Rose McGowan: Weinstein legal action costing her house

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Rose McGowan, refusing to mention Harvey Weinstein by name, said unspecified legal action by the man she instead calls “the monster” is forcing her to sell her house to fight him. The actress-turned-activist spoke to TV critics Tuesday about her upcoming documentary series “Citizen Rose” and what she called her global... Read More

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Rose McGowan

January 10, 2018

Modric appears in Madrid court in tax fraud case

MADRID (AP) — Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has appeared in court in a tax fraud case in Madrid. Officials said Tuesday Modric was in court for about 10 minutes along with his wife and lawyer. The player’s wife, Vadja, is also being accused of tax irregularities. Spanish prosecutors have accused the Real Madrid midfielder of... Read More

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Luka Modric, Tax Fraud

January 10, 2018

Penn State settles suit over alleged Sandusky abuse in 2007

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has settled a lawsuit by a man who claimed former university assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a car in 2007, when the man was about 14 years old. The settlement notice was posted Monday on the Philadelphia courts website and confirmed by a lawyer for the... Read More

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Jerry Sandusky

January 10, 2018

Wisconsin school district settles transgender student’s suit

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school district has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by a transgender high school student for $800,000. The Kenosha Unified School Board voted Tuesday night to settle with Ash Whitaker and end its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging lower court rulings that allowed Whitaker to use the boys’... Read More

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Transgender

January 10, 2018

Trump lawyer sues BuzzFeed for publishing Russia dossier

NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime personal lawyer for President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed for publishing an unverified dossier of allegations about Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. The lawyer Michael Cohen, filed the lawsuit in New York state on Tuesday, nearly a year after BuzzFeed published the dossier commissioned by... Read More

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Buzzfeed, Trump

January 10, 2018

Man resentenced to 75 years in teen’s Chicago shooting death

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge has resentenced a man to 75 years in prison for the 2007 shooting death of a high school student on a Chicago bus. Judge Matthew Coghlan on Tuesday resentenced 27-year-old Michael Pace, who was originally sentenced to 100 years after pleading guilty in the death of Blair Holt,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Michael Pace, Shooting

January 10, 2018

Man sentenced in theft of wines from California restaurants

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge in California has sentenced a second defendant to prison on a conspiracy charge stemming from the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars of high-end wine from restaurants, including the famed French Laundry in Napa Valley. Prosecutors say U.S. District Judge Beth Freeman in San Jose sentenced... Read More

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Alfred Georgis, The French Laundry

January 10, 2018

Sentencing set for Ohio man accused of plotting US attacks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A sentencing date has been set for an Ohio man who admitted he plotted to kill military members in the U.S. Columbus resident Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud (ab-dee-RAH’-mahn shayk moh-HAH’-mud) is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 19. Mohamud pleaded guilty in August 2015 to supporting terrorism and making false statements to... Read More

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Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, Terrorism

January 10, 2018

Judge denies prison transfer request by ex-treasure hunter

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has denied a request by a former treasure hunter to change prisons because of an allergy to fiberglass. Judge Algenon Marbley in Columbus says Tommy Thompson has never been diagnosed or treated for fiberglass sensitivity. Marbley also said in a Monday ruling that Thompson hasn’t proven... Read More

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Tommy Thompson

January 10, 2018

Rancher: States, not feds, should manage range lands in West

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada rancher who had his charges dismissed in a 2014 armed standoff with government agents insisted Tuesday that it’s up to the states, not the federal officials, how to manage vast expanses of rangeland in the U.S. West. Some watching Cliven Bundy’s case think his message will find more traction... Read More

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Cliven Bundy

January 10, 2018

Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio announces bid for Senate

PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who was spared a possible jail sentence when President Donald Trump pardoned him for disobeying a judge, announced Tuesday that he would run for the Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Jeff Flake. The 85-year-old longtime lawman said the lack of support for Trump’s agenda... Read More

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Joe Arpaio

January 10, 2018

Judge blocks Trump decision to end young immigrant program

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent President Donald Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program while their lawsuits... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration

January 9, 2018

3 Native American tribes sue opioid industry groups

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Three Native American tribes in the Dakotas are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors, alleging they concealed and minimized the addiction risk of prescription drugs. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate sued 24 opioid industry groups in federal court on Monday. Defendants include drug... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Opiods

January 9, 2018

Judge jails Detroit man whose sentence is many years overdue

DETROIT (AP) — A judge says she’s “trying to get to the bottom” of why a Detroit man hasn’t been sentenced yet for manslaughter, six years after he pleaded no contest to the charge. Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway tells The Associated Press that the case is “very strange.” Leroy Moon has been free on bond... Read More

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Leroy Moon

Rose McGowan: Weinstein legal action costing her house

Modric appears in Madrid court in tax fraud case

Penn State settles suit over alleged Sandusky abuse in 2007

Wisconsin school district settles transgender student’s suit

Trump lawyer sues BuzzFeed for publishing Russia dossier

Man resentenced to 75 years in teen’s Chicago shooting death

Man sentenced in theft of wines from California restaurants

Sentencing set for Ohio man accused of plotting US attacks

Judge denies prison transfer request by ex-treasure hunter

Rancher: States, not feds, should manage range lands in West

Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio announces bid for Senate

Judge blocks Trump decision to end young immigrant program

3 Native American tribes sue opioid industry groups

Judge jails Detroit man whose sentence is many years overdue

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