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“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...

A San Diego woman will stand trial for allegedly running over and killing a co-worker and friend who tried to keep her from driving drunk.

A transient accused of assaulting a woman outside her San Francisco condo is expected to be back in court Tuesday morning.

Purdue Pharma gets its day in court Tuesday after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy and negotiated a potential multi-billion dollar settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits. An initial hearing will be held in federal court in White Plains, New York, for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Purdue filed for bankruptcy protection late Sunday, the first step in a plan...

Santa Rosa police have arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman at Howarth Park two weeks ago.

A homeless man accused of attacking a woman outside her San Francisco condo has been denied bail, a judge ruled Thursday.

A Michigan man has been charged with murder after investigators concluded he spiked his wife’s bowl of cereal with heroin.

A case against a San Francisco transient accused of assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats is set to be dismissed on Wednesday, the Office of the San Francisco Public Defender said.

Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that has kept him on probation or in prison for most of his adult life. The negotiated plea comes after an appeals court threw out his conviction last month over doubts about the arresting officer’s credibility. The 32-year-old rapper, born Robert...

Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to possessing a firearm without a license in a move that spared him a retrial and additional prison time.
The plea ended a decadelong legal battle that garnered national attention and became a symbol for criminal justice reform.

A San Francisco transient caught on security video attacking a woman outside her condominium lobby nine days ago was back in court Tuesday facing new charges, and this time, he will remain in jail.

The estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, the suburban Connecticut mother of five now missing for more than two weeks, and his girlfriend pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with her disappearance Tuesday, as prosecutors unveiled new forensic information for the first time in several days.

A U.S. attorney’s office news release says the device was placed at the hospital near Tampa on May 29 as the FBI, Tampa police and other law enforcement agencies responded.

The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a new element of uncertainty into the Trump-Russia investigation. On Tuesday, a day after prosecutors accused Manafort of repeatedly lying to them, trashing his agreement to tell all...

A man accused of killing his parents at their San Jose home back in 2016 has been found guilty of murder in the first degree after lying in wait.

A former New Mexico priest, who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse and once blamed his behavior on a cancer diagnosis which prosecutors say he didn’t have, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Arthur Perrault is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque for a detention hearing as prosecutors seek to hold...

A man facing murder charges for allegedly killing his parents at their San Jose home back in 2016 plans to represent himself when his trial kicks off, according to an official with the Santa Clara County court system.

Michael Cohen is sticking his hand out and asking the public for help paying for his legal defense, and one anonymous donor already has ponied up $50,000....
Through his lawyer, Donald Trump’s former “fixer” says collecting contributions through a GoFundMe page set up after his guilty plea this week is the only way to ensure the truth comes out about the...

A Colorado man told a judge he understood he has been charged with killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters and then hiding their bodies in an oil field as his father-in-law sobbed in the courtroom Tuesday. Christopher Watts, wearing an orange jail suit and cuffed at the wrists and ankle, stoically answered, “Yes sir,” as District Judge Marcelo...