A Florida man will spend the next 45 years in prison for the murder of his 64-year-old mother during a home burglary that turned deadly in August 2024. John Jacob Aylor, 39, received his sentence on Monday from Hillsborough County Circuit Judge G. Gregory Green after pleading guilty to second-degree murder with a weapon and...
The United States Supreme Court revealed deep divisions among its conservative members Wednesday in a case involving an Army specialist who was severely injured during a Taliban suicide bombing at a military base in Afghanistan. The court ruled 6-3 that former Army specialist Winston T. Hencely could proceed with his lawsuit against a military contractor...
A 29-year-old Kansas man faces first-degree murder charges following the fatal shooting of his estranged wife at a residential complex in Wichita. The victim, 25-year-old Ivy Unruh, died three days after sustaining a gunshot wound to her upper body during an early morning confrontation on April 17. Joshua Orlando was arrested at the Remington Apartments...
A 29-year-old Wisconsin man faces attempted murder charges after allegedly breaking into his former girlfriend’s home and attacking her and her new partner with a machete in the early morning hours of Monday. David Mairena-Garcia was arrested approximately three hours after the violent incident that left two people with serious injuries requiring immediate medical attention....
A 51-year-old Florida woman charged with fatally shooting both of her ex-husbands on the same day could face the death penalty, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Susan Avalon has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in two separate counties following the December 17, 2025 deaths of Timothy Flecher, 55, and David Scott, 54. The Hillsborough County State’s...
A 30-year-old Ohio father has been charged with murder following the death of his 4-month-old daughter, who prosecutors allege died after being suffocated through dangerous swaddling practices used as punishment. Marcellaus Nekie Malone was arrested and indicted on multiple charges including murder, involuntary manslaughter, domestic violence, and seven counts of child endangerment. The charges stem...
Three small businesses have initiated legal action against major credit card processors, alleging anticompetitive practices that force merchants to pay excessive transaction fees. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, targets the companies’ interchange fee structure, which the plaintiffs claim represents illegal price-fixing behavior. The lead plaintiff, Falafel Taco, operates a restaurant in Pleasantville,...
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday regarding whether Border Patrol agents in California’s Eastern District are likely to continue detaining individuals without reasonable suspicion of immigration violations. The case centers on a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court that restricts Border Patrol agents from stopping people without...
A federal court has finalized monetary settlements for 119 children whose families reported health complications following jet fuel contamination of drinking water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. The incident, which occurred in November 2021, affected approximately 93,000 people when petroleum products entered the Navy’s water distribution system. U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi approved...
A federal district court has issued an order requiring former President Donald Trump to explain within one week why civil discovery proceedings should not advance in consolidated lawsuits stemming from the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued the directive on Monday, giving Trump until April 29, 2026, to submit a...