Purdue Pharma says settlement talks in opioid cases not over

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and lawyers representing local governments both said Sunday that they’re interested in continuing negotiations to settle lawsuits over the toll of the opioid crisis a day after two state attorneys general told colleagues that their talks with the company were at an impasse and that they expected the company to file... Read More

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Opioids, Purdue Pharma

September 9, 2019

Women seek abortions out of state amid restrictions

ATLANTA (AP) — At a routine ultrasound when she was five months pregnant, Hevan Lunsford began to panic when the technician took longer than normal, then told her she would need to see a specialist. Lunsford, a nurse in Alabama, knew it was serious and begged for an appointment the next day. That’s when the... Read More

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Hevan Lunsford

September 9, 2019

Ex-soldier serving life for teen’s ’82 murder seeks DNA test

HONOLULU (AP) — Advocates for a former U.S. soldier convicted of the attempted rape and murder of an Army officer’s son 37 years ago are asking a federal judge to order DNA testing to discredit what they say is weak evidence presented at a court-martial that sent him to prison for life. The Hawaii Innocence... Read More

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Clifford Hubbard

September 9, 2019

Judge reinstates nationwide halt on Trump asylum policy plan

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. judge in California on Monday reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration’s plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled in Oakland that an injunction blocking the administration’s policy from taking effect should apply nationwide. Tigar blocked the... Read More

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Asylum

September 9, 2019

‘Nola No-call’ lawsuit is no more; fan drops his fight

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney and New Orleans Saints fan said Monday he will go no further with his court fight against the NFL over game officials’ failure to call an obvious penalty at a crucial point in a January playoff game. The no-call helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the Saints and advance... Read More

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New Orleans Saints, NFL

September 9, 2019

ACLU: Kansas inmate could die without opioid-addiction meds

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of an inmate they claim could die without a drug used to treat his opioid addiction. After an emergency hearing Wednesday in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia will... Read More

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Leaman Crews

September 9, 2019

Jury of 10 women, 2 men to hear Mar-a-Lago trespassing trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of a Chinese businesswoman charged with lying to a Secret Service agent and trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club will be heard by a jury of 10 women and two men after their selection first bogged down Monday over the defendant’s lack of underwear. The bizarre case... Read More

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Yujing Zhang

September 6, 2019

Feds recommend 10-month sentence for extremist in gun case

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday recommended a 10-month prison sentence followed by 3 years of supervised release for a man whose relatives reported concerns about his behavior and far-right extremist rhetoric after last year’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. Jeffrey Clark Jr. pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge in July. He’s scheduled... Read More

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Robert Bowers

September 6, 2019

Judge grills US attorney who opposes injection site plan

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge in Philadelphia grilled the city’s top federal prosecutor Thursday over his opposition to a plan to open the nation’s first supervised injection site to address the opioid crisis. U.S. Attorney William McSwain called the goal of reducing overdose deaths “laudable,” but accused organizers of “hubris” for thinking they can... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

September 6, 2019

Kroenke, NFL appeal St. Louis lawsuit case to Supreme Court

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The NFL, Los Angeles Rams and team owner Stan Kroenke are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider why a lawsuit over the team’s departure from St. Louis should be settled in arbitration, not open court. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the case should be heard in a... Read More

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NFL

September 6, 2019

Girlfriend of missing mom’s husband faces new charge

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The girlfriend of the estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother of five has turned herself in to police to face a new charge. Michelle Troconis and her lawyer declined to comment Thursday as they went into the Bridgeport state police barracks. Officials say she was charged with a second count... Read More

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Michelle Troconis

September 6, 2019

Texas hoping to revive law on burial of fetal remains

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas attorneys asked a federal appeals court Thursday to revive the state’s requirement that fetal remains from abortions and miscarriages at health care facilities be buried or cremated. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans gave no indication when it would rule following the... Read More

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fetal remains

September 6, 2019

Women facing restrictions seek abortions out of state

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion

September 6, 2019

Attorney: Alleged newspaper gunman ‘evil as all get-out’

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A lawyer said Thursday that “evil as all get-out” would be a better way of describing the man accused of fatally shooting five people at a Maryland newspaper, rather than calling him “crazy.” Brennan McCarthy, who represented a woman harassed by Jarrod Ramos years ago, testified at a pretrial hearing as... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

Purdue Pharma says settlement talks in opioid cases not over

Women seek abortions out of state amid restrictions

Ex-soldier serving life for teen’s ’82 murder seeks DNA test

Judge reinstates nationwide halt on Trump asylum policy plan

‘Nola No-call’ lawsuit is no more; fan drops his fight

ACLU: Kansas inmate could die without opioid-addiction meds

Jury of 10 women, 2 men to hear Mar-a-Lago trespassing trial

Feds recommend 10-month sentence for extremist in gun case

Judge grills US attorney who opposes injection site plan

Kroenke, NFL appeal St. Louis lawsuit case to Supreme Court

Girlfriend of missing mom’s husband faces new charge

Texas hoping to revive law on burial of fetal remains

Women facing restrictions seek abortions out of state

Attorney: Alleged newspaper gunman ‘evil as all get-out’

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