In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Los Angeles prosecutors said this week they are taking another look at the case.
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An appeals court sided with Uber, ruling a couple can't sue over a near-fatal car crash because they had agreed to Uber's arbitration clause. Their lawyer is worried about a "slippery slope."
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People in the courtroom wept as the footage was shown during a preliminary hearing for former Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, who is charged with first-degree murder.
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Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is suddenly drying up in many parts of the U.S. and fatal overdoses are dropping.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Wednesday that the man suspected of shooting a CMPD officer during a traffic stop has died.Nelson Javier Funez Reyes, 37, died at a local hospital. He was wounded in the shooting Sunday evening, after police pulled him over on Arrowood Road. He was suspected of involvement in an assault shortly beforehand.
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It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. A Republican-backed ad is making an accusation against Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, who is running for governor.
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In addition to attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate, Routh was charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and assaulting a federal officer.
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Erik Menendez said the character portrayals of him and his brother were "vile and appalling." The creator Ryan Murpy responded that it is "the best thing that has happened" to the brothers in decades.
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New data released by the FBI show violent crime and property crime both fell in 2023 compared to the previous year.
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The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at his golf course a week ago in Florida had a pre-trial detention hearing. The judge denied bail for Ryan Routh.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are investigating after one officer was shot and another injured Sunday night. CMPD says they responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call and stopped a car they believed to be involved at about 7:30pm on east Arrowood Road in south Charlotte.
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Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice Department said it got more complaints regarding similar instances by the deputies.
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Neighbors in Greensboro say Ryan Routh, the man accused of pointing a rifle at the golf course where Donald Trump was playing, wasn't someone they knew well. But he was well-known to law enforcement.