August 22, 2016 Police: 5 found dead in southern Alabama home, man confessed Authorities say a man has confessed after five people were found dead inside a southern Alabama home where a 4-month-old baby also was found alive.
August 18, 2016 Prosecutor says Texas lawyer acquitted of BP oil spill fraud A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office says a Texas lawyer and at least two other people have been acquitted of charges that they tried to commit fraud after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
August 18, 2016 The Latest: 5 acquitted, 2 convicted of BP oil spill fraud The Latest on verdicts in a trial where prosecutors alleged a Texas lawyer and six others submitted fake oil spill claims (all times local): 3:45 p.m.
August 17, 2016 Closing arguments set in claims of fake oil spill plaintiffs Jurors in Mississippi are set to begin weighing whether they believe a Texas lawyer and six others faked damage claims after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
August 15, 2016 Oxford, Mississippi mourns deaths of 3 married couples in Alabama plane crash Three married couples killed in the crash of a small airplane in Alabama all lived in the university town of Oxford, Mississippi, where city flags were lowered Monday as residents grappled with the loss of so many lives at one time.
August 13, 2016 The Latest: Jury considering case of widow tied to 2 deaths The Latest on the trial in New Orleans of thrice-widowed Emma Raine in her second husband's death — a case also linked to her third husband's slaying in Mississippi.
August 13, 2016 Murder trial of widow linked to 2 husband's deaths nears end A New Orleans jury is hearing closing arguments in the murder trial of a thrice-widowed woman in her second husband's death — a case also linked to her third husband's slaying in Mississippi.
August 12, 2016 Trial delayed for Mississippi dad in baby's hot car death A manslaughter trial is delayed until January for a Mississippi man charged in the hot-car death of his baby.
August 11, 2016 White mother in Mississippi not indicted in hot car death A prosecutor says a central Mississippi grand jury has chosen not to indict a mother whose toddler daughter died after being left in a hot car in May.
August 11, 2016 Mississippi woman to be sentenced on terrorism charges A Mississippi woman who once sought to disguise a journey to join the Islamic State group as her honeymoon is scheduled to be sentenced on terrorism charges.
