TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo "married" the underage girls he allegedly forced into sex, exchanging wedding vows and rings, prosecutors said. Prosecutors made the claim as lawyers met Friday with U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes about Alamo's trial, ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A celebrity photographer who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order. Adnan ...Read More
Attorneys for Casey Anthony say they have new evidence that could indicate she didn't kill her two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, and instead could implicate the man who helped police find Caylee's remains. Casey is awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges. She's ...Read More
Updated at 8:40 a.m. EST As Italian prosecutors began their closing arguments Friday in the trial of an Amanda Knox, the American student accused of killing her British roommate more than two yearsago, her parents are confident she'll be found innocent. "If ...Read More
Italian prosecutors in the trial of two people accused of killing British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 have begun their closing arguments. US student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito both deny murdering Miss Kercher in Perugia. Both have been ...Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. Albert Perkins, 40, admitted Thursday that he stole more than $3,100 from First ...Read More
RICHMOND, Va.—Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Derek Tice was one of four ...Read More
BALTIMORE -- A judge in Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's theft trial told jurors they must stop deliberating and asking questions after he dismisses them for the day.
Visiting Judge Dennis Sweeney sent the panel home Thursday afternoon. Members will return Friday.
Jurors ...Read More
Police in Germany and abroad have made several arrests and conducted searches on suspicion of aninternational illegal betting ring allegedly fixing matches in top European leagues, Bochum prosecutors announced on Thursday.
It was not immediately clear how many people and in ...Read More
NEW YORK — A New York jury which has been considering racketeering charges against John "Junior" Gotti for more than a week has told a judge it's unable to agree on a verdict. The judge presiding over the trial in Manhattan ...Read More
A court summons will be served on the minister after a police investigation into an incident in which she was reported to have clipped a parked car in south-east London.
Prosecutors said on Thursday that there was “sufficient evidence” and that ...Read More
When summations begin Friday in the trial accusing Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate, prosecutors and defense attorneys will have the testimony of 130 witnesses and experts over the past eight months to highlight in order to prove the ...Read More
NEW YORK—An epileptic garbage truck driver in New York City who skipped his anti-seizure medication before crashing his truck and killing a British couple has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Auvryn (AW'-vrehn) Scarlett apologized as he was ...Read More
APJanet Jackson.By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael's drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene.
"You can't make 'em drink the water," Jackson ...Read More
Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that "failure is not an option" in the prosecution of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York City courtroom. But he also acknowledged that the Obama administration ...Read More
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Blessed with a Friday off school, 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug two holes in the ground to be used as a grave, authorities said. For the next week, she attended classes, all the while plotting the right ...Read More
BOSTON — A judge says a Massachusetts man accused in a terror plot to kill Americans will continue to be detained while he awaits trial, and separated from other inmates. Tarek Mehanna (TEH'-rek Meh-HAH'-nah) of Sudbury was arrested a year ago ...Read More
A federal magistrate judge has denied a request for release on bail from a Sudbury man accused of plotting terrorist acts, saying that there was a risk he would flee and that he posed a danger to the community.
Tarek Mehanna ...Read More
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors have begun investigating whether to charge ex-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and a photographer for a scuffle at Los Angeles International Airport. City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan (muh-TEL'-jan) says police on Tuesday handed his office a preliminary report ...Read More
BALTIMORE — Two of the seven charges against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon are being dropped.
A judge dismissed the charges Tuesday during the mayor's theft trial. Prosecutors claim Dixon used gift cards intended for the needy for personal shopping sprees.
The judge ...Read More
BOSTON—A Scottish man is facing charges after the Philadelphia-to-London flight he was on made an unscheduled stop in Boston because he was allegedly being belligerent and disruptive. A spokesman for Logan International Airport says John Alexander Murray of Glasgow was ...Read More
