Patriots’ Chung focuses upon football, not cocaine charge

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Having played for the New England Patriots for nine of his 10 NFL seasons, Patrick Chung is well-versed in how his team addresses potential controversies. It doesn’t. So it came as no surprise when Chung offered no information about a charge of cocaine possession brought against him in New Hampshire while... Read More

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Patrick Chung

August 27, 2019

North Carolina high court hears case on race, death penalty

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court began weighing a claim Monday by six inmates on death row who say they are there because of racial discrimination in jury selection — and who argue they are still entitled to protections under a law that was taken off the books. The state Supreme Court began... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News, Race

August 27, 2019

Arpaio makes comeback bid for sheriff’s post he lost in 2016

PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio, the Arizona lawman known for leading immigration crackdowns, jailing inmates in tents and receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump, is running for his former job as the sheriff of metro Phoenix after getting trounced in 2016 by a little-known challenger. Arpaio, who also was crushed in a 2018 bid... Read More

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Joe Arpaio

August 27, 2019

Judge weighs defamation claim against Roy Moore

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers squared off in state court Monday on whether Roy Moore made defamatory statements during the 2017 U.S. Senate race against a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. Judge John E. Rochester held a hearing on Moore’s request for summary judgment in the defamation lawsuit against him. Leigh Corfman said... Read More

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Roy Moore

August 27, 2019

Maryland pet stores sue to block state ban on dog, cat sales

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Pet stores are suing to block a Maryland law that will bar them from selling commercially bred dogs and cats, a measure billed as a check against unlicensed and substandard “puppy mills.” The stores’ federal lawsuit, filed Friday, challenges a ban set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Maryland... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

August 27, 2019

Florida nursing home employees charged in patient deaths

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power were charged Monday, at least three of them with aggravated manslaughter, their attorneys said. Nursing home patients at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, ranging in age from 57 to 99,... Read More

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Florida nursing home

August 27, 2019

Meek Mill seeks end to 2007 drug, gun case in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill is due in court Tuesday to learn if Philadelphia prosecutors will drop a 2007 case that’s kept him under court supervision for more than a decade. The 32-year-old has spent about two years in prison over a drug and gun conviction overturned this year because of credibility concerns about... Read More

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Meek Mill

August 27, 2019

Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a settlement. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s ruling followed the... Read More

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Opioids

August 27, 2019

Loughlin, husband expected in court amid spat over lawyers

BOSTON (AP) — Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are expected in court to settle a dispute over their choice of lawyers in a sweeping college admissions bribery case. The couple is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Tuesday to determine whether they can continue using a law firm that... Read More

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Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli

August 27, 2019

What lies ahead following Oklahoma opioid judgment

Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives and communities. Monday’s ruling could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioids

August 27, 2019

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) — The IHOP in Southhaven, Mississippi, was an unlikely place to settle a sex abuse claim against the Catholic Church. But in January a white official from the Franciscan religious order slid into a booth across from a 35-year-old black man and offered to pay him $15,000 to keep years of alleged... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

August 27, 2019

Scores of accusers to speak at hearing after Epstein’s death

NEW YORK (AP) — Up to 30 women were expected to take a judge up on his invitation to speak at a hearing after financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself before facing sex trafficking charges. The hearing Tuesday morning was scheduled last week by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who presided over the case prosecutors brought... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

August 27, 2019

Jailed man’s wife, mom trafficked girls to pay his bond

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced long sentences for the wife and mother of a man jailed in North Carolina. All three pleaded guilty to trafficking underage girls for sex to raise money for his bond. A Monday statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina says Brianna Leshay... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Brianna Leshay Wright

August 26, 2019

Former Houston police officer charged with murder over raid

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer has been charged with murder in connection with the deadly January drug raid of a home that killed a couple who lived there and injured five officers, prosecutors announced Friday. Former Officer Gerald Goines, who was shot in the ensuing gunfight during the Jan. 28 raid, is... Read More

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Gerald Goines

Patriots’ Chung focuses upon football, not cocaine charge

North Carolina high court hears case on race, death penalty

Arpaio makes comeback bid for sheriff’s post he lost in 2016

Judge weighs defamation claim against Roy Moore

Maryland pet stores sue to block state ban on dog, cat sales

Florida nursing home employees charged in patient deaths

Meek Mill seeks end to 2007 drug, gun case in Philadelphia

Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit

Loughlin, husband expected in court amid spat over lawyers

What lies ahead following Oklahoma opioid judgment

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

Scores of accusers to speak at hearing after Epstein’s death

Jailed man’s wife, mom trafficked girls to pay his bond

Former Houston police officer charged with murder over raid

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