Second ex-aide to former Texas congressman gets prison term

HOUSTON (AP) — A second ex-aide to disgraced former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman is following his boss to prison over a scam to spend charitable donations on personal and campaign costs. Federal prosecutors in Houston say Jason Posey of Tupelo, Mississippi, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months and ordered to repay more than $720,000. Posey... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

April 3, 2019

NYC man gets 20 years in prison in Islamic State group case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to aid the Islamic State group by helping a co-conspirator travel abroad to fight for the militant group in 2015. Saddam Mohamed Raishani was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams. He had pleaded guilty... Read More

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April 3, 2019

Judge takes oversight of PG&E’s wildfire prevention plans

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he will closely monitor Pacific Gas & Electric’s tree-trimming this year and barred the utility from paying out dividends to shareholders as part of a new, court-ordered wildfire prevention plan. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the new plan during a hearing in San Francisco to... Read More

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PG&E

April 3, 2019

3 ex-Penn State frat members get jail in pledge’s death case

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Three ex-Penn State fraternity brothers have been sentenced to jail on hazing charges in connection to the February 2017 death of a student pledging the fraternity. The Centre Daily Times reports that sentences handed down Tuesday to the three former Beta Theta Pi members range from 30 days to three months... Read More

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April 3, 2019

Alabama bill would outlaw abortion as lawmakers aim at Roe

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is the latest Republican-leaning state seeking to enact a strict abortion ban as conservatives take aim at the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Energized by new conservatives on the Supreme Court, abortion opponents in multiple states hope to ignite new legal battles that could prompt the justices... Read More

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Abortion

April 3, 2019

Trial delayed for ex-officer charged in neighbor’s death

DALLAS (AP) — A judge has delayed the trial for a white former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own apartment. Amber Guyger had been scheduled to go on trial for murder in August for last year’s killing of her neighbor, Botham Jean. According to the Dallas Morning News... Read More

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Amber Guyger

April 3, 2019

Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam

BOSTON (AP) — Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are expected in court Wednesday to face charges that they participated in a wide-ranging college admissions cheating scam. The actresses along with Loughlin’s fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and dozens of others were charged last month in a scheme in which authorities say parents paid an... Read More

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Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin

April 3, 2019

Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts authorities created a false picture of the Sackler family’s role in promoting OxyContin, the Sacklers said Tuesday in their first court response to allegations that individual family members — not just their company, Purdue Pharma — helped fuel the deadly opioid epidemic. The Sackler family says a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioid

April 3, 2019

Florida man says pipe bombs weren’t meant to hurt anybody

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who pleaded guilty to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump says he thinks he was misunderstood at his guilty plea. Cesar Sayoc said in a letter to a judge that was made public Tuesday that it was never his intent to harm... Read More

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Cesar Sayoc

April 3, 2019

2nd Texas chemical fire in about 2 weeks kills worker

HOUSTON (AP) — A tank holding a flammable chemical caught fire at a Texas plant Tuesday, killing one worker, critically injuring two others and sending panicked employees fleeing over a fence to safety. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed the fatality in a tweet and said the two injured had been taken by helicopter to... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

April 2, 2019

Judge allows expelled player to continue suit against Yale

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a former Yale basketball captain who was expelled for sexual misconduct that he denies can move forward with his lawsuit against the university. U.S. District Judge Alfred Covello, in a ruling released Monday, denied Yale’s motion to throw out many of Jack Montague’s claims, including... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Yale

April 2, 2019

Howard Schultz: Lawsuit over texts to promote book meritless

SEATTLE (AP) — A Florida woman is suing former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz after she says she and others on the national do-not-call list got automated text messages promoting his book tour. Schultz’s spokeswoman says the allegations are false. Schultz is considering an independent bid for president and launched a tour in January for his... Read More

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Howard Schultz

April 2, 2019

Potential jurors fill out questionnaires in ex-cop’s trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About 75 potential jurors in the case of a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman answered written questions Monday about their own backgrounds and experiences with people of Somali heritage. Prosecutors and attorneys for Mohamed Noor will use the questionnaires as they start winnowing the jury... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

April 2, 2019

Jury deliberates fate of ex-Oklahoma zookeeper ‘Joe Exotic’

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury is deliberating a verdict in the federal trial of an ex-Oklahoma zookeeper and former candidate for governor accused in an attempted murder-for-hire plot. Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of 56-year-old Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, who’s accused of trying to arrange the killing of Carole Baskin , founder of... Read More

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Joe Exotic

Second ex-aide to former Texas congressman gets prison term

NYC man gets 20 years in prison in Islamic State group case

Judge takes oversight of PG&E’s wildfire prevention plans

3 ex-Penn State frat members get jail in pledge’s death case

Alabama bill would outlaw abortion as lawmakers aim at Roe

Trial delayed for ex-officer charged in neighbor’s death

Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam

Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

Florida man says pipe bombs weren’t meant to hurt anybody

2nd Texas chemical fire in about 2 weeks kills worker

Judge allows expelled player to continue suit against Yale

Howard Schultz: Lawsuit over texts to promote book meritless

Potential jurors fill out questionnaires in ex-cop’s trial

Jury deliberates fate of ex-Oklahoma zookeeper ‘Joe Exotic’

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