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Bail bondsman planning self-defense argument in fatal Missoula shooting

A bail bondsman awaiting trial over the fatal shooting of a man in Missoula earlier this year plans to argue that his use of force was justifiable self-defense, according to court documents. Brandon Wakefield is currently facing one count of deliberate homicide in Missoula County District Court. On March

Florida executes man who spent nearly 50 years on death row

Florida executes man who spent nearly 50 years on death row

A Florida man who has spent nearly half a century on death row was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the murder of a 13-year-old girl. James Hitchcock, 70, was convicted of the 1976 murder of Cynthia Driggers, his step-niece, and sentenced to death in 1977.

Britney Spears formally charged with DUI in California

Britney Spears formally charged with DUI in California

Pop star Britney Spears on Thursday was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, prosecutors outside Los Angeles said -- but she could avoid jail time with a plea deal. The criminal complaint does not specify which substance the 44-year-old singer was allegedly using when she

‘30 days to produce’: AG Knudsen acts on threat to invoke control over Cromwell

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has followed through on his warnings to County Attorney Audrey Cromwell by issuing another ultimatum: Comply and reverse a policy regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement or lose control. Knudsen’s order Thursday marks the fifth back-and-forth rebuke between the elected officials after Cromwell

Alleged WHCD shooter to remain in federal custody until trial

(The Center Square) - The accused shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday will remain in federal custody while awaiting a trial, a judge said on Thursday. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, a Washington, D.C. federal court judge, said she would not grant the defense’s request to

Judge orders records unsealed in Anaconda bar shooting case after push by news outlets

A judge on Tuesday ordered nearly every document in the case involving the man charged with murdering four people at an Anaconda bar last August be unsealed after Montana news organizations pushed to make the records public. Anaconda-Deer Lodge District Court Judge Jeffrey Dahood ordered that every document that

New Zealand mosque killer loses bid to overturn convictions

New Zealand mosque killer loses bid to overturn convictions

White supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant lost on Thursday an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence for shooting dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, court documents showed. The 35-year-old admitted to carrying out New Zealand's deadliest modern day mass shooting before