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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court and later freedom
A plane believed to be carrying Julian Assange landed Tuesday in Bangkok.
Wife admits she tried to poison her veterinarian husband with his own stash of animal drugs
Amanda Alicia Chapin faces up to 12.5 years in prison after admitting that she tried to poison her husband, a veterinarian 20 years her senior, with euthanasia drugs he uses...
Party yacht doc who was busted with drugs, guns and 'prostitutes' in police raid ducks jail
Scott Anthony Burke was sentenced to one-year probation after he pleaded guilty to four charges stemming from his arrest in September 2023.
LI woman who fatally ran over mom who was mourning her slain daughter at memorial pleads guilty
Ann Marie Drago, 63, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the 2018 death of 50-year-old Evelyn Rodriguez at a memorial for her murdered teen daughter.
Former GOP congressional candidate accepts plea for destroying Satanic display
Michael Cassidy, a Navy Reserve veteran from Mississippi, pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor criminal mischief as part of a plea agreement to have the felony hate crime charge dropped.
Farm boy's cause of death revealed as 'killer squatter' pleads guilty to murder — month after skeletal remains were found
Brenner, 60, had been squatting in a trailer on farmland near Rounds' property in the small desert community of Lucin near the Utah-Nevada border.
Sadistic teen pleads guilty to killing driver, 20, after throwing rock through windshield, will spend up to 32 years in jail
Zachary Kwak, 19, and his sick accomplices returned to the scene later that night to snap pictures of Alex Bartell’s mangled vehicle.
'Sal the Shoemaker' pleads guilty to operating Mafia gambling ring out of Long Island shop
Salvatore Rubino, 60, also known as “Sal the Shoemaker,” pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to a slew of charges related to the illegal gambling business and using the...
'Womb Raider' who murdered teen, cut baby out of her body learns her fate
“The loss of my daughter’s life is something I will never overcome.”
Cornell student admits to making antisemitic threats after autism diagnosis, did it to 'garner sympathy' for Jewish people: lawyer
The Cornell University student who was arrested for threatening to kill Jews on campus pleaded guilty Wednesday after his recent autism diagnosis.
Nicholas Roske negotiating plea deal over plot to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh: court docs
A man accused of attempting to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is in pretrial negotiations over a resolution to his charges, court documents revealed.
Construction worker who sucker-punched disabled NYC man inside elevator blames attack on diabetes — and it may help him avoid jail time
A construction worker accused of pummeling a disabled man in a Manhattan building elevator is blaming the brutal attack on his diabetes -- and could skirt jail time under a...
Licensed to plea: Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty to hiking off-trail at Yellowstone
He’s got a license to kill, but he’s still taking the heat. “James Bond” star Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty Thursday to “foot travel” in a restricted thermal area of Yellowstone...
'Slap on the wrist' Homeowner gets off with probation in death of teen who threw feces on his doorstep
The victim's family slammed the probation sentence as a 'slap on the wrist.'
Black-market NYC plastic surgeon hit with prison time for fatal butt lift
Whalesca Castillo, 49, already had a history of illegal boob and booty jobs when her procedures killed one woman and injured another in 2018 -- and will now serve up...
Mom pleads for leniency for 'amazing father' who killed their 2 daughters in drugged-up crash: He's 'been through enough'
Jordan Couture sobbed as he copped to to negligent homicide and a slew of other charges on Tuesday for the 2021 wreck that left Kelsey, 7, and Kyriana, 10, dead.
Husband jailed after expectant parents' gender-reveal stunt sparks deadly wildfire
A California couple whose gender reveal pyrotechnic show sparked a massive blaze that killed a firefighter has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter -- and the dad was sentenced to one...
Last of NYC hate-crime trio sentenced to 3 years in prison for 2021 antisemitic beating
Mohammed Said Othman, 29, pleaded guilty in September to one count of second-degree attempted gang assault and one count of third-degree assault as a hate crime for the beating, which...
Ex-Rockets star admits to beating WNBA ex-girlfriend in NYC hotel, will avoid jail
Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. admitted Tuesday to attacking his ex-girlfriend during a fight in their New York City hotel room — as he copped a plea deal...
'Difficult patient' gets life in prison for murdering two dentists over denture dispute
A “difficult patient” has been sentenced to life behind bars after pleading guilty to killing two dentists over a dispute about dentures.