OperaWire had the chance to speak with Yoncheva on her exploration of Giordano and what the composer means to her.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Tonight, in Illinois — a verdict in a case that’s drawn national attention. A former sheriff’s deputy has been found guilty of second-degree murder after shooting and killing a ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a ...

A jury has found Illinois deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 for help. Grayson, 31, faces a potential sentence of up ...

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The former Illinois sheriff's deputy was on trial for killing Massey, a Black mother of two, in her home after she called 911 about a possible prowler. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports on the verdict ...

CHICAGO — Jury deliberations continue in the murder trial of former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey. Nexstar’s WCIA ...

PEORIA — A white ex-cop charged with murdering an unarmed Black woman in her Springfield-area home last year testified Monday that he fired his gun in self-defense, and that his actions “matched the ...

Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson told a jury on Monday that when Sonya Massey said, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus," he "took it as a threat." Seconds later, Grayson opened ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) -- Ex-Sangamon County sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, who is accused of murdering Sonya Massey in her Springfield-area home, took the stand in his own defense Monday. After the state ...

Court picked back up Thursday morning for the murder trial of former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson for the deadly police shooting of Sonya Massey in 2024. The jury has heard from a number of ...

PEORIA — In a crowded but airy courtroom 75 miles from where a downstate sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Sonya Massey near Springfield in a case that stirred national outrage, a prosecutor said ...