Trump campaign sues NY Times for defamation over Putin

NEW YORK (AP) — The campaign to reelect President Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper that claimed the campaign made a deal with Russian officials to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the lawsuit in state... Read More

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Donald Trump, NY Times

February 27, 2020

Mom of missing kids waives extradition; bail stays at $5M

HONOLULU (AP) — Bail will remain at $5 million for a mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children, a judge ruled Wednesday. Lori Vallow wore an orange jumpsuit in court on the Hawaiian island of Kauai for a hearing on her request to reduce bail. After the judge denied the... Read More

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Lori Vallow

February 26, 2020

Mississippi man convicted in shooting deaths of 8 people

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi jury on Tuesday convicted a man in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, including some of his own relatives and a deputy sheriff who responded to a domestic disturbance call. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was found guilty on all charges against him after jurors heard nine days of... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 26, 2020

Ex-ICE agent sentenced for impersonating officer in Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison for impersonating an immigration supervisor in a foiled attempt to free a Mexican immigrant from a Kansas jail, authorities said. Andrew J. Pleviak, 42, of Topeka pleaded guilty in December to falsely claiming to... Read More

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Andrew J. Pleviak

February 26, 2020

Singer who drew fire at Mar-a-Lago competent to face trial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Connecticut opera singer is now mentally competent to stand trial on charges that she sped through a checkpoint outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, drawing gunfire from law enforcement officers, her attorney says. Hannah Roemhild has responded well to medication she has received while being held at the... Read More

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Hannah Roemhild, Mar-a-Lago

February 26, 2020

Prosecutors seek death for man accused of killing wife, kids

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a man indicted on four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his wife and three children at their Florida home near Walt Disney World. State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced during a news conference Tuesday that an Osceola County grand jury had formally... Read More

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Anthony Todt

February 26, 2020

Hot Pockets heir gets 5 months in prison for college scam

BOSTON (AP) — An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for trying to cheat and bribe her daughters’ way into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam. Michelle Janavs, whose father and uncle invented the microwaveable Hot Pockets turnovers before selling their company, showed no... Read More

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Admissions Scheme, Michelle Janavs

February 26, 2020

Avenatti lawyer to put Stormy Daniels’ credibility on trial

NEW YORK (AP) — The credibility of porn star Stormy Daniels will be the central issue when Michael Avenatti goes on trial in April on charges that he cheated her of $300,000 from a book deal, his attorney said Tuesday. Lawyer Tom Warren spoke outside court after his client, his feet and hands shackled, shuffled... Read More

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Michael Avenatti

February 26, 2020

Inmate seeks end to solitary over refusal to cut dreadlocks

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An inmate awaiting trial in a shooting case wants a federal judge to release him from solitary confinement in a central Pennsylvania county jail, where he has been for more than a year because he refuses to cut dreadlocks that hold religious significance for him. The hand-written lawsuit filed in October... Read More

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Eric S. McGill Jr.

February 26, 2020

Dire warning in ship salvage lawsuit not repeated in court

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Officials for a salvage company suing to halt demolition of an overturned cargo ship on the Georgia coast appeared to back away Tuesday from claims that sawing the vessel into enormous chunks would cause an “environmental catastrophe.” Officials from the salvage firm Donjon-SMIT told a U.S. District Court judge they would... Read More

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Donjon-SMI

February 26, 2020

Mom of 2 missing Idaho kids wants $5 million bail reduced

HONOLULU (AP) — A mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children wants a judge to reconsider her $5 million bail. A court hearing for her request is scheduled Wednesday on Kauai, where Lori Vallow was arrested last week on an Idaho warrant. She has been charged with two felony counts... Read More

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Lori Vallow

February 26, 2020

Florida lawsuit questions Sanders’ Democratic bona fides

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a state where elections and litigation are intertwined, add this to Florida’s ballot box saga: A pair of Floridians are asking a court to remove Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic front-runner for president, from the state’s March 17 primary ballot. Although Sanders is registered as a Democrat with the Federal... Read More

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Bernie Sanders

February 26, 2020

Next for Weinstein: Sentencing, appeal and another rape case

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a jury branded Harvey Weinstein a convicted rapist, the former film producer remained at a New York City hospital on Tuesday, his new life as an inmate interrupted by concerns about high blood pressure and heart palpitations. Lawyers for the 67-year-old Weinstein said he was buoyed by plans... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 26, 2020

FBI raids Canadian fashion mogul following sex abuse claims

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities raided the Manhattan headquarters of the Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, a search that came amid claims he trafficked and sexually assaulted dozens of teenage girls and women. The FBI searched the designer’s Times Square offices Tuesday less than two weeks after 10 women filed a lawsuit accusing Nygard... Read More

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Peter Nygard

Trump campaign sues NY Times for defamation over Putin

Mom of missing kids waives extradition; bail stays at $5M

Mississippi man convicted in shooting deaths of 8 people

Ex-ICE agent sentenced for impersonating officer in Kansas

Singer who drew fire at Mar-a-Lago competent to face trial

Prosecutors seek death for man accused of killing wife, kids

Hot Pockets heir gets 5 months in prison for college scam

Avenatti lawyer to put Stormy Daniels’ credibility on trial

Inmate seeks end to solitary over refusal to cut dreadlocks

Dire warning in ship salvage lawsuit not repeated in court

Mom of 2 missing Idaho kids wants $5 million bail reduced

Florida lawsuit questions Sanders’ Democratic bona fides

Next for Weinstein: Sentencing, appeal and another rape case

FBI raids Canadian fashion mogul following sex abuse claims

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