Ex-tenant says police visited Oakland warehouse before fire

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former tenant of an Oakland warehouse says police were called to the unlicensed residence several times to help with evictions before a fire last year that killed three dozen people, and even knew the leaseholder by name. Jose Avalos, a woodworker who moved into the Ghost Ship two years before... Read More

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Fire, Ghost Ship

December 8, 2017

Wounded woman drops ‘bump stock’ maker from Vegas lawsuit

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The maker of a rapid-fire gun accessory that police say was used in the Oct. 1 mass shooting that killed 58 people and left hundreds injured at an open-air concert on the Las Vegas Strip has been removed from a wounded California woman’s negligence and damages lawsuit, a lawyer said Thursday.... Read More

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Guns, Las Vegas, Shooting

December 8, 2017

Ex-Arizona Police Officer Acquitted in Fatal Hotel Shooting

PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona police officer was acquitted Thursday of a murder charge in the 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside his hotel room as officers were responding to a call that someone there was pointing a gun out a window. The verdict cleared Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, of criminal liability... Read More

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Law Enforcement

December 8, 2017

Jonas brother testifies at FIFA bribery trial about concert

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. trial of three former South American soccer officials charged in the FIFA corruption scandal took another odd twist Thursday with surprise testimony by pop star Kevin Jonas about attending a Paul McCartney show in Argentina. Prosecutors called the former member of the Jonas Brothers to bolster earlier testimony by... Read More

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FIFA

December 8, 2017

Murder conviction for Montana man who set woman on fire

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal jury in Montana has found a man guilty of strangling a woman, pouring gasoline on her and setting her on fire. She died more than two months later. Jurors on Thursday convicted 20-year-old Dimarzio Swade Sanchez of first-degree murder in the June 2016 death of 28-year-old Roylynn Rides Horse.... Read More

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Convicted, Murder

December 8, 2017

Director Bryan Singer accused in lawsuit of assaulting teen

SEATTLE (AP) — Director Bryan Singer has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy at a party more than a decade ago. The lawsuit filed in Seattle claims Singer demanded sex from Cesar Sanchez-Guzman during a 2003 yacht party. After the then-teenager refused, the lawsuit says, Singer pushed him on the... Read More

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Bryan Singer, Hollywood, Sexual Abuse

December 8, 2017

Ex-priest convicted of murdering Texas woman in 1960

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — An ex-priest was convicted of murdering a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen on Thursday, more than 57 years after Irene Garza went to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen intending to go to confession. Garza’s bludgeoned body was found days after her April 16, 1960, disappearance. An autopsy revealed that... Read More

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Religion, Sexual Abuse

December 8, 2017

2 Australians jailed in brutal slaying of Aboriginal woman

SYDNEY (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced a man to at least 14 years in prison for the slaying of an Aboriginal woman who bled to death from a violent sexual assault on a remote beach, closing a six-year battle for justice by the woman’s family in a case that exposed Australia’s deep racial... Read More

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Australia, Sexual Abuse

December 8, 2017

Video key in ex-officer’s stiff sentence for killing

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The video was viewed millions of times around the world. It was blurry, frenzied and chilling: an unarmed black man ran from a white officer, who shot him five times in the back. (VIDEO CAN BE SEEN A THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE) On Thursday, relatives of that fleeing motorist described... Read More

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Michael Slager

December 7, 2017

Ex-cop grateful for family’s forgiveness

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal sentencing of a former South Carolina police officer in the death of an unarmed motorist (all times local): 12:40 p.m. A white former police officer says he is grateful for the forgiveness from the family of a black man that he shot to death. Ex-North Charleston... Read More

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Michael Slager, Shooting

December 7, 2017

Michigan sports doctor gets 60 years in prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of Larry Nassar, the Michigan sports doctor convicted of possessing child pornography and assaulting gymnasts (all times local): 12:10 p.m. A judge has sentenced a Michigan sports doctor to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography crimes, one of three criminal cases against a... Read More

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Nassar, Sexual Abuse

December 7, 2017

Wild About Trial Announces New Website Launch

The newly revamped and redesigned website offers visitors live streaming of the nation’s most riveting and controversial trials with improved functionality and special features. Los Angeles, CA — Wild About Trial™, the leading courtroom website that covers trials in a fresh way by tweeting, and live streaming the nation’s most riveting and controversial trials right... Read More

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WAT, Wild About Trial

December 7, 2017

Lego wins first China copyright case against imitators

HONG KONG (AP) — Danish toy maker Lego said Thursday it has won a major legal victory in China, where a court ruled in its favor in a copyright case against companies making knockoffs of its famous colored bricks. The company said it was the first time it has won an unfair competition case against imitators in... Read More

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China, Lego

December 7, 2017

Pitino sues University of Louisville Athletic Association

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rick Pitino has sued the University of Louisville Athletic Association for $38.7 million, saying it breached his contract by placing him on unpaid administrative leave without notice and firing him last month with no legally justified “cause.” The ULAA fired the Hall of Fame coach on Oct. 16, weeks after he was placed... Read More

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Sports

Ex-tenant says police visited Oakland warehouse before fire

Wounded woman drops ‘bump stock’ maker from Vegas lawsuit

Ex-Arizona Police Officer Acquitted in Fatal Hotel Shooting

Jonas brother testifies at FIFA bribery trial about concert

Murder conviction for Montana man who set woman on fire

Director Bryan Singer accused in lawsuit of assaulting teen

Ex-priest convicted of murdering Texas woman in 1960

2 Australians jailed in brutal slaying of Aboriginal woman

Video key in ex-officer’s stiff sentence for killing

Ex-cop grateful for family’s forgiveness

Michigan sports doctor gets 60 years in prison

Wild About Trial Announces New Website Launch

Lego wins first China copyright case against imitators

Pitino sues University of Louisville Athletic Association

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