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Judge removed from Texas teen stabbing case as Karmelo Anthony seeks new trial
By Associated Press

Anthony’s legal team argues Judge John Roach enforced overly strict courtroom rules and gave interview after trial

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/judge-removed-texas-karmelo-anthony-case

#Texas #UScrime #LawUS #USnews #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

Tupac Shakur trial: lawyers share full account of killing as witnesses still refuse to testify
By Lois Beckett

Murder trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, former South Side Compton Crips gang leader, opens in Las Vegas

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/18/tupac-shakur-trial-day-one

#TupacShakur #Guncrime #USjusticesystem #USnews #LawUS #Culture #Music #LasVegas #Nevada #Hiphop #Rap #UScrime #TheGuardian #LoisBeckett

Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school
By Lucy Campbell

Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national scheme

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/18/harvard-human-remains-lawsuit

#HarvardUniversity #UScrime #USnews #TheGuardian #LucyCampbell

Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/18/harvard-human-remains-lawsuit #HarvardUniversity #UsCrime #UsNews

US woman sentenced to six years in prison over plot to kill treasury secretary
By Associated Press

Riley English said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs, and that she planned to kill Scott Bessent

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/riley-english-sentenced-scott-bessent

#USnews #Massachusetts #USpolitics #UScrime #WashingtonDC #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

US woman sentenced to six years in prison over plot to kill treasury secretary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/riley-english-sentenced-scott-bessent #UsNews #Massachusetts #UsPolitics #UsCrime #WashingtonDc

Man accused of attacking duo at New York synagogue charged with federal hate crimes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/nyc-synagogue-federal-hate-crime-charges #NewYork #UsCrime #Religion #WorldNews #UsNews

Man accused of attacking duo at New York synagogue charged with federal hate crimes
By Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Larry Montes, already facing state charges, allegedly attacked 63-year-old woman and security guard on Friday

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/nyc-synagogue-federal-hate-crime-charges

#NewYork #UScrime #Religion #Worldnews #USnews #TheGuardian #VictoriaBekiempisinNewYork

US man posed as doctor in fraudulent scheme to profit from Ozempic, prosecutors say
By Victoria Bekiempis

Rodney Greer accused of securing unauthorized prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs and selling them to customers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/doctor-ozempic-fraud-indictment

#Illinois #UScrime #USnews #Chicago #Worldnews #TheGuardian #VictoriaBekiempis

US man posed as doctor in fraudulent scheme to profit from Ozempic, prosecutors say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/doctor-ozempic-fraud-indictment #Illinois #UsCrime #UsNews #Chicago #WorldNews

Florida to carry out its 13th execution this year in US’s busiest death chamber
By Associated Press

US supreme court declined to halt execution of William Frances Silvia, and state has two executions next month

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/florida-13th-execution-william-frances-silvia

#Florida #Capitalpunishment #UScrime #USnews #Capitalpunishment #RonDeSantis #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

Florida to carry out its 13th execution this year in US’s busiest death chamber https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/florida-13th-execution-william-frances-silvia #Florida #CapitalPunishment #UsCrime #UsNews #CapitalPunishment #RonDesantis

Penn State students accused of running cocaine trafficking ring at fraternity houses
By Victoria Bekiempis

Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/penn-state-cocaine-trafficking-ring

#UScrime #Pennsylvania #USnews #NewYork #Philadelphia #Highereducation #TheGuardian #VictoriaBekiempis

Penn State students accused of running cocaine trafficking ring at fraternity houses https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/penn-state-cocaine-trafficking-ring #UsCrime #Pennsylvania #UsNews #NewYork #Philadelphia #HigherEducation

Georgia man deported from Fiji to face $165m crypto Ponzi scheme charges
By Reuters

Edward Zimbardi, 59, who had fled US, will appear in court in Los Angeles on wire fraud and money-laundering charges

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/georgia-man-ponzi-scheme-deported-fiji

#UScrime #Georgia #Cryptocurrencies #Fiji #USnews #LosAngeles #TheGuardian #Reuters

Georgia man deported from Fiji to face $165m crypto Ponzi scheme charges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/georgia-man-ponzi-scheme-deported-fiji #UsCrime #Georgia #Cryptocurrencies #Fiji #UsNews #LosAngeles

Tupac Shakur murder trial: opening statements begin – video
By Guardian Staff

A former street gang leader orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in retribution for the beating of his nephew, a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements in a murder trial tied to a long-unsolved crime. Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, is charged in Nevada's Clark county with a single count of murder using a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty. Defense lawyer Michael Sandt said that after 30 years, investigators still have very little evidence to prove their case. Sandt also said Davis had a habit of talking 'bullshit', and that the accounts he offered in interviews and his book could not be corroborated

https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2026/aug/17/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-opening-statements

#TupacShakur #LasVegas #Rap #UScrime #Hiphop #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Lindsay Clancy had ‘thoughts of harming the children’, mother testifies at trial
By Edward Helmore

Paula Musgrove stated her daughter had said medications were ‘destroying’ her mind and she was becoming ‘paranoid’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/lindsay-clancy-trial-mother-witness-testimony

#USnews #Massachusetts #UScrime #Mentalhealth #Depression #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

Lindsay Clancy had ‘thoughts of harming the children’, mother testifies at trial https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/lindsay-clancy-trial-mother-witness-testimony #UsNews #Massachusetts #UsCrime #MentalHealth #Depression

What we know about Tupac Shakur’s death and what to expect from murder trial
By Maya Yang

Rapper was killed in drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996 and the only man ever charged is now on trial

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/17/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-explained

#TupacShakur #Rap #LasVegas #UScrime #USnews #TheGuardian #MayaYang

Tupac Shakur murder: trial of ex-gang leader accused of ordering killing begins https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/17/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-duane-davis #TupacShakur #LasVegas #Rap #UsCrime #UsNews

Tupac Shakur murder: trial of ex-gang leader accused of ordering killing begins
By Dani Anguiano

Prosecutors allege Duane Davis was ‘on-site commander’ in murder of Shakur who died after drive-by shooting in 1996

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/17/tupac-shakur-murder-trial-duane-davis

#TupacShakur #LasVegas #Rap #UScrime #USnews #TheGuardian #DaniAnguiano

Louisiana man allegedly killed his wife and drove her body across states before arrest
By Richard Luscombe

Authorities say man, 50, shot wife in Louisiana and put her body in car before driving and being stopped in Tennessee

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/louisiana-killing-wife-passenger-seat

#UScrime #USnews #Louisiana #Tennessee #TheGuardian #RichardLuscombe

Louisiana man allegedly killed his wife and drove her body across states before arrest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/louisiana-killing-wife-passenger-seat #UsCrime #UsNews #Louisiana #Tennessee

Teenager charged with murder after mass shooting at Kentucky park
By Richard Luscombe

Sixteen-year-old dead and four others wounded including two children at community celebration in Lexington

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/kentucky-mass-shooting-teenager-charged-murder

#UScrime #Kentucky #USnews #Guncrime #TheGuardian #RichardLuscombe

Teenager charged with murder after mass shooting at Kentucky park https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/kentucky-mass-shooting-teenager-charged-murder #UsCrime #Kentucky #UsNews #GunCrime

How ‘forensic fandom’ in Lindsay Clancy trial threaten postpartum psychosis awareness https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/lindsay-clancy-trial-conspiracy-theories-postpartum-psychosis #Massachusetts #UsNews #MentalHealth #UsCrime

How ‘forensic fandom’ in Lindsay Clancy trial threaten postpartum psychosis awareness
By Christopher Mathias

Clancy’s live-streamed trial has become fodder for amateur sleuths to push viral conspiracy theories that threaten to undermine efforts to de-stigmatize illness, experts say

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/lindsay-clancy-trial-conspiracy-theories-postpartum-psychosis

#Massachusetts #USnews #Mentalhealth #UScrime #TheGuardian #ChristopherMathias

Suspect in Virginia State University shooting found hiding in dorm closet https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/virginia-state-university-shooting-suspect-arrested #Virginia #UsCrime #UsNews #GunCrime

Suspect in Virginia State University shooting found hiding in dorm closet
By Michael Sainato

Suspect, 19, who is not enrolled at the university arrested in connection with shooting of five people, authorities say

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/virginia-state-university-shooting-suspect-arrested

#Virginia #UScrime #USnews #Guncrime #TheGuardian #MichaelSainato