Race factors into jury picks for ex-cop who killed black man

DALLAS (AP) — Jury selection is set to resume Friday in the murder trial of a white former Texas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man inside his own apartment in a case that that has ignited fierce debate over race, politics and policing. Potential jurors in Amber Guyger’s trial for the killing... Read More

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Amber Guyger

September 12, 2019

Court cuts jury award, warns Steinbeck kin to end litigation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court attempted to close the book on endless litigation between the relatives of author John Steinbeck in a ruling that upheld a $5 million verdict against his daughter-in-law, but threw out $8 million she faced in punitive damages. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Read More

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John Steinbeck

September 12, 2019

Man who loaned gun to killer of Utah student sentenced

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The man who loaned the gun used to kill college athlete Lauren McCluskey looked downcast and said he “shakes” when he thinks about her death Wednesday as he was sentenced to three years of supervised release. “It’s extremely sad … I cried when I found out about (Lauren’s death),” Nathan... Read More

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Lauren McCluskey, Nathan Daniel Vogel

September 12, 2019

Trial nears end for father of former McConnell rival

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A monthlong trial neared its conclusion Wednesday for Kentucky Democratic stalwart Jerry Lundergan, who’s accused of breaking federal law by funneling corporate contributions to his daughter’s failed 2014 U.S. Senate campaign against Republican Mitch McConnell. During closing arguments, federal prosecutor Robert Heberle told jurors that Lundergan was involved in a “concerted... Read More

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Jerry Lundergan

September 12, 2019

Order limits video of Ten Commandments display deposition

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily limited who can see the video from the deposition of a legislator who sponsored a measure requiring a Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas’ Capitol in the lawsuit challenging the monument. The decision came after state Sen. Jason Rapert raised concerns the video could be... Read More

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Ten Commandments

September 12, 2019

Judge: StarKist to pay $100M fine in tuna price-fixing case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered StarKist Co. to pay a $100 million fine in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving the industry’s top three companies. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company was also sentenced to 13 months of probation. The Tuna giant had asked U.S. District Court judge Edward... Read More

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StarKist

September 12, 2019

Retrial ordered in bias case against Keller restaurant group

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge has ordered a retrial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought against the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. The celebrated chef and his acclaimed restaurants — Per Se in New York and the French Laundry in California — were cleared of wrongdoing by a jury in a June trial, which... Read More

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Keller restaurant group

September 12, 2019

Court won’t block death penalty trials despite moratorium

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to block death penalty cases from proceeding during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions. The justices rejected defense attorneys’ arguments that jurors can’t realistically gauge the seriousness of imposing a death sentence if they think it’s never actually going to be carried out. Newsom halted... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

September 12, 2019

Ministry had growing empire before forced-labor charges

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California ministry whose leaders are charged with using deadbolt locks to detain homeless residents and making them turn over panhandling money was no fly-by-night operation. Imperial Valley Ministries was known in the remote desert region for decades of work helping drug addicts turn their lives around. The ministry operated... Read More

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Imperial Valley Ministries

September 12, 2019

Judge: Hastert victim broke terms of $3.5M hush-money deal

CHICAGO (AP) — A former student who Dennis Hastert sexually abused decades ago breached an unwritten $3.5 million hush-money agreement with the former U.S. House Speaker by telling family members and a friend about it, an Illinois judge ruled this week. But Kendall County Judge Robert Pilmer declined to enter an immediate judgment in favor... Read More

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Dennis Hastert

September 12, 2019

Florida businessman faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida health care executive is facing sentencing following his conviction on 20 criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme. A Miami federal judge Thursday is set to sentence 50-year-old Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Prosecutors are seeking a... Read More

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Philip Esformes

September 12, 2019

In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes

NOME, Alaska (AP) — There’s not much that scares Susie. As an Alaska Native woman, she thrives amid sub-zero winters in her village near the Arctic Circle, and camps with her family each summer at the Bering Sea, catching, drying and smoking salmon to put away for winter. But Susie is afraid to return to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

September 12, 2019

Some states say they’ll keep fighting Purdue Pharma in court

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Courtroom showdowns still face OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the family that owns it, the Sacklers. But after a tentative settlement reached Wednesday with thousands of local governments and more than 20 states, the fight will be less about the damage done by the company and more over how to divide... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioids, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma

September 11, 2019

US seeks dismissal of tribes’ lawsuit over Keystone pipeline

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for the Trump administration want a U.S. judge to throw out a lawsuit from Native American tribes trying to block the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska. Tribes in Montana and South Dakota say President Donald Trump approved the pipeline without considering potential damage to cultural sites... Read More

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Keystone Pipeline

Race factors into jury picks for ex-cop who killed black man

Court cuts jury award, warns Steinbeck kin to end litigation

Man who loaned gun to killer of Utah student sentenced

Trial nears end for father of former McConnell rival

Order limits video of Ten Commandments display deposition

Judge: StarKist to pay $100M fine in tuna price-fixing case

Retrial ordered in bias case against Keller restaurant group

Court won’t block death penalty trials despite moratorium

Ministry had growing empire before forced-labor charges

Judge: Hastert victim broke terms of $3.5M hush-money deal

Florida businessman faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud

In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes

Some states say they’ll keep fighting Purdue Pharma in court

US seeks dismissal of tribes’ lawsuit over Keystone pipeline

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