Suit filed over gun controls inspired by synagogue shooting

Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem Tuesday when a YouTube livestream of the proceedings was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments from internet users. YouTube disabled the live chat section of the streaming video about 30 minutes into the hearing because of what it... Read More

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Google, Youtube

Cop’s attorney: ‘Perfect storm’ led to unarmed woman’s death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman as she approached his squad car after calling 911 was reacting to a loud noise and feared an ambush, his attorney said Tuesday, calling the shooting “a perfect storm with tragic consequences.” Mohamed Noor and his partner were rolling down a... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

Admissions Scheme, Lori Loughlin

Loughlin, husband, others hit with money laundering charge

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors added money laundering to the list of accusations against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and 14 other prominent parents Tuesday in the college admissions bribery case, increasing the pressure on them to plead guilty as other parents have agreed to do. Loughlin, who starred in the... Read More

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Confession failed to free NC man, who has died as a prisoner

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lee Wayne Hunt died a prisoner, officially deemed guilty of a double murder — even though a co-defendant absolved him in a conversation with a lawyer that remained secret for decades. Attorney Staples Hughes said a client who also was convicted in the case told him not long after the 1984... Read More

Jerry Cashwell

Eying Supreme Court, abortion foes promote tough state bans

Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade. Mississippi and Kentucky have passed laws that would ban most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected — which means as early... Read More

Abortion

Bodycam footage may be shown at Minneapolis officer’s trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors could introduce body camera video as early as Wednesday in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman, allowing jurors to see footage that didn’t capture the shooting but shows attempts to save the woman. Mohamed Noor and his partner did not have their body... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

Mexican soap star accused in punching death to remain in US

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida judge on Monday set bail at $50,000 and ordered house arrest in Miami for a Mexican soap opera actor accused of punching a man who later died. A court officer handcuffed actor Pablo Lyle, 32, after a hearing before 11th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Alan Fine. Lyle currently faces a... Read More

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Pablo Lyle

Teen pleads guilty to plotting terror attack at Texas mall

DALLAS (AP) — A suburban Dallas teenager has pleaded guilty to plotting an Islamic State group-inspired mass shooting at a North Texas mall. A state judge sentenced Matin Azizi-Yarand to 20 years in prison Monday for solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat, state and federal prosecutors announced. The 18-year-old is eligible for... Read More

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Matin Azizi-Yarand

Priest pleads guilty after victim calls sex abuse hotline

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey priest has pleaded guilty to a child sexual assault dating back almost three decades. The charge against the Rev. Thomas Ganley was the first sexual assault case brought by the state’s clergy abuse task force, which was established last September. Ganley was charged in January, just two days... Read More

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Thomas Ganley

MS-13 member pleads out to charges related to teen’s killing

BOSTON (AP) — A member of the violent MS-13 gang has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the death of a 16-year-old boy killed by gang members because he was suspected of cooperating with law enforcement. Federal prosecutors say 24-year-old Nelson Cruz Rodriguez Cartagena pleaded guilty Monday to racketeering conspiracy charges for helping set... Read More

MS13

Texas school shooting suspect facing 11 federal counts

HOUSTON (AP) — An 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school will now be facing 11 federal charges connected to the attack, his attorney said Monday. But it’s unclear what those new charges are because the federal case against Dimitrios Pagourtzis is sealed as a result of him being a... Read More

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Dimitrios Pagourtzis

‘Smallville’ actress pleads guilty in sex-trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP) — TV actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty Monday to charges she was involved in a scheme to turn women into sex slaves for the spiritual leader of a cult-like upstate New York group, a development that came on the same day jury selection began for a federal trial in the case. Mack,... Read More

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Allison Mack

Attorney: Mar-a-Lago infiltrator had hidden-camera detector

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese woman recently arrested at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club lied repeatedly to Secret Service agents while carrying computer malware unlike anything a government analyst had ever seen and had more than $8,000 in cash at her hotel room, along with an electronic device that detects hidden cameras,... Read More