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Court officials across the country say a low turnout of people summoned to jury duty is derailing plans to restart trials for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began

A federal appeals court is blocking the enforcement of local ordinances in Florida that ban therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of LGBTQ minors. The ruling issued Friday could put similar prohibitions at risk. The U.S. 11th District Court of Appeals in Atlanta overturned a lower court decision not to grant an injunction in a lawsuit challenging...

The trial for a woman accused of dressing as a clown and fatally shooting her lover’s wife in Florida in 1990 has been pushed back again, this time because of court disruptions created by the coronavirus pandemic

A South Florida man was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl on Miami Beach.

NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo reports on a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager and his court charges.

Legal documents, which include the names of domestic violence victims and children caught in custody battles, have been left unmonitored in open boxes for weeks inside the lobby of the San Francisco Superior Courthouse, despite state laws that require the court to keep such information private.

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an aspiring actress.

A New York jury found former Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein guilty of third-degree rape in the case of Jessica Mann and guilty of first-degree criminal sexual assault in the case of Mimi Haleyi, acquitting him of the two most serious counts of predatory sex assault. Those two counts of predatory sex assault, which carried a max sentence of life…

Jury selection resumed Monday at the trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has pleaded not guilty to charges he raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulted another in 2006. The initial screening process, now on its fifth day, has been stymied by a host of challenges and distractions, including repeatedly denied requests from…

A woman is facing multiple charges on allegations that she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old boy. Irabelis Carranzana, 22, was arrested at her Southwest Miami-Dade home Monday afternoon. According to an arrest report, Carranzana and the victim live together and have been in a sexual relationship since he was 14. Prosecutors also allege that Carranzana is involved with…

A woman is facing multiple charges on allegations that she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old boy.

Irabelis Carrazana is facing charges after authorities said she engaged in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy.

A woman lost her job as a process server after failing to properly deliver an eviction notice to a tenant in Miramar. Catrina Adams had been hired to serve the notice to a woman renting a home in Miramar back in May. Adams told the court that she went to the home on May 24 at around 6 p.m., and…

A process server was accused of not serving an eviction notice properly. Doorbell camera footage supported that claim.

A man was back in court Friday and is accused of violating his probation for a 2013 wrong-way crash that killed tourists from California.

A woman was arrested and is facing charges for stealing high-end watches from men she met at South Beach clubs, police said.

A pregnant woman’s call to 911 was released Wednesday after she claimed former Miami Dolphins running back Mark Walton punched her in the head.

A woman plead not guilty Wednesday to charges in a fatal hit-and-run last month in Hialeah.

A man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday for his part in the gruesome murder of his brother’s girlfriend’s mother in southwest Miami-Dade.

A substitute teacher in Texas was fired and arrested Friday after a video showing her allegedly assaulting a high school sophomore was posted online, NBC News reported. The teacher, Tiffani Shadell Lankford, 32, was charged with aggravated assault after the incident occurred at Lehman High School in the city of Kyle, south of Austin, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office said....