A bribery trial starts this week for a Washington, D.C., Council member accused of accepting cash from an associate in exchange for using his elected position to help extend city contracts for the associate’s businesses. A jury was scheduled to hear attorneys’ opening statements on Tuesday for Trayon White’s trial on one count of bribery. White has pleaded not guilty to the charge and denies breaking the law. White was arrested in 2024 on a charge that he accepted over $150,000 in bribes in exchange for pressuring D.C. employees to extend city contracts for violence intervention services.
Prosecutors in California say they won’t pursue the death penalty for Rob Reiner’s son Nick in the killing of his parents. Nick Reiner was charged Dec. 16 with first-degree murder in the stunning killings of the 78-year-old actor-director Rob Reiner and his 70-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner in their Los Angeles home two days earlier. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday it was deferring the death penalty decision. Nick Reiner has yet to enter a plea, but his former attorney said that under the laws of California, he is not guilty of murder.
LONDON (AP) — An English judge issued a scathing report Tuesday blaming dysfunctional management and a “complete failure at all levels” to pro…
Hisham Awartani testifies in court during Jason Eaton's trial in Chttenden Superior criminal court in Burlington, Vt., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (Glenn Russell/Pool photo via AP)
A man arrested in the hanging death of a 29-year-old Black woman in Mississippi has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson last month, and police said Friday that they had charged 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff, who is also Black, in her death. During Ratliff's initial court appearance Monday, he pleaded not guilty and the judge denied him bond. No motive has been given for the killing. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney told reporters last week that there was an “association” between the victim and suspect, but she didn't elaborate.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury on Friday found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's parliament said Friday that it's suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant p…
Presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro rides on a man's shoulders during his campaign rally at the site where his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was injured by a stabbing attack in 2018, in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children. Her trial ended in a mistrial. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues prosecutors failed to prove Clancy was criminally responsible and that the case should not be tried twice. Eleven of 12 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. Clancy’s defense said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed her children in 2023. Prosecutors said she knew what she was doing. If the judge grants the motion, Clancy would not face another trial.
An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children. And a media outlet controlled by Iran-backed Houthi re…