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But the Justice Department doesn't want to return the infamous horned helmet and flag-pole spear.

He and other producers still face civil lawsuits from Hutchins’ parents and sister.

The man was escorted out of an international terminal for being disruptive but tried to remain in the area.

A New Mexico judge has thrown out the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again.

Rudy Giuliani is no longer entitled to bankruptcy protection, a judge decided Friday.

The judge said Gavin Plumb's plans were so "horrifying, shocking and graphic in detail" that they were not shared in open court.

A man involved in a shocking brawl inside a nightclub in which two men were stabbed has faced sentencing.

Members of a church group accused of killing an eight-year-old girl were singing on the front lawn of a house where police were photographing her body, a judge has heard.

Yuteng Zhang, 32, and Jess Fang Ching Ting, 37, have been accused of exploiting foreign workers at a massage parlour in a Western Australian mining town.

Rachel Galleghan says her son helped Kayla Dawson turn her life around. "Jason trusted her."

Former Olympian Shane Heal is seeking thousands in compensation for not receiving payslips during his time coaching the Sydney Flames.

A judge has been urged to reject the lies of a handyman convicted over the savage killing of an elderly woman.

Tyler Garth faced court today charged with 292 offences including fraud, misconduct and perverting the course of justice charges.

An eight-year-old girl watched "joyously" as her father was baptised into a faith that would soon convince him to fatally withhold medical care and await her resurrection, a judge has heard.

The retailer allegedly ran misleading ads about store credit and didn't provide that credit to thousands of customers who were entitled to it.

Papua New Guinea minister Jimmy Maladina has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a younger woman during an incident in Sydney's east.

Alexi Saenz pleaded guilty in a racketeering case involving eight murders in the US.

A defence attorney has told jurors the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was an "unspeakable tragedy" but "Alec Baldwin committed no crime; he was an actor, acting".

The Perth grandmother spends 23 hours a day in a prison cell in Tokyo and is yet to face trial. Prison rules stop her daughter from visiting.

Ashlyn Nassif, daughter of Jean Nassif, will contest allegations she falsified official documents to trigger a multi-million dollar development loan.

Fourteen religious group members charged with murder or manslaughter over a girl's death believed God would heal her diabetes without insulin, a judge heard.

A man accused of murdering a much-loved English teacher before her body was found at a tip in Melbourne's north has faced court.

Sixteen jurors were seated ahead of opening statements to be made tomorrow.

The man accused of stabbing two women and attacking other students on a university campus will stand trial after pleading not guilty due to mental impairment.

Within 48 hours of being granted bail, a 17-year-old accused of killing a man in a crash had gone on the run.

Navalny, the fiercest political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in February in an Arctic prison while serving a 19-year sentence.

Police will allege the trio, aged three, five and six were abandoned in a Hyundai and the father allegedly left them there.

Wayne Jason Wakefield has been released from court after a more serious trafficking charge was dropped.

Nunia Kurualeba, 21, was found dead with stab wounds to her chest in Kingswood.

Ali Khamis Moh'd was a clinical nurse specialist at Sydney's Norwest and Nepean private hospitals.

The traumatising ordeal of a mother left stranded in Sudan after being exit-trafficked by her husband continued when she tried to reunite with her young children.

A court has accepted a sad tale behind the "terrible mistake" a woman made in trying to smuggle drugs that could have been worth $1 million into a prison.

The aerospace giant will avoid prosecution in the US under a new deal with the government.

Special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson argued unsuccessfully to allow evidence that Baldwin's "role as a producer made him keenly aware of his responsibilities on set" for safety.

Several men who allegedly engaged in group sex with teenage women during a bucks party weekend either knew they did not consent or were reckless to that fact, a jury has been told.

A former NSW prison guard sentenced to more than two decades in jail for sexually assaulting nine women has lost a bid to overturn his conviction and sentence.

It took just one punch for a man to kill a stranger who he wrongly thought had tried to abduct his son from a skate park.

An allegedly intoxicated man targeted a fast food venue in Sydney's south, demanding staff make him a burger and onion rings during a bizarre hold-up.

Two cars collided head-on overnight before a 37-year-old fled the scene.

The newlyweds were travelling up a steep hill when the golf buggy slowed and tipped.

The 1.5 metre tall statue was found tucked away in the backyard of a home in Melbourne.

His legal team had argued he should be awarded costs because woman's claim should never have been pursued.

The term allowed PayPal to keep fees that it had erroneously charged, if the small business involved didn't notify PayPal of the mistake within 60 days.

Stephen Greenfield, whose ex-girlfriend said he came home one night saying "I killed someone", has been acquitted of murdering homeless man Reginald Mullaly. 

The actor is charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooter of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.

The teenager will return to his parents' house while on bail.

Christopher Dylan Joannidis, 30, has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving over a crash that killed five people on a busy highway near the Victoria-NSW border.

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been committed to stand trial on two rape charges following two days of hearings into the reliability of the alleged victim's evidence.

Jean Huang, 35, died in the procedure that involved hyaluronic acid being injected into her breasts as filler.

The 38-year-old man is set to be the first Japanese national to be caned in the city state.