The 13-year-old boy sprung into action after another boy attacked his sister. He used his slingshot to shoot the suspect in the head and chest.

In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.

Harold Thompson is facing murder charges in connection with the death of Gabriella Gonzalez. Dallas police say he fatally shot his girlfriend the day after she'd traveled to Colorado for an abortion.

A jury in Boise, Idaho, found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival. Vallow Daybell, 49, could face life in prison.

The former U.S. Marine, 24, was videotaped putting Neely in a chokehold on the NYC subway on May 1. He surrendered to police ahead of his arraignment on Friday and was released on $100,000 bail.

Musk indicated his successor is female, but the billionaire stopped short of naming a person.

In January, the Virginia Department of Corrections restricted public access to execution records. NPR is now publishing a selection of those secret files.

Former Minneapolis police officer Justin Stetson told the court he "crossed the line" on May 30, 2020, when he repeatedly kicked, hit and kneed Jaleel Stallings in the face and head.

In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.

Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages.

An ethics inquiry is examining whether Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister, broke Arizona House rules when she hid Bibles from the members' lounge in a protest.

The political world is reacting after a federal jury determined former President Donald Trump is liable for battery and defamation in a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll.

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."

Top Senate Democrats are pushing for new disclosures from a wealthy GOP donor with ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Authorities have released the names of some of the victims killed in the mass shooting. Also, new details are emerging about the shooter's background.