Trump’s battle with ‘Obamacare’ moves to the courts

WASHINGTON (AP) — After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off “Obamacare.” But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tries to score a big win for his re-election campaign. Two federal judges in Washington, D.C., this past week blocked... Read More

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Obamacare

April 1, 2019

After shocking NY arrest, Avenatti faces court in California

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A week after Michael Avenatti’s shocking arrest in New York, the attorney famous for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President Donald Trump will be back in federal court Monday to face fraud charges in California. The brash lawyer faces a hearing in the Orange County city... Read More

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Michael Avenatti

April 1, 2019

Murder charge dropped for suspect in Kim Jong Nam killing

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Two years after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother was killed, a Malaysian court on Monday dropped the murder charge against the only suspect still in custody, and she pleaded guilty to a lesser offense and is expected to be released soon. The move to reduce the charge... Read More

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Doan Thi Huong

April 1, 2019

Justices rule against Missouri inmate with rare health issue

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs. The justices split along ideological lines in ruling 5-4 against inmate Russell Bucklew (BUCK-loo), who is on death row for a 1996 murder. Justice... Read More

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Russell Bucklew

March 29, 2019

US sues California, says water policy violates state law

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government sued California on Thursday over a water policy it said violates the state’s environmental protection law. The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit in Sacramento federal court to block a contentious plan approved in December to increase river flows in the San Joaquin River and three tributaries to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

March 29, 2019

Parents headed to court in college admissions cheating scam

BOSTON (AP) — More than a dozen parents charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme are due in court. They are expected to make initial appearances Friday in federal court in Boston. They’re among 33 prominent parents charged in what authorities have called the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted. Authorities say the parents... Read More

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Admissions Scheme

March 29, 2019

California man charged in fatal ‘swatting’ to be sentenced

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A California man faces decades in prison when he’s sentenced for making hoax emergency calls, including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man. Tyler R. Barriss will be sentenced Friday in federal court in Wichita, Kansas. The 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to 51 charges related to fake... Read More

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Tyler Barriss

March 29, 2019

Local jurisdictions pay the price for nation’s opioid crisis

As the nation’s opioid crisis has devastated thousands of families, it also has taken a crippling financial toll on cities, small towns and counties around the country. Packed jails, increased ambulance runs and overworked coroners, sheriff’s deputies and public defenders are just some of the consequences of the massive epidemic that has forced localities to... Read More

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Opioid

March 29, 2019

Fake heiress’ life of luxury left others footing big bills

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Sorokin traveled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips — all the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was. But behind the jet-set lifestyle and pricey threads, prosecutors have said, was a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the... Read More

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Anna Sorokin

March 29, 2019

Ostrich jacket, hard drives in Mueller’s trove of evidence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say they want “all of the underlying evidence” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation . But what is all of that evidence? Mueller’s team issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants and interviewed more than 500 witnesses. That means the special counsel likely compiled thousands, if not millions,... Read More

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Robert Mueller

March 29, 2019

3 Saudi women’s rights activists temporarily released

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three Saudi women were granted temporary release from prison on Thursday, nearly a year after they and other women’s rights activists were detained by security forces who report to the kingdom’s powerful crown prince. Two people told The Associated Press that Aziza al-Yousef, a grandmother and former professor; Eman... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

March 29, 2019

Yale ex-coach pleads guilty in bribery scandal

BOSTON (AP) — A former women’s soccer coach at Yale University pleaded guilty Thursday to taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for pretending applicants were recruits to boost their chances of getting into the school. Rudy Meredith, 51, is the third person to plead guilty in the wide-ranging school admissions scandal... Read More

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Rudy Meredith

March 29, 2019

Kraft’s attorneys challenge video taken at massage parlor

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft want a Florida judge to block prosecutors from using secretly taken video that police say shows him engaging in paid sex acts with female massage parlor employees. In court documents filed Thursday, Kraft’s attorneys challenged the warrant allowing Jupiter police officers to hide... Read More

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Robert Kraft

March 29, 2019

Ruling creates uncertainty for states’ Medicaid work rules

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The governor whose state is at the center of the fight over work requirements for Medicaid recipients said Thursday he wants to fight a judge’s ruling blocking those rules, while Republicans elsewhere are trying to determine the decision’s effect on their state. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged the federal government... Read More

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Trump’s battle with ‘Obamacare’ moves to the courts

After shocking NY arrest, Avenatti faces court in California

Murder charge dropped for suspect in Kim Jong Nam killing

Justices rule against Missouri inmate with rare health issue

US sues California, says water policy violates state law

Parents headed to court in college admissions cheating scam

California man charged in fatal ‘swatting’ to be sentenced

Local jurisdictions pay the price for nation’s opioid crisis

Fake heiress’ life of luxury left others footing big bills

Ostrich jacket, hard drives in Mueller’s trove of evidence

3 Saudi women’s rights activists temporarily released

Yale ex-coach pleads guilty in bribery scandal

Kraft’s attorneys challenge video taken at massage parlor

Ruling creates uncertainty for states’ Medicaid work rules

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