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The former contestant admits to delivering fentanyl   A former “American Idol” contestant who was busted in Virginia with nearly 2 pounds of fentanyl has copped to drug possession charges, according to court records. Antonella Barba, 32, of Point Pleasant, NJ, ple...

July 29, 2019 WASHINGTON  - U.S. President Donald Trump issued full pardons on Monday for five criminals who served sentences on charges including drug trafficking, weapons sales and illegal gambling, the White House said in a statement. It cited the men's accept...

By FOX 29 staff Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill has been granted a new trial and judge after a long-fought battle to overturn a 2008 drug and gun conviction that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity crusader for criminal justice reform. ...

By Robyn Merrett, People Rapper Tay-K has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder. Tay-K, whose real name is Taymore McIntyre, appeared in court on Tuesday where he was also fined $10,000, according to Fort Worth Star-Telegram, for his involvement in a ho...

July 22, 2019 The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is freeing over 3,000 inmates under a criminal justice reform measure, the largest group to be released since President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law less than seven months ago. The law’s Second Chance Hir...

July 19, 2019 An Oklahoma man was freed Tuesday after serving nearly 30 years in prison for a murder a judge said he did not commit — the second member of his family to have a wrongful conviction overturned. Corey Atchison, 48, walked out of a Tulsa court a free ...

July 18, 2019 Kim Kardashian West enlisted some high-powered help for rapper A$AP Rocky, who is being held in a Swedish jail after a fight in Stockholm last month. Kardashian West and her husband, Kanye West, were so concerned about the rapper and two of his asso...

July 18, 2019 A federal judge has denied bail to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Richard Berman made the decision over the objections of defense attorneys who had argued that the wealthy financier was a “disciplined” defendant willing to pay a bond ...

July 17, 2019 NEW YORK  — The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble. A federal jud...