Man accused of defrauding comic book icon appears in court

PHOENIX (AP) — A former business manager of the late comic book legend Stan Lee had his initial court appearance early Sunday in Arizona, where he was arrested after fleeing California charges of fiduciary elder abuse. Keya Morgan appeared in Maricopa County Superior Court on a charge of being a fugitive of justice. Court documents... Read More

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Keya Morgan

May 28, 2019

Court: NFL’s Bucs not entitled to damages from BP spill

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers is not entitled to damages from BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. At issue were the accounting practices the team used to argue that the 2010 spill caused the team’s revenues to fall. The Bucs had sought... Read More

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BP, NFL

May 28, 2019

Overturning Roe v. Wade wouldn’t turn back the clock to 1973

A wave of state abortion bans has set off speculation: What would happen if Roe v. Wade, the ruling establishing abortion rights nationwide, were overturned? Although far from a certainty, even with increased conservative clout on the Supreme Court, a reversal of Roe would mean abortion policy would revert to the states, and many would... Read More

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Abortion

May 28, 2019

Spotlight on Oklahoma for start of trial for opioid makers

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is poised to become the first state to go to trial in a lawsuit against the makers of pharmaceuticals blamed for contributing to the nation’s opioid crisis. Although several states have reached settlements with drugmakers, including Oklahoma’s agreements this year with OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceuticals, the trial set... Read More

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Opioids

May 28, 2019

Exhibit highlights cartoonists’ focus on First Amendment

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The First Amendment right to free speech is no laughing matter, as illustrated by a new exhibit at the world’s largest cartoon library. The political cartooning display runs the gamut from a 1774 etching by Paul Revere criticizing Britain’s use of tea as a political weapon to a 2018 cartoon lampooning... Read More

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First Amendment

May 28, 2019

Dartmouth, women want mediation in sexual misconduct lawsuit

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College and nine women who accuse the school of ignoring years of sexual misconduct by three professors have agreed to try to settle a lawsuit out of court. In a joint motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Concord, New Hampshire, the school and the women asked a judge... Read More

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Dartmouth

May 28, 2019

In emotional interviews, ex-Scouts open up about abuse

NEW YORK (AP) — Sharing their stories doesn’t come easily for these middle-aged men. At times, their eyes well up or their voices crack as they describe being sexually abused in the Boy Scouts and suffering from emotional damage long afterward. Looking back, they all remember vividly how excited they were to become Scouts. “I... Read More

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Boy Scouts

May 28, 2019

In some Democrat-led states, lawmakers differ on abortion

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bill seeking to preserve abortion protections in state law fails to pass a key committee. Lawmakers cite God, church and faith in proclaiming their opposition to it. Abortion-rights groups protest outside a gathering of lawmakers. What sounds like a legislative fight in a state controlled by anti-abortion Republicans is actually... Read More

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Abortion

May 28, 2019

Britney Spears family seeks renewed order barring ex-friend

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge will consider whether to extend a temporary restraining order Tuesday that keeps a former associate of Britney Spears away from her and her family. Sam Lutfi, 44, a onetime Spears confidante who has said he once acted as the pop star’s manager, was ordered on May 8... Read More

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Britney Spears

May 28, 2019

Sentencing set for Alabama man in $2M scam

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to federal charges in a $2 million scam that sucked in an Alabama town is due in state court to face additional counts. Records show Kyle Sandler has signed papers showing he plans to plead guilty Tuesday to a state theft charge involving more than $2,500... Read More

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Kyle Sandler

May 24, 2019

Officer charged in killing is fired, judge leaves the case

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city has fired a police officer charged in the killing of a woman with whom he was romantically involved. In a related development, a judge who presided over the officer’s first court appearance has stepped away from the case after the victim’s mother said the judge was disrespectful. An... Read More

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Mathew Kinne

May 24, 2019

N Carolina man released after serving more than 40 years

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who once was on death row and then served more than 40 years in prison for a shopkeeper’s slaying in a failed robbery attempt was headed home Thursday. Attorney Theresa Newman, co-director of the Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic, said 81-year-old Charles Ray Finch was released Thursday from... Read More

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Charles Ray Finch

May 24, 2019

Lawyer: More than video shows in Vegas bus shove murder case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — There is more to know than a bus security video clip has shown about the case of a 25-year-old woman accused of killing a 74-year-old man by shoving him off a public bus in Las Vegas, an attorney defending the woman on a murder charge said Thursday. Cadesha Michelle Bishop’s attorney,... Read More

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Cadesha Michelle Bishop

May 24, 2019

Bank CEO pleads not guilty in bid to get Trump post

NEW YORK (AP) — A banker who prosecutors say tried to buy himself a senior post in President Donald Trump’s administration by making risky loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Thursday to a financial institution bribery charge as his lawyer said he’s done nothing wrong. Stephen M. Calk, 54, was... Read More

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Stephen M. Calk

Man accused of defrauding comic book icon appears in court

Court: NFL’s Bucs not entitled to damages from BP spill

Overturning Roe v. Wade wouldn’t turn back the clock to 1973

Spotlight on Oklahoma for start of trial for opioid makers

Exhibit highlights cartoonists’ focus on First Amendment

Dartmouth, women want mediation in sexual misconduct lawsuit

In emotional interviews, ex-Scouts open up about abuse

In some Democrat-led states, lawmakers differ on abortion

Britney Spears family seeks renewed order barring ex-friend

Sentencing set for Alabama man in $2M scam

Officer charged in killing is fired, judge leaves the case

N Carolina man released after serving more than 40 years

Lawyer: More than video shows in Vegas bus shove murder case

Bank CEO pleads not guilty in bid to get Trump post

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