Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is almost no physical evidence connecting New York real estate heir Robert Durst to the slaying of his best friend in Los Angeles 20 years ago. What does link him to the killing of Susan Berman, though, is a cryptic note sent to police with her address and one word:... Read More

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Robert Durst

February 18, 2020

Daughter of man accused of killing 8 describes his abuse

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The daughter of a Mississippi man on trial in the shooting deaths of eight people testified Monday that he was abusive and beat her frequently. My’Khyiah Godbolt took the stand at a courthouse in Magnolia, the Daily Leader newspaper reported, to testify against her father, Willie Cory Godbolt. Godbolt, 37, is... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 18, 2020

Man who shot at officers pleads guilty to gun, drug charges

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who opened fire on officers serving a warrant pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug charges. Randall Comly, 52, is scheduled to be sentenced June 12 in U.S. District Court in Des Moines. He pleaded guilty this month to possession of methamphetamine for sale and two weapons... Read More

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Randall Comly

February 18, 2020

Whitey Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction

EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the lam after he was tipped to his pending arrest. In 2013, Janet Uhlar was one of 12 jurors who found Bulger... Read More

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Whitey Bulger

February 18, 2020

Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury is expected to begin deliberations Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s trial after often-emotional testimony from multiple women who accused him of sexual assault. The panel of five women and seven men will begin to weigh the evidence that Weinstein raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 18, 2020

Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing

Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on. The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could be one of... Read More

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The Boy Scouts of America

February 17, 2020

Week 4 of Weinstein trial: Closing arguments, two universes

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein grinned as he left court, and his lawyers said he was confident heading into what could be his last weekend of freedom as his New York City rape trial moves closer to a verdict. Jurors are set to start deliberating Tuesday, their task put off a day because court... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 17, 2020

14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death

NEW YORK (AP) — A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a park during a robbery in December, a crime that rattled New York City residents, authorities said Saturday. Rashaun Weaver has been indicted by a grand jury and was taken into custody Friday night without incident,... Read More

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Rashaun Weaver

February 17, 2020

Defense attorney: Man accused of killing 8 ‘just snapped’

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi was fearful of the breakup of his family and “just snapped,” an attorney for the defendant argued Saturday during the first day of his death penalty trial. The killings began after Willie Cory Godbolt entered his in-laws’ home in Bogue Chitto and... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 17, 2020

Orangutan granted ‘personhood’ turns 34, makes new friend

WAUCHULA, Fla. (AP) — A orangutan named Sandra, who was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina and later found a new home in Florida, celebrated her 34th birthday on Valentine’s Day with a special new primate friend. Patti Ragan, director of the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, says Sandra “has adjusted... Read More

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February 17, 2020

Stop and frisk gets renewed attention in Bloomberg candidacy

NEW YORK (AP) — David Ourlicht was a college student, walking down a street near campus, when he became one of millions of New Yorkers swept up in the era of stop and frisk. A police officer accosted Ourlicht, deeming suspicious a bulge in his jacket. Police patted him down, told him to stand against... Read More

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February 17, 2020

Illinois man, 80, set for release in 1960 triple-killing

CHICAGO (AP) — An 80-year-old man is set to be released from an Illinois prison this week, nearly six decades after he was sentenced to life for the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park. Chester Weger was convicted in 1961 of killing of Lillian... Read More

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Chester Weger

February 17, 2020

Man facing prison term for plot to obtain $1M in stolen TVs

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Maryland are recommending a prison sentence of more than five years for a man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain hundreds of stolen televisions worth more than $1 million. Prosecutors explained in a court filing on Saturday why they are recommending a 65-month sentence for Saul Eady.... Read More

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Saul Eady

February 17, 2020

After abuse scandals, seminarians pledge to ‘get it right’

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (AP) — The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them. Some are pious alumni who have become their teachers and mentors; others climbed the Catholic hierarchy to be revered as bishops and cardinals. But there are others: Raymond Leneweaver, Class of 1962, subject of... Read More

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Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing

Daughter of man accused of killing 8 describes his abuse

Man who shot at officers pleads guilty to gun, drug charges

Whitey Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction

Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing

Week 4 of Weinstein trial: Closing arguments, two universes

14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death

Defense attorney: Man accused of killing 8 ‘just snapped’

Orangutan granted ‘personhood’ turns 34, makes new friend

Stop and frisk gets renewed attention in Bloomberg candidacy

Illinois man, 80, set for release in 1960 triple-killing

Man facing prison term for plot to obtain $1M in stolen TVs

After abuse scandals, seminarians pledge to ‘get it right’

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