tried to escape mother's abuse for years, jury hears

Chanh Huynh, their brother, testified Monday through a Cantonese interpreter that his sisters travelled to Vietnam sometime before the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid their mother.

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1 week ago Pair to stand trial for murder and attempted murder over deadly encounter east of Calgary

Elijah Blake Strawberry and Arthur Wayne Penner will stand trial on charges of second-degree murder and attempted murder

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2 w. ago Lam sisters called family for help amid alleged abuse before killing their mother, court hears

Defence lawyers told the courtroom the older brothers will testify to decades of abuse against the Lam sisters by their mother.

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2 w. ago Federal Court closes door on safety in Canada for fleeing Afghan advisors’ families

'I was a Canadian citizen. I went there and people found out that I work with Canadian forces, so they targeted my family members there'

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2 w. ago Murder trial video shows Lam sister confessing to killing to clear conscience

Sisters Chau Lam and Hue Ai Lam are facing first-degree murder charges in relation to their mother's, Kieu Lam, murder on Oct. 31, 2022. 

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2 w. ago Jury deliberations begin in murder trial for man accused of killing Pat Stay

After weeks of testimony, a jury has begun deliberating in the second-degree murder trial of Adam Drake, who is accused of fatally stabbing rapper Pat Stay.

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2 w. ago Murder trial: Mother would 'constantly' abuse us, Lam sister claimed

Chau Kanh Lam and her sister, Hue Ai Lam, face first-degree murder charges in relation to the death of their mother, Kieu Lam

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2 w. ago Adam Drake’s lawyer delivers closing arguments, asks jury to avoid ‘outside noise’

Adam Drake, 34, is accused of fatally stabbing rapper Pat Stay inside a Halifax bar in 2022 and is charged with second-degree murder.

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2 w. ago HUNTER: Why was accused sex worker killer let out of prison?

Christopher Dunlop pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a 2009 death and is now on trial for the 2023 murder of a woman

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2 w. ago Jury in Karen Read retrial in death of police officer boyfriend deliberating

DEDHAM, Mass. — The jury returned Monday for its first full day of deliberations in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend in a case that has generated more than three years of heated debate. Jurors began deliberations late last week, more than a month […]

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3 w. ago Michigan couple, believing prayer would cure baby, gets at least 20 years for child’s death

A religious Michigan couple were each sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for the murder of their baby girl after they chose prayer over urgent medical care. A jury found Joshua Piland, 44, and Rachel Piland, 38, guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse following a trial in March, ending an eight-year […]

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3 w. ago Pat Stay murder trial: Tensions rise in and out of court as closing arguments begin

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury has heard closing arguments from the Crown in Adam Drake's second-degree murder trial.

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3 w. ago Pat Stay killing: Tensions spill outside as Adam Drake murder trial nears the end

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury has heard closing arguments from in Adam Drake's second-degree murder trial, starting on Friday with the Crown.

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3 w. ago 'Struck by a shovel': Murder trial hears more about alleged abuse by mother

Chau Kanh Lam and Hue Ai Lam are on trial for first-degree murder in the death of their mother, Kieu Lam, on Oct. 31, 2022.

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3 w. ago Attorneys close Karen Read’s murder trial by arguing if it was love gone wrong or a police cover

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers in the murder trial of Karen Read began giving their closing arguments Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim that a cast of tight-knit Boston area law enforcement killed a fellow […]

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3 w. ago Spain’s prime minister asks nation for forgiveness after high court investigates a close confidant

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday asked the nation for forgiveness after a close confidant in his Socialist Party was put under investigation for his alleged participation in a kickback scheme. The damaging case is the latest legal scandal — none of which have gone beyond the preliminary investigation phase — […]

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3 w. ago 'She hit me': Lam sister claimed abuse by mom, murder trial hears

Chau Kanh Lam and Hue Ai Lam face first-degree murder charges in the death of their mother, Kieu Lam, on Oct. 31, 2022.

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3 w. ago U.S. orders nonessential staffers, families to leave its Mideast embassies as tensions rise

'They are being moved out, because it could be a dangerous place, and we'll see what happens,' U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday

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