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A prosecutor described sex abuse claims against R&B star R. Kelly Wednesday, saying the long-anticipated trial now underway is “about a predator” who used his fame to entice girls, boys and young women before dominating and controlling them physically, sexually and psychologically for at least three decades. “This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot,” Assistant...

Starting this week, what prosecutors say was a not-so-secret dark side of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be presented in lurid detail for a jury in New York City.

Closing arguments were made Tuesday morning in the trial for Thomas Latanowich, the man accused of killing Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon over three years ago. Now the jury deliberates. Gannon, 32, the department’s K-9 officer, was killed in April 2018 while he and other officers were serving an arrest warrant for a possible probation violation at a Barnstable home….

Opening statements begin Friday in the trial for Thomas Latanowich, the man accused of killing Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon over three years ago.

Jury selection is expected to take one week in the trial for Thomas Latanowich, the man accused of killing Yarmouth Police Sergeant Sean Gannon in 2018.

A U.S. Marine Corps member has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and faces years of imprisonment in the death of a college student in Boston in 2019. The Marine Corps confirmed in a statement that Lance Cpl. Samuel London would be dishonorably discharged and face 65 months in prison as well as fines in connection with the death of Emerson…

A juror has been removed from the murder trial of multimillionaire Robert Durst because she violated the court’s order not to read about the case during the unprecedented 14-month pandemic hiatus.

Attorneys for Robert Durst filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a judge to postpone his murder trial indefinitely and release him on a “high bail amount,” citing the 78-year-old real estate scion’s “serious health conditions.”

A judge has ordered a new trial for Sean Ellis, whose conviction for killing a Boston police officer was overturned over evidence of corruption.

Boston Medical Center Dr. Sabrina Assoumou said Pfizer’s data on its coronavirus vaccine in children is promising so far.

Pfizer’s data on its coronavirus vaccine is promising when it comes to children ages 12 to 15, an infectious disease expert at Boston Medical Center said Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger teenagers by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting...

The upcoming trial of a former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 will showcase the dramatic rise and fall of the wunderkind accused of stealing from his investors and extorting marijuana companies.

A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays.

Many Black men and women in the U.S. are keeping tabs on what’s unfolding in the televised murder trial of white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, taking in what they can before turning away to allow their anger and hurt to subside

Courteney Ross shared details about the moment she met George Floyd, when Floyd was working as a security guard. “And this kind of person to come up and tell you he wants to pray for you… It was so sweet,” Ross said.

The U.S. has charged 320 people for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and the Department of Justice says it expects to file charges against at least 100 more, stating that it will likely be one of the largest investigations and prosecutions in American history.

The trial of the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd is on hold while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge.

Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is due to soon go on trial.

House Democrats will continue their arguments Thursday in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.

The day started with a warning from House Democrats that graphic videos from the Capitol Riot would be played throughout the day. Here are some of the other key moments.