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Kimberly Sullivan told a Waterbury judge she understood, then rejected prison. Her stepson, who weighed 68 pounds, is expected to testify at a trial aimed at early 2027.

The Responsible Robotics Act died without a committee vote. Civilians in New York can still bolt guns or flamethrowers onto robots while police arming rules stay unfinished.

Former MCC Chicago officer Brittany Hall faces eight federal counts alleging sexual abuse of four inmates, including Heather Mack, and the public docket still shows no plea or verdict.

Hubei, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China's Emergency Ministry are asking a Missouri judge to erase a $24.5 billion PPE default. The state's consolidated response is due October 19,…

Alexandra Bialousow's misdemeanor case over the 2,059-acre Covington Drive wildfire ended in diversion while Carolina Forest homeowners were still paying for smoke damage from a 95-day burn.

After a 434-day elliptical flight and an aerobraking landing at Vandenberg, the Space Force X-37B went back up as OTV-8 with a quantum inertial sensor and a laser communications test.

Customs flagged JetBlue pilot Jeremy Gudorf at Logan on a Huntersville child-exploitation warrant. A judge set $10,000 bail and let him keep his passport. He missed North Carolina, and the…

Luigi Mangione told a mother named Karen her letter was the first to make him cry, then told a federal judge years of back pain and health-care obstacles came before…

USX-1 Defiant, the crewless NOMARS hull Reddit exposed in Puget Sound, is in final trials with no public Navy transfer date. A proposed Trump-class battleship, USS Defiant, now shares the…

Vermont charged 25 Canadians in a $21 million grandparent scam. Seven more were arrested later, while a collector was sentenced to 15 and a half years.