A judge granted a motion from Manhattan prosecutors to dismiss the more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny on Friday in his trial over the chokehold death of Jordan ...

MONROE — A Monroe man convicted of stabbing three men in 2019, killing one of them, will get a new trial due to improper jury instructions. Kevin Rodriguez was sentenced in July 2021 to 20 years in ...

NORRISTOWN — A Philadelphia man who waged a drug intoxication defense at trial was convicted of a lesser degree of homicide in connection with the gunshot slaying of his friend as they traveled ...

A Pennsylvania appeals court overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a mother whose toddler son starved to death. In a split decision, Superior Court panel found insufficient evidence to ...

An area man who was accused of first-degree murder has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the lesser offense of reckless homicide. Sylvester Gamino, 33, also had one count of reckless ...