1 Justice Department, 2 views on sex charges against Epstein

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — There is only one Justice Department, but two of its largest U.S. attorneys’ offices came to vastly different conclusions about what to do with financier Jeffrey Epstein over allegations he sexually molested dozens of underage girls. Eleven years ago, Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta — now President Donald Trump’s labor... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 9, 2019

Validity of Obama health care law at issue in appeal hearing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Congress effectively invalidated former President Barack Obama’s entire signature health care law when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who chose not to buy insurance. It’s unclear when the three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel... Read More

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Obama Health Care

July 9, 2019

Defense seeks trial delay in fatal stabbing on campus

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Defense attorneys are asking for more time to prepare for a trial of a white man charged with murder and a hate crime in a black student’s fatal stabbing on the University of Maryland’s campus. Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Hill Jr. hasn’t ruled on the defense request... Read More

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Sean Urbanski

July 9, 2019

Family of teen killed during gas explosions settles lawsuit

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — The family of a high school student who was killed during a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts last year has reached a settlement with the utility involved in the disaster, a lawyer for the family and the company announced Tuesday. Financial details were not disclosed. Leonel Rondon, 18, of... Read More

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Leonel Rondon

July 9, 2019

Jurors hear voice of slain scholar in death penalty hearing

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Jurors who will decide if a former University of Illinois doctoral student should be executed for the kidnapping and brutal slaying of a Chinese scholar are hearing about the victim from her friends and family — and from the victim herself. Just weeks after a federal jury found Brendt Christensen guilty... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

July 9, 2019

What did Jeffrey Epstein’s famous friends know and see?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein has hobnobbed with some of the world’s most powerful people during his jet-setting life. Future President Donald Trump called him a “terrific guy.” Former President Bill Clinton praised his intellect and philanthropic efforts and was a frequent flyer aboard his private jet. The arrest of the billionaire financier on child... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 9, 2019

Federal court: Trump can’t ban critics from Twitter account

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t ban critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of public concern. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court judge who said Trump violates the... Read More

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Donald Trump, Twitter

July 9, 2019

After arrest, Epstein challenges victims in Florida court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicted on sex trafficking charges in a separate case in New York. The timing of the New York indictment against Epstein was... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 8, 2019

Mural with infamous Trump quotes at issue in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge scheduled a hearing Monday on whether New Orleans regulations for murals violate the free speech of a landowner whose fence painting features infamous Donald Trump quotes from a 2005 “Access Hollywood” recording. Landowner Neal Morris has asked Judge Martin Feldman to rule without trial, saying the regulations are... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

July 8, 2019

Jury to consider death penalty in Chinese scholar killing

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young scholar from China now must decide if Brendt Christensen should be put to death. While the state of Illinois, where she was killed, does not have the death penalty, the case was brought... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

July 8, 2019

Russia outraged by case of sisters who killed abusive father

MOSCOW (AP) — One evening last summer, Mikhail Khachaturyan decided that his living room wasn’t tidy enough, so he summoned his three teenage daughters one by one and doused each with pepper spray. Such violence and abuse was not unusual in the Khachaturyan household, according to court records. But Maria, Angelina and Krestina Khachaturyan decided... Read More

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Mikhail Khachaturyan

July 8, 2019

Mystery of NSA leak lingers as stolen document case winds up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents descended on the suburban Maryland house with the flash and bang of a stun grenade, blocked off the street and spent hours questioning the homeowner about a theft of government documents that prosecutors would later describe as “breathtaking” in its scale. The suspect, Harold Martin, was a contractor for the... Read More

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Harold Martin

July 8, 2019

Judge OKs state’s motion to dismiss fetal manslaughter case

BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — The manslaughter charge against an Alabama woman who lost her fetus when she was shot during a fight was dropped Saturday. Circuit Judge David Carpenter granted the state’s motion to dismiss the case against Marshae Jones, 28. Jones was five months pregnant when 23-year-old Ebony Jemison shot her in the stomach... Read More

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Ebony Jemison

July 8, 2019

Intl court convicts Congo rebel leader known as ‘Terminator’

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a notorious rebel commander known as “The Terminator” of 18 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, rape and sexual slavery for his role in atrocities in a bloody ethnic conflict in a mineral-rich region of Congo in 2002-2003. Bosco... Read More

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Bosco Ntaganda

1 Justice Department, 2 views on sex charges against Epstein

Validity of Obama health care law at issue in appeal hearing

Defense seeks trial delay in fatal stabbing on campus

Family of teen killed during gas explosions settles lawsuit

Jurors hear voice of slain scholar in death penalty hearing

What did Jeffrey Epstein’s famous friends know and see?

Federal court: Trump can’t ban critics from Twitter account

After arrest, Epstein challenges victims in Florida court

Mural with infamous Trump quotes at issue in New Orleans

Jury to consider death penalty in Chinese scholar killing

Russia outraged by case of sisters who killed abusive father

Mystery of NSA leak lingers as stolen document case winds up

Judge OKs state’s motion to dismiss fetal manslaughter case

Intl court convicts Congo rebel leader known as ‘Terminator’

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