PHOENIX (AP) — In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."

Man charged in beating of Garland County inmate (AP) — A man already charged with attempted murder and kidnapping faces more charges following the severe beating of a Garland County Jail inmate. Hale was in custody awaiting trial on robbery and theft charges for allegedly robbing three convenience stores.

Gay men were brutally attacked in two separate incidents in Manhattan just hours after demonstrators protested a hate-crime murder by a homophobic gunman, cops said yesterday Steven Dixon, 42, and Michael Coleman, 41 were walking along Broadway near Houston Street at around 5 a.m. yesterday, when two men yelled...

A correction officer shot his ex-girlfriend to death almost 13 years ago to dodge “child-support obligations,” prosecutors said in opening statements at his murder trial in Queens yesterday. Christopher Clavell, 48, of Staten Island, is accused of killing Barbara Perez in August 2000 behind the Ridgewood gym where she worked...

Mass. bill would try 17-year-olds as juveniles A bill expected to be debated in the House on Wednesday would treat 17-year-olds accused of most crimes as juveniles, meaning their cases would automatically go to juvenile court instead of adult court. Judges could still impose adult sentences on 17-year-olds convicted of very serious crimes, and all murder cases would still be ...