HONOLULU (AP) — A man who admitted lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a University of Hawaii fundraising concert said in court documents that he pleaded guilty because he feared prosecutors would reveal his cooperation against East Coast mobsters. Marc Hubbard pleaded guilty in 2016 to wire fraud, saying he lied about... Read More
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Four former high school football players charged with sexually assaulting a teammate in Oklahoma have pleaded not guilty to second-degree rape. The Bixby High School students entered their pleas Wednesday, The Tulsa World reported. The 16-year-old victim told investigators he was assaulted with a pool cue during a team dinner in... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration’s lawsuit against California over state laws aimed at protecting immigrants makes the same argument the Obama administration made when it went after an Arizona law that sought to crack down on people in the country illegally: The power to regulate immigration lies primarily with the U.S. government. But... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox TV is offering viewers a chance to go “inside” O.J. Simpson’s head when it airs a previously unseen 2006 interview in which he theorizes about what happened the night his ex-wife was murdered. Airing Sunday, “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” will include the ex-football star’s fictionalized “confession” to the 1994... Read More
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wynn Resorts has agreed to pay $2.4 billion in a settlement with a Tokyo casino game maker and its U.S. unit over the forced redemption of their shares in the Las Vegas-based casino operating company in 2012. The company on Thursday announced the settlement with Universal Entertainment Corp., which previously held... Read More
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish inventor accused of torturing and killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a private submarine trip before dismembering her body strongly denied killing her, asserting at his trial Thursday that she died accidentally because of a pressure problem in the submarine. Peter Madsen, who is accused of torturing Wall before... Read More
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what would be the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state’s only abortion provider pledged to sue, and the attorney general said he expected a tough legal battle ahead. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Legislature... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Is “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli a master manipulator who conned wealthy investors or a misunderstood eccentric who used unconventional means to make those same investors even wealthier? A federal judge in Brooklyn will have to weigh the conflicting portrayals of the former pharmaceutical company CEO on Friday at his sentencing on... Read More
Jerry Jones has agreed to pay the NFL more than $2 million in legal fees resulting from two disputes the Dallas Cowboys owner had with the league, a person with direct knowledge of the settlement tells The Associated Press. The amount to be paid was resolved Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because... Read More
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a man answering to a stolen car charge drove a stolen car to court in Connecticut. Authorities say 25-year-old Jonathan Rivera was at the Hartford Superior Court on Wednesday to appear before a judge on a charge of first-degree larceny and tampering with a motor vehicle from February. Parking... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An herbalist who touted natural cures that helped him overcome cancer has been charged in the death of a 13-year-old diabetic boy who prosecutors said he treated with herbal oils instead of insulin. Timothy Morrow, 83, was charged with practicing medicine without a license and child abuse causing a death, the... Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man convicted of trying to help the Islamic State group is scheduled to be sentenced in April. Aaron Daniels pleaded guilty last July to a charge accusing him of trying to travel to Libya to join the group. Authorities allege Daniels wired $250 to an Islamic State group operative... Read More
