Mother who paid $6.5M to college scammer says she was duped

BOSTON (AP) — A mother said Thursday that she paid the consultant at the center of the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme $6.5 million after her daughter got into Stanford University because she was led to believe the money would go toward helping underprivileged students. Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor said in March that parents shelled... Read More

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Admissions Scheme

May 3, 2019

Georgia executes man convicted of 1994 killings of 2 women

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and another woman nearly 25 years ago was executed Thursday evening in Georgia. Scotty Garnell Morrow’s approximate time of death was 9:38 p.m., Warden Benjamin Ford told witnesses at the state prison in Jackson. Morrow, 52, was convicted of murder in the shooting... Read More

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Scotty Garnell Morrow

May 3, 2019

In ‘lawless’ world of service dogs, many families suffer

APEX, N.C. (AP) — All the counseling, therapy and medication did little to ease 9-year-old Sobie Cummings’ crippling anxiety and feelings of isolation. And so a psychiatrist suggested that a service dog might help the autistic child connect with other kids. To Glenn and Rachel Cummings, Mark Mathis seemed like a dream come true. His... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

May 3, 2019

New Tennessee law punishes voter signup missteps; suit filed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor signed GOP-backed legislation Thursday that would likely make his state the first to fine voter registration groups for turning in too many incomplete signup forms, prompting a federal lawsuit and protests by critics who said it would suppress efforts to register minorities and other voters. Tennessee’s NAACP chapter and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

May 3, 2019

Landlord who refused to rent to Muslim men settles lawsuit

DENVER (AP) — A Denver landlord who was recorded telling her tenant to find an “American person … good like you and me” to sublease her property instead of a Muslim father and son seeking to open their second restaurant must pay the men $675,000 under a settlement. The three men sued last year, generating... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

Rashad Khan

May 3, 2019

YouTube star to be sentenced in Chicago in child porn case

CHICAGO (AP) — A former YouTube star with a large teenage following is scheduled to be sentenced in Chicago federal court for coercing six girls to send him sexually explicit videos. Prosecutors are seeking an 11-year prison sentence for Austin Jones on Friday. The defense wants the minimum available five years. The Chicago Tribune cites... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Austin Jones

May 2, 2019

Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s success this week in getting his child-endangerment conviction overturned capped a seven-year fight to save his reputation and stay out of jail, a period during which he has been richly compensated by the university he once ran. Spanier no longer has an office on campus... Read More

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Graham Spanier, Penn State

May 2, 2019

Publicist: Jussie Smollett won’t be at Chicago court hearing

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s publicist says the actor doesn’t intend to be at a hearing on whether a special prosecutor will be appointed to investigate prosecutors’ dismissal of charges against him. Smollett was charged with felony disorderly conduct over allegations he staged a racist and anti-gay attack on himself in January in downtown Chicago.... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

May 2, 2019

Conviction for Minneapolis cop prompts questions about race

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It’s believed to be the first time a Minnesota police officer has been convicted of murder for an on-duty shooting. With no video of Mohamed Noor shooting Justine Rusczyk Damond and conflicting testimony about the moments leading up to her death, some activists and community leaders have said race was a factor... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

May 2, 2019

St. Louis-area cop indicted for shooting shoplifting suspect

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis police officer who says she meant to use her stun gun but mistakenly grabbed her service revolver was indicted on a second-degree assault charge Wednesday for shooting a suspected shoplifter outside a grocery store. St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell said Julia Crews, 37, is charged in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Julia Crews

May 2, 2019

Remy Ma arrested on charges of punching reality TV cast mate

NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was arrested Wednesday on charges of attacking a reality show cast mate at a New York concert venue, a new round of legal trouble for a rapper still on parole from a 2007 shooting. Her lawyer, Dawn Florio, called the new allegations false, saying the rapper was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Remy Ma

May 2, 2019

Ex-CIA officer admits to espionage conspiracy with China

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An ex-CIA officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with China to commit espionage after receiving a promise from his Chinese handlers that he would be financially set for life. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 54, admitted as part of a plea bargain struck Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria that he received... Read More

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CIA, Jerry Chun Shing Lee

May 2, 2019

Georgia set to execute man who killed 2 women in 1994

ATLANTA (AP) — A man who killed his ex-girlfriend and another woman nearly 25 years ago is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Georgia. Scotty Garnell Morrow, 52, was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend Barbara Ann Young and her friend Tonya Woods at Young’s Gainesville home in December 1994. A... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Scotty Garnell Morrow

May 2, 2019

Would-be NYC bomber faces sentencing in foiled al-Qaeda plot

NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly a decade of helping federal authorities fight terrorism, the ringleader of a thwarted plot to bomb the New York City subway system finally will be sentenced Thursday. The afternoon hearing in Brooklyn federal court marks a once unthinkable second chance for Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO’-lah ZAH’-zee), a 33-year-old naturalized U.S.... Read More

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Najibullah Zazi

Mother who paid $6.5M to college scammer says she was duped

Georgia executes man convicted of 1994 killings of 2 women

In ‘lawless’ world of service dogs, many families suffer

New Tennessee law punishes voter signup missteps; suit filed

Landlord who refused to rent to Muslim men settles lawsuit

YouTube star to be sentenced in Chicago in child porn case

Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges

Publicist: Jussie Smollett won’t be at Chicago court hearing

Conviction for Minneapolis cop prompts questions about race

St. Louis-area cop indicted for shooting shoplifting suspect

Remy Ma arrested on charges of punching reality TV cast mate

Ex-CIA officer admits to espionage conspiracy with China

Georgia set to execute man who killed 2 women in 1994

Would-be NYC bomber faces sentencing in foiled al-Qaeda plot

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