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 20-year-old man from Sedgwick County, Kansas, has been sentenced to 74 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend in May 2024. Matthew Criscenzo was convicted in February of premeditated first-degree murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and aggravated battery in the death of 20-year-old Naomi Oglesby. The incident occurred at Criscenzo’s father’s...
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...
Two additional suspects have been charged in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a tote along a Pennsylvania river, expanding the scope of an investigation that has already resulted in murder charges against the child’s foster parents. Theresa Marie Shipley, 63, the victim’s grandmother, and Sandra Lynn Umensetter,...
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District following the death of 12-year-old Khimberly Zavaleta, who died in February after what her family describes as a violent bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. The lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges that...
A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by FBI Director Kash Patel against a national security commentator, ruling that the disputed statements constituted rhetorical hyperbole rather than actionable defamation. U.S. District Judge George Hanks Jr. of the Southern District of Texas issued a 10-page decision on Tuesday dismissing the case. The ruling came...
A 64-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to 364 days of probation following a fatal golf cart accident that claimed the life of his 58-year-old wife last year. Angelo Theodosiou will also have his driver’s license suspended for six months after pleading no contest to driving under the influence charges. The incident occurred on November...
A federal judge in Seattle expressed skepticism Wednesday as sixteen states accused the U.S. Department of Education of attempting to circumvent a court order that blocked the cancellation of approximately $1 billion in school mental health grants. The controversy centers on funding allocated through the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program and the School-Based...