WHITEWATER, Wis. — A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shooting of a national gymnastics champion in his apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. Chad Richards made an initial appearance Friday via video in Walworth County Court. Kara Welsh, 21, suffered multiple gunshot wounds following an altercation Aug. … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal. The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeks to overturn a regulation that … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump comments as he leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane | Via Reuters Former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal hush … Read more
Image: Scott Olson (Getty Images) You’d have to be a special kind of dumb to steal from your own job. It looks like a Canadian car salesman may be just that kind of dumb after he was arrested for using fraud to buy cars from his own dealership. 2025 Volkswagen Jetta SEL Offers A Lot … Read more
Spared from prosecution in Britain on Thursday, Harvey Weinstein now faces the prospect of a new indictment in New York, where prosecutors retrying the disgraced movie mogul’s rape case are taking steps to potentially charge him with up to three additional sex assaults. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service, which authorized two charges of indecent assault against … Read more
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised to those affected by London’s Grenfell Tower disaster on behalf of the British state for the string of failures that led to the fatal fire. He told Parliament the survivors, bereaved families and the community around Grenfell had been “let down very badly” before, during and after the fire … Read more
A woman who was allegedly raped by dozens of strangers after being drugged by her own husband is facing them all at trial, which began in France this week. Gisèle Pélicot, 72, waived her legal right to anonymity on Monday at the opening of the trial of her husband Dominique Pélicot, 71, and 50 other … Read more
German police have exchanged fire with a man in the city of Munich, fatally wounding the suspect in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history and the Israeli consulate. Officers were alerted to a person carrying a “long gun” in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich, on Thursday morning. There was then … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik As Pennsylvania police announced double homicide charges against a woman for a fatal March DUI crash, they mentioned she was using some of the driver-assistance functions that can be found in her car, a Ford Mustang Mach-E. State and federal investigators say the woman’s crossover struck a stationary vehicle of … Read more
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall hosted by Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 4, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The federal criminal election interference case against Donald Trump resumed in Washington, D.C., on Thursday after a nearly year-long delay related to arguments on … Read more
