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The man and woman accused of kidnapping 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar from a San Jose home last month were due in court Thursday and expected to enter pleas. Bob Redell reports.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty Tuesday by a judge in his Boston sexual misconduct trial. Batali is charged with indecent assault and battery over a 2017 incident at a Back Bay restaurant. Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton found Batali not guilty, saying the complaining witness had “credibility issues” and found there was not enough evidence to...

The celebrity chef is accused of forcibly kissing and groping a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017 after inviting her to take a selfie together.

The man who pleaded guilty to opening fire at a Hillcrest restaurant while employees and diners were inside was sentenced on Friday to 49 years in prison.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy accidentally fired a gun inside a courtroom last month, potentially injuring a colleague and prompting an internal investigation.

“Love and Hip Hop: Miami” star Prince, whose real name is Christopher Harty, was arrested after allegedly punching his girlfriend in the mouth. Harty was visibly emotional during his appearance before a judge in Miami-Dade County.

Joe Exotic, the subject of the Netflix docuseries ’Tiger King’, will be resentenced in his murder-for-hire case after an appeals court vacated his original sentence.

Days after a judge in Stanislaus County ruled that convicted killer Scott Peterson would no longer face the death penalty, Peterson appeared in San Mateo County court via Zoom on Tuesday to request new defense counsel for his sentencing hearing. Bob Redell reports.

A federal appeals court has upheld a $25 million award against agribusiness giant Monsanto in a lawsuit that alleged a California man developed cancer from exposure to its Roundup weed killer

Court officials across the country say a low turnout of people summoned to jury duty is derailing plans to restart trials for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began

Legal documents, which include the names of domestic violence victims and children caught in custody battles, have been left unmonitored in open boxes for weeks inside the lobby of the San Francisco Superior Courthouse, despite state laws that require the court to keep such information private. NBC Bay Area investigative reporter Bigad Shaban reports.

Legal documents, which include the names of domestic violence victims and children caught in custody battles, have been left unmonitored in open boxes for weeks inside the lobby of the San Francisco Superior Courthouse, despite state laws that require the court to keep such information private. NBC Bay Area investigative reporter Bigad Shaban reports.

Legal documents, which include the names of domestic violence victims and children caught in custody battles, have been left unmonitored in open boxes for weeks inside the lobby of the San Francisco Superior Courthouse, despite state laws that require the court to keep such information private.

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an aspiring actress.

A New York jury found former Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein guilty of third-degree rape in the case of Jessica Mann and guilty of first-degree criminal sexual assault in the case of Mimi Haleyi, acquitting him of the two most serious counts of predatory sex assault. Those two counts of predatory sex assault, which carried a max sentence of life…

Jury selection resumed Monday at the trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has pleaded not guilty to charges he raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulted another in 2006. The initial screening process, now on its fifth day, has been stymied by a host of challenges and distractions, including repeatedly denied requests from…

A substitute teacher in Texas was fired and arrested Friday after a video showing her allegedly assaulting a high school sophomore was posted online, NBC News reported. The teacher, Tiffani Shadell Lankford, 32, was charged with aggravated assault after the incident occurred at Lehman High School in the city of Kyle, south of Austin, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office said....

Santa Rosa police arrested a man on suspicion of kidnapping and punching a woman at her home in northwest Santa Rosa early Thursday morning.

“Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton is in a coma at a Los Angeles hospital eight days after suffering a major stroke, court papers filed Thursday showed. The 51-year-old director’s condition was revealed in a court filing from his mother, Shelia Ward, who is requesting she be immediately appointed his temporary conservator to make medical and financial decisions for...

The man charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2019.