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A 19-year-old man is accused of holding his girlfriend captive in her dorm room at a university in Minnesota while he raped, beat and waterboarded her for days until she escaped ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A 19-year-old man is accused of holding his girlfriend captive in her dorm room at a university in Minnesota while he raped, beat and waterboarded her for days until she escaped. Keanu Labatte was arrested Sunday at St. Catherine University, an all-female school in St. Paul. He is charged with five felony counts: three for criminal sexual conduct, one for domestic assault by strangulation and one for threats of violence. The office of the public defender representing Labatte declined to comment on the case. According to a criminal complaint filed this week, Labatte arrived on campus last Thursday to visit his girlfriend of two months. She is not named in the complaint. After finding texts, pictures and social media content that infuriated him, Labatte grabbed her phone and kept it away f...

As a suspect faces charges in the fatal stabbing of a Palestinian boy in Illinois, federal officials are concerned of hate spreading from the Middle East to the U.S. The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Palestinian boy in Illinois appeared in court Monday, as prosecutors alleged the child's mother pleaded with him for peace before he went into a stabbing frenzy. Joseph Czuba, the 71-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran accused of killing 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume by stabbing him 26 times, and stabbing his mother repeatedly in their suburban Chicago home on Saturday, was arraigned at the Will County, Illinois, Courthouse in Joliet. He is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and two counts of committing a hate crime. In court, Will County Assistant State's Attorney Michael Fitzgerald said the boy's 32-year-old mother, Hanaan Shahin, told investigators that when first confronted by Czuba over the violence i...

A Utah woman accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a detention hearing. A Utah woman who is accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a detention hearing . Kouri Richins, 33, was arrested in May and charged with aggravated murder and multiple counts of drug possession in connection with the death of her husband, Eric Richins, 39, who was found dead at the foot of their bed last year, according to the probable cause statement in the charging document. The mom of three authored a children's book on grief in the wake of her husband's death. A month prior to her arrest, Kouri Richins appeared on a "Good Things Utah" segment on Salt Lake City ABC affiliate KTVX to promote the book. In the segment, Kouri Richins said her husband of nine years died "unexpectedly" and that his death "completely took us all by shock." A...

Marin was the employee initially blamed for propping open the door at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that allowed the killer to enter. The accusation was wrong. Seven months after she was working at a Texas elementary school the day a shooter killed 19 students and two teachers, Emilia "Amy" Marin sat down one Tuesday afternoon to read dozens of letters that had arrived from all over the country. "I saw your story," one said, "and knew immediately I needed to reach out." "You are an inspiration to me for finding your voice, speaking out with the truth," read another. "I know you will recover." Marin was the school employee initially blamed for propping open the door at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that allowed the killer to enter. The accusation was wrong. ABC News' recent interview with Marin airs Monday on "Good Morning America," which starts at 7 a.m. ET. In October, Marin told her story to ABC New...

A Washington, D.C., man fatally shot a teenage boy on Saturday, whom he said was breaking into vehicles in his neighborhood, according to police. A Washington, D.C., man fatally shot a 13-year- old boy early Saturday morning, whom he said was breaking into vehicles in his neighborhood, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police identified the deceased teenager as Karon Blake of Northeast D.C. The MPD and D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services arrived on the scene at 3:55 a.m. after responding to a call of a shooting, where they discovered Karon suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the police report. MORE: Couple shot in their sleep: Was their teenage son behind it? D.C. Fire and EMS transferred Karon to an area children's hospital, where he was pronounced dead after attempts to save his life were unsuccessful, police said. According to MPD detectives, the alleged shooter heard noises outside his home and noticed someone trying to break into vehicle...