Hearing to determine whether a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is scheduled for one month later
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday scheduled Aug. 21 for a hearing to determine whether Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder...
Woman killed by homeless man, police say
A 74-year-old woman was pushed into a moving BART train at Powell Street Station and killed Monday night, BART police said. Shortly after the incident,...
Two Evansville-area men on death row as Indiana considers executions
EVANSVILLE – After a 15-year hiatus, the state of Indiana plans to resume executions by lethal injection – but there is no information on when...
Woman arrested in connection with death of South Carolina teenager
More than four months after South Carolina teenager Maylashia Hogg and her unborn child were found dead, a woman has been arrested, authorities announced Monday....
Talentless Nashville hopeful helps solve Kevin Hughes murder
This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about the murder of Kevin Hughes in 1989, a country music chart director who knew too...
Shooter reprimanded, lawsuit dismissed after killing in Erie-area strip club
Corey R. Kendig sued a state police trooper after Kendig was found not guilty in the fatal shooting outside Partners Tavern in Harborcreek in 2020....
Bail and the death penalty are the focus of Delaware lawmakers at the end of the session
The final days of the General Assembly included discussions on the death penalty, police confiscation of private money, and reform of Delaware’s bail system. Meanwhile,...
Pakistani court sentences Christian to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to death for allegedly spreading hateful content against Muslims on social media after...
Pennsylvania mother faces manslaughter charges after newborn baby died from window
A Pennsylvania woman and the father of her newborn child have been arrested nearly four months after police accused her of throwing the newborn out...
Former Missouri prison guards plead not guilty to murder of black man
Four former Missouri guards have pleaded not guilty to the December prison killing of a black man, and a fifth has pleaded not guilty to...