Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to lying about attack

CHICAGO (AP) — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing him of lying to the police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago a few weeks ago. Lawyer Tina Glandian entered the plea on behalf of the 36-year-old actor during a hearing in Cook County... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

March 15, 2019

‘Apprentice’ contestant’s Trump defamation suit can proceed

NEW YORK (AP) — A former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Donald Trump of unwanted kissing and groping can move forward with her defamation lawsuit against him, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, raising the prospect that a sitting president could be called for sworn questioning. A panel of judges on the Supreme... Read More

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Apprentice

March 15, 2019

Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Gun control advocates touted the ruling as providing a possible roadmap for victims of other mass shootings to... Read More

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Adam Lanza, Newtown

March 15, 2019

R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation

CHICAGO (AP) — An acquaintance of R. Kelly’s recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere — to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homemade VHS sex tapes. Despite Kelly’s efforts in the 1990s to hold those recordings close, some leaked out. Untold numbers... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 15, 2019

Reputed Gambino crime boss shot to death in New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — The reputed boss of New York’s Gambino crime family was shot to death in front of his home by a gunman who may have staged a car accident to lure him outside, dying a virtual unknown compared with his swaggering 1980s-era predecessor, John Gotti. Police said Thursday they were reviewing surveillance-camera... Read More

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Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali

March 15, 2019

Students target colleges in lawsuit over bribery scheme

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In one of the first lawsuits to come out of the college bribery scandal, several students are suing Yale, Georgetown, Stanford and other schools involved in the case, saying they and others were denied a fair shot at admission. The plaintiffs brought the class-action complaint Wednesday in federal court in San... Read More

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Admissions Scheme

March 15, 2019

New Mexico compound suspects face new conspiracy charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Five extended family members who had been living on a remote New Mexico compound where a 3-year-old boy died before it was raided have been indicted on terrorism-related charges that accuse them of conspiring to attack U.S. law enforcement officers, military members and government employees, authorities said Thursday. The superseding indictment... Read More

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Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

March 14, 2019

Bill passes to ban abortions based on gender, disability

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature on Wednesday passed its latest measure to put more restrictions on abortion, setting up another legal fight with abortion-rights defenders. The legislation would ban abortion for women seeking to end their pregnancies because of the gender, race or disability of the fetus. The GOP-dominated Senate voted 32-4 to... Read More

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Abortion

March 14, 2019

Counties settle suit with wrongly jailed Vegas performer

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two rural Nevada counties have paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former Las Vegas entertainer who was wrongfully jailed for 18 days for a burglary he didn’t commit in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, his lawyer said Wednesday. Sean Laughlin, 56, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District... Read More

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Sean Laughlin

March 14, 2019

Trial starts in Las Vegas Sands-Macau dealmaker damages case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An attorney for Las Vegas Sands Corp. says a Hong Kong businessman deserves a fraction of the $347 million he’s seeking for breach-of-contract because he abandoned Sands to find other advice to open a Macau casino. Richard Suen’s attorney, John O’Malley opened a third trial in the long legal battle telling... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

March 14, 2019

Man charged in spa bombing indicted on 4 federal counts

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal grand jury on Wednesday returned a four-count indictment against a man previously charged in connection with a bombing of a Southern California spa that killed his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said. Stephen William Beal, 59, faces charges including use of a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of a... Read More

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Stephen William Beal

March 14, 2019

Judge to be assigned to Jussie Smollett’s case at hearing

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge is expected to be assigned to Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct case when the “Empire” actor returns to court Thursday. That judge will then likely ask Smollett to enter a plea. Smollett is accused of lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

March 14, 2019

Manafort faces state charges after drawing more federal time

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison on federal charges, then was hit almost immediately with fresh state charges in New York that could put him outside the president’s power to pardon. In Washington on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Amy... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 14, 2019

R. Kelly’s sex videos have circulated nationwide for years

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R. Kelly

Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to lying about attack

‘Apprentice’ contestant’s Trump defamation suit can proceed

Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting

R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation

Reputed Gambino crime boss shot to death in New York City

Students target colleges in lawsuit over bribery scheme

New Mexico compound suspects face new conspiracy charges

Bill passes to ban abortions based on gender, disability

Counties settle suit with wrongly jailed Vegas performer

Trial starts in Las Vegas Sands-Macau dealmaker damages case

Man charged in spa bombing indicted on 4 federal counts

Judge to be assigned to Jussie Smollett’s case at hearing

Manafort faces state charges after drawing more federal time

R. Kelly’s sex videos have circulated nationwide for years

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