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A California court said Thursday that a judge who was harshly criticized and subjected to a recall campaign for the leniency of a six-month jail sentence for a former Stanford University swimmer who raped an unconscious woman will no longer hear criminal cases, a move that came at his own request.

A California court said Thursday that a judge who was criticized for ordering a lenient six-month jail sentence in a rape case against a former Stanford University swimmer will no longer hear criminal matters by his own request.

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In a swift ending to a long legal battle, a California toddler who had been declared brain-dead has died after being taken off life support.

A man convicted in the slayings of a mother and her two daughters during a home invasion in a wealthy Connecticut suburb has tried to kill himself in prison.

Authorities say a police officer has died in a shooting in eastern Tennessee.

Phoenix police renewed pleas to the public Thursday for information that could help catch a serial killer who has been stalking predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods.

A couple wanted in connection with a woman's killing and the kidnapping of her three children have been arrested in Colorado.

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A Los Angeles woman has been charged with murder in the death of her severely malnourished 11-year-old son whose body was found in a closet.

A prominent Islamic scholar and longtime head of a suburban Chicago school accused of molesting an underage girl and a 23-year-old female school employee has pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

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Two nuns who worked as nurses and helped the poor in rural Mississippi were found murdered in their home Thursday, and there were signs of a break-in and their vehicle was missing, according to officials.

The Latest on the slayings of two Catholic nuns in Mississippi (all times local): 4:05 p.m.

Civil rights groups are renewing calls for an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of a terrorism suspect accused of pointing a knife at police in Boston.

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Unlike other victims, the survivor of the most recent Phoenix shooting involving a serial killer may have gotten the clearest glimpse yet of the suspect.

Incoming freshmen at the University of Chicago have received a letter from the dean of students informing them of the school's commitment to free speech.

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Federal prosecutors now say a former soldier who lied his way to a Purple Heart by faking injuries from the Iraq war cheated Washington state and the federal government out of more than $750,000 -- about three times what investigators cited when they first charged him with fraud in 2014.