NC will appeal ruling that blocked voter photo ID law

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocks the state’s photo identification voting law but not before the March 3 primary, the state Department of Justice said Thursday. The office of Attorney General Josh Stein said in a news release that he will appeal the decision issued Tuesday by... Read More

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January 3, 2020

Nike: Avenatti wants to make it a villain at extortion trial

NEW YORK (AP) — California attorney Michael Avenatti wants to portray Nike as a villain and himself a hero at his extortion trial later this month, the company said in a court filing made public Thursday. The sportswear maker said in court papers that Avenatti’s attorneys want five Nike sports marketing employees to testify at... Read More

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Michael Avenatti

January 3, 2020

‘Affluenza teen’ jailed in Texas for probation violation

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who used “affluenza” as a defense at his trial for killing four people while driving drunk was arrested Thursday after authorities say he violated the terms of his probation. Ethan Couch, 22, was booked into a jail in Fort Worth after he tested positive for THC, the... Read More

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Ethan Couch

January 3, 2020

US starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border

PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles (563 kilometers) away in Juarez, Mexico. Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Asylum

January 3, 2020

4th death in Mississippi prisons; judge says other prison OK

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Another Mississippi inmate has died at the hands of a fellow inmate, bringing the death toll to four in disturbances over the past week in the state prison system. The violence comes even as a federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in one Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh. Sunflower County... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

January 3, 2020

7 charged in California party shooting that killed 4

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Seven gang members were charged Thursday in state and federal court in the shooting deaths of four men at a backyard party in California, prosecutors said. The victims were killed Nov. 17 when gunmen entered the yard of a Fresno home through an unlocked gate and used semiautomatic weapons to open... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

January 3, 2020

Mental tests ordered for man accused of killing Iowa pastor

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A mental competency evaluation has been ordered for a man accused of beating to death a pastor outside a central Iowa church. A judge approved a request Monday from the attorney for Joshua Pendleton, 36. Pendleton has pleaded not guilty to charges of robbery and first-degree murder in the slaying... Read More

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Joshua Pendleton

January 2, 2020

Judge stalls California labor law as it relates to truckers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new California labor law from impacting more than 70,000 independent truckers. The law makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees, who are entitled to minimum wage and benefits such as workers compensation. Freelance writers and photographers... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

January 2, 2020

Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world

CHICAGO (AP) — One day in May of 1970, an 11-year-old boy and his disabled sister were sitting on the curb outside a Chicago tavern, waiting for their mother to come out. When a priest with crinkly eyes and a ready smile happened by and offered the family a ride home, they could not have... Read More

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Donald McGuire

January 2, 2020

Jury awards $4 million to Disney Cruise Line worker

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury has decided that a Disney Cruise Line worker deserves $4 million from the company based on her claim that she got inadequate medical care from ship doctors after she was hit by a car during a port of call. The Brevard County jury earlier this month ordered... Read More

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Disney Cruise Line

January 2, 2020

Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. Jones is being sued for defamation in Austin, Texas, by the parents of a 6-year-old who... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Alex Jones, Sandy Hook

January 2, 2020

Inmate convicted in state prison attack moves to US prison

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The man sentenced to death in the killings of four workers during an attempted escape from a North Carolina prison has been transferred to a federal prison in Kentucky because of safety concerns. The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reports that Mikel Brady has been transferred to U.S. Penitentiary Big... Read More

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Mikel Brady

January 2, 2020

Marines: Hanukkah stabbing suspect kicked out of boot camp

NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with stabbing five people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York began boot camp to enter the U.S. Marine Corps but was separated from the service a month later for “fraudulent enlistment,” military officials said Tuesday. A Marine Corps spokeswoman would not provide details on why Grafton Thomas... Read More

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Grafton Thomas

January 2, 2020

Judge: ‘Filthy’ zoo must give up animals; Zoo appeals

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A western Maryland zoo where five endangered animals died was ordered by a judge to send its remaining big cats to a sanctuary. Tri-State Zoological Park in Cumberland has seen two tigers, a lion and a lemur die within a three-year span. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued the... Read More

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Tri-State Zoological Park

NC will appeal ruling that blocked voter photo ID law

Nike: Avenatti wants to make it a villain at extortion trial

‘Affluenza teen’ jailed in Texas for probation violation

US starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border

4th death in Mississippi prisons; judge says other prison OK

7 charged in California party shooting that killed 4

Mental tests ordered for man accused of killing Iowa pastor

Judge stalls California labor law as it relates to truckers

Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world

Jury awards $4 million to Disney Cruise Line worker

Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case

Inmate convicted in state prison attack moves to US prison

Marines: Hanukkah stabbing suspect kicked out of boot camp

Judge: ‘Filthy’ zoo must give up animals; Zoo appeals

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