Generic drugmakers sold most opioids during overdose crisis

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doled out lavish perks for top U.S. employees who hit or beat sales goals for prescription opioids and other drugs: six-figure bonuses and a chance to snag a coveted “President’s Club” award, which could mean vacations to Hawaii, the Caribbean or Mexico. The company placed that same staff in charge of reporting any... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Opioids

February 25, 2020

US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions

SEATTLE (AP) — In a victory for the Trump administration, a U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld rules that bar taxpayer-funded family-planning clinics from referring women for abortions. The 7-4 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned decisions issued by judges in Washington, Oregon and California. The court had already allowed the... Read More

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Abortion, Donald Trump

February 25, 2020

S. Dakota kills bill from survivors of Catholic school abuse

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Louise Aamot Charbonneau couldn’t make her annual trip to the South Dakota Legislature this year to confront lawmakers with her story of surviving childhood rape and abuse at the hands of priests and nuns at a boarding school for Native Americans during the 1950s and 1960s. The 69-year-old died suddenly three... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church

February 25, 2020

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publicly mourned their deaths Monday in an emotional public ceremony. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sports

Kobe Bryant

February 25, 2020

Actor Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to restored charges

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and falsely reporting to police that the phony attack was real. His lawyer, Tina Glandian, entered the not guilty pleas on his behalf to six... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, Fraud, News

Jussie Smollett

February 25, 2020

Men hire lawyers over alleged abuse by U. of Michigan doctor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Several men alleging sexual abuse by a deceased University of Michigan doctor have retained law firms that are representing accusers who sued Michigan State University and Ohio State University in similar cases, attorneys said Monday. Stephen Estey, whose California firm has been hired by “several” men, said the parallels between... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News, Sexual Abuse

Richard Anderson

February 25, 2020

Agents’ shootings escape scrutiny, use-of-force reforms

PHOENIX (AP) — First came the crash, reverberating off the walls of the retirement community like a “mini atom bomb,” then a barrage of gunfire shattered the desert morning calm. Neighbors working in their garages and gardens scrambled for cover, as rounds ripped through metal and cut into picnic tables. One woman hit the floor... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

February 25, 2020

Tennessee continues push for executions, setting 2 more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee on Monday set two new execution dates, days after putting to death its seventh inmate in the past year and a half. The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered an Oct. 8 execution date for Byron Black and a Dec. 3 execution date for Pervis Payne. Black was convicted by a Nashville... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Byron Black, Pervis Payne

February 25, 2020

Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect

PHOENIX (AP) — Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid. No more. “You had to arrive at 3 in the morning,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

February 25, 2020

Judge orders talks about plan to move virus patients to city

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. and California officials to answer questions from local officials about plans to relocate former cruise ship passengers who test positive for a new coronavirus to a facility in Southern California. U.S District Judge Josephine Staton, who had already temporarily blocked federal officials from... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 25, 2020

Weinstein case could influence other sex crime prosecutions

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors are hailing Harvey Weinstein’s conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system views a type of sexual assault case historically considered difficult to prove. Most of the women who testified against Weinstein stayed in contact with him — and sometimes had consensual sexual... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Harvey Weinstein

February 25, 2020

Feds seek 21 months for Hot Pockets heiress in college scam

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking nearly two years in prison for an heiress to the Hot Pockets microwavable snack fortune who agreed to pay $300,000 to cheat the college admissions process for her daughters in a nationwide bribery scheme. Michelle Janavs, whose family developed Hot Pockets before selling their company, will be sentenced Tuesday... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Hot Pockets, Michelle Janavs

February 25, 2020

Members of Vagos bikers cleared of all charges in US court

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight accused Vagos biker gang members were acquitted Monday of all charges alleging they were part of a broad criminal racketeering enterprise that committed violent crimes for more than a decade, including the killing of a rival Hells Angels leader in a casino shootout in 2011. Gasps erupted in the Las... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Vagos

February 25, 2020

‘A new day’: Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women and led off to prison in handcuffs Monday in what his foes hailed as a landmark moment for the legal system and a long-overdue reckoning for the man vilified as the biggest monster of the #MeToo... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Harvey Weinstein

Generic drugmakers sold most opioids during overdose crisis

US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions

S. Dakota kills bill from survivors of Catholic school abuse

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

Actor Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to restored charges

Men hire lawyers over alleged abuse by U. of Michigan doctor

Agents’ shootings escape scrutiny, use-of-force reforms

Tennessee continues push for executions, setting 2 more

Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect

Judge orders talks about plan to move virus patients to city

Weinstein case could influence other sex crime prosecutions

Feds seek 21 months for Hot Pockets heiress in college scam

Members of Vagos bikers cleared of all charges in US court

‘A new day’: Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs

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