October 19, 2016 Author of debunked Rolling Stone story to take stand in case The reporter of a Rolling Stone story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia that was later retracted is expected to take the stand in the defamation trial against the magazine.
October 18, 2016 Texas man faces life in prison in slayings of wife, 2 others A Texas man faces mandatory life in prison over a 2008 murder-for-hire scheme in Mexico in which his wife, her sister and their father were killed.
October 18, 2016 Opening statements due in Rolling Stone defamation trial Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the defamation trial against Rolling Stone over its now discredited story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia.
October 18, 2016 The Latest: $7.8M Rolling Stone defamation trial opens The Latest on a defamation trial against Rolling Stone over a discredited story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia (all times local): 11 a.m.
October 18, 2016 Police: 2 more arrested after death of sex-trafficked teen Two additional people wanted on murder and human-trafficking charges have been arrested after authorities say a 14-year-old girl in Florida fatally overdosed on pills she was told would help her forget about having sex with men.
October 18, 2016 Testimony continues in former Penn State assistant's lawsuit Testimony will continue for the second day in a former assistant football coach's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit over his treatment by Penn State.
October 18, 2016 Lawsuit by ex-coach against Penn State set to get underway A civil trial set to begin Monday in a Pennsylvania courtroom will determine if Penn State should pay for a claim it mistreated a former assistant coach who provided key evidence used to convict child molester Jerry Sandusky.
October 17, 2016 The Latest: Penn State called blameless for ex-coach's woes The Latest on lawsuit by ex-coach against Penn State (all times local): 1:10 p.m.
October 17, 2016 Defamation trial over Rolling Stone rape story to begin Jury selection is set to begin in a University of Virginia administrator's defamation case against Rolling Stone magazine over its now discredited story about a rape on campus.
October 16, 2016 Lawsuit against Penn State in Sandusky case going to trial A lawsuit against Penn State by a former assistant coach whose testimony helped convict Jerry Sandusky of being a sexually violent predator is going to trial.