California Man Admits to Poisoning Baby Food
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A California man who admitted  poisoning baby food in a bid to extort $180,000 from a grocery  chain pleaded guilty to federal charges on Tuesday, prosecutors  said.
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One of four men accused of plotting attacks on Southern California military sites and Jewish targets pleaded guilty Friday to terrorism conspiracy charges.
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A former cellmate of a woman accused of killing her month-old baby by burning the girl in a microwave testified Thursday that the woman confessed to the crime, saying the baby "fit right in" the oven.
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A doctor says the death of baby, allegedly poisoned by salt, could have been an accident.
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A 15-year-old boy who claimed the antidepressant Zoloft drove him to kill his grandparents and burn their house down was found guilty of murder Tuesday and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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Business & money: Confectionery giant's lawyers says company intends to plead guilty to six counts of contravening food hygiene regulations.
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Three Chinese grocery wholesalers have been sentenced to prison for selling fake milk formula that left a newborn baby boy severely malnourished, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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A former executive of biotechnology firm MedImmune Inc. faces 15 to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty Friday to securities fraud and perjury in US District Court in Washington.
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A New York City man pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering "Waitress" director Adrienne Shelly in her Manhattan apartment and then making it look like she had committed suicide, authorities said.
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A couple accused of poisoning a three-year-old boy they wanted to adopt are found guilty of manslaughter.
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An elderly California man who acted as a plaintiff in Milberg Weiss LLP class action lawsuits spanning two decades pleaded guilty on Thursday to three charges stemming from a federal probe into a secret kickback scheme by the law firm.
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AUSTIN, Minn. - A man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces. Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday in Mower District Court.
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SATURDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The tainted-food scare widened Saturday with the recall of fresh cantaloupe and selected  jars of organic baby food.
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A former executive of the biotechnology company MedImmune faces from 15 to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty Friday to security fraud and perjury in US District Court in Washington.
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A man charged with killing four children by setting fire to a row house pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of criminal homicide in a deal that spared him the death penalty.
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For eight months during his infancy, Sean Van Duyn gagged, retched and vomited daily. Now 6, the Winter Haven, Fla., boy still can't eat or drink by mouth, instead being fed by a permanent tube in his belly.
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A Virginia man admitted Monday to smearing 14 jars of petroleum jelly all over an upstate New York motel room.  Robert F. Chamberlain, 45, of McLean, gave no reason for his actions when he appeared in court to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief.