LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge pressed a five-time DUI offender after he called the crash that killed a veteran an “accident,” leading her to say the 23-year-old made a choice that had a deadly ...

To most Americans, black lung disease is something to be studied in history books, like plague or tuberculosis, and they can’t believe that any modern-day American is suffering and dying from the ...

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U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann last week sentenced a 34-year-old Mobridge man to federal prison after he was found guilty of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.Kendall Lee White Tail ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In a matter of months, the attorney for Jason Symonds will appeal his current sentencing before the Michigan Court of Appeals. “Because Mr. Symonds was originally convicted by a ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Calhoun County man who was sentenced to life in prison decades ago could soon be up for parole. As a teenager, Jason Symonds was convicted of raping and killing 5-year-old ...