Prosecutors release evidence list

Prosecutors released a summary of evidence Tuesday in the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.
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Prosecutors released a summary of evidence Tuesday in the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.

A third person was charged with murder Tuesday in the California death of a deployed Marine’s wife, the San Diego County prosecutor’s office said.

Christine Smith will never forget the moment she watched her 21-year-old son being led out of a Florida courtroom in handcuffs.

Tanya Thomas sent a friend a text at 3 a.m. asking that she be cremated with her children. At 4:50 a.m. a neighbor heard shots and a knock at the door. Three of Thomas’ kids were outside.

A former supervisory FBI agent has been arrested and jailed on child pornography charges. Donald Sachtleben was taken into custody and charged Monday after a nationwide undercover investigation.

A leading senator is urging the Supreme Court to “do the right thing” and uphold the constitutionality of the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats.

The defense for John Edwards is scheduled to start Monday morning in the former presidential candidate’s corruption trial.

A lawyer for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia testified Monday that church officials lied to him about the whereabouts of a hidden list of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children.

An 18-year-old Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift at sea is suing Princess Cruise Lines, arguing that one of its cruise ships should have stopped and saved him.

One of the men controversially pardoned earlier this year by Mississippi’s outgoing governor could land back behind bars after being charged with driving drunk and causing an accident that killed an 18-year-old girl.

The 49 decapitated bodies authorities found on a roadside in northern Mexico over the weekend were likely the result of a fierce feud between rival drug cartels, a top Mexican official said Monday.

The father of missing 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis has been told by authorities in Arizona that he cannot have contact with his two sons, a Tucson police spokeswoman said Monday.

Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees meets Monday to discuss the future of the college’s popular marching band in the aftermath of the hazing-related death of a member.

A woman who admitted to stealing an infant from a Manhattan hospital in 1987 is expected to be sentenced Monday.

New York police on Sunday touted the impact of their much-criticized “stop, question and frisk” policy, saying it has helped get guns off the street and coincided with a falling murder rate.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the prostitution scandal involving U.S. military and Secret Service agents in Colombia.

Johannes Mehserle, a former San Francisco Bay Area transit police officer, is appealing his involuntary manslaughter conviction for the killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant in Oakland.

A Chicago jury has found William Balfour, Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law, guilty of three counts of murder and four other counts related to the 2008 slayings of the entertainer’s mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

A New York State Supreme Court justice dismissed Friday a defamation lawsuit against Syracuse University and its longtime head basketball coach, Jim Boeheim.

Authorities are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl in Alabama whose body reportedly was found hanging from a tree in her family’s yard .

The federal judge presiding in the John Edwards corruption trial on Friday turned down a motion to dismiss the charges, setting the stage for the former presidential candidate to defend his case.

Saying he had no discretion under state law, a judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida, woman to 20 years in prison Friday for firing a warning shot in an effort to scare off her abusive husband.

A California judge Friday sentenced a retired Los Angeles Police detective to 27 years to life in prison for murdering her ex-boyfriend’s wife in a jealous rage more than two decades ago.

Delia Garcia traveled hundreds of miles to spend Mother’s Day marching in Mexico’s capital. Holding signs with pictures of their missing sons and daughters, they said they came with the hope of being heard.

The two young girls, kidnapped from Tennessee after their sister and mother were killed, were found alive in a wooded area in Mississippi, authorities said.