A Utah man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his mother and three siblings in 2020, when he was a teenager. Colin “CJ” Haynie pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder. He was 16 at the time, but charged as an adult by prosecutors because of the seriousness of the Jan. 17, 2020, crime. He is now 19. Authorities say he killed his mother and one sister as they returned from her school pickup. He then waited for two more siblings to come home and killed them. Authorities have said they don't know the motive for the slayings.

Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are being shown graphic video of him murdering 17 people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Many held their hands to their faces as they saw the 15-minute recording. Some squirmed. One juror looked up at Cruz with his eyes wide. The video was shown despite defense objections that it could inflame the jury against Cruz. The judge said it accurately reflects what happened, and doesn't unfairly prejudice his case. Cruz has pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder, and 17 more of attempted murder. The jury must decide on death or life in prison.

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The June 24 ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. In anticipation of the decision, several states led by Democrats took steps to protect abortion access. The decision also sets up the potential for legal fights between the states over whether providers and those who help women obtain abortions can be sued or prosecuted.

California parole officials have approved releasing a notorious former Mexican Mafia prison gang leader who has been cooperating with law enforcement for nearly 20 years. Two consecutive governors previously blocked parole for Rene Enriquez. They argued in part that he is safer in prison than on the streets where he may be targeted by his old cronies. But his lawyer said Tuesday that officials can't block his parole just because he might be in danger. Authorities have taken extraordinary steps to protect him over the years. Enriquez plans to keep cooperating with federal authorities as they are again prosecuting the leadership of the prison-based gang.

The shooting of a young Black man whose family says he was experiencing a mental health crisis has revived some activists’ mistrust of Minneapolis’ troubled police department and their perception that officers go to greater lengths to capture white suspects alive. Authorities still haven’t said what led two police snipers to open fire on 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg early Thursday after a six-hour standoff. And they haven't released police videos of the confrontation. That has left activists skeptical that the officers were justified in shooting Sundberg. And it's once again exposed the distrust that many in the Black community feel toward police.

Opening statements have begun in the case of Kristin Smart, who disappeared during her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo more than 25 years ago. She is presumed dead and her body remains missing but the man accused of killing her is on trial beginning Monday. Paul Flores is charged with murder and his father Ruben Flores is charged as an accomplice for allegedly helping his son bury Smart's body. Both have pleaded not guilty. San Luis Obispo prosecutors say Paul Flores killed Smart while trying to rape her in his dorm room in May 1996 when they were freshmen.