OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is asking a court to throw out a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts’ attorney general that accuses the company, its owners and top executives of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids. In its most expansive response to date, Connecticut-based Purdue argued in a motion filed late Friday that the... Read More

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OxyContin

March 5, 2019

Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 42-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man has been charged with trying to burn down a local Planned Parenthood clinic last month, federal prosecutors said Monday. Wesley Brian Kaster was arrested Saturday after investigators searched his vehicle and found evidence linking him to the fire at the Planned Parenthood-Columbia Health Center. No... Read More

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Planned Parenthood, Wesley Brian Kaster

March 5, 2019

Judge allows preservation of more records in Spacey case

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — A judge has approved a request by attorneys for Kevin Spacey to preserve more phone records in the sexual assault case against the Oscar-winning actor. The Nantucket District Court judge on Monday allowed a motion to extend an earlier order preserving phone and electronic records between the alleged victim and his... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

March 5, 2019

California sues over US abortion rule; 20 states to follow

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California and 20 other Democratic-led states announced they were challenging the Trump administration’s effort to set up obstacles for women seeking abortions, including barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday that the state filed its own federal lawsuit in San... Read More

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Abortion

March 5, 2019

Jury acquits county commissioner in Kansas fraud case

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell was found not guilty Monday on nearly all charges of taking campaign funds for his personal use. A federal jury acquitted O’Donnell on 21 counts of wire fraud, but deadlocked on two counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering related to his state... Read More

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Michael O'Donnell

March 5, 2019

Verizon store robbery ringleader pleads guilty

SANTA ANA, California (AP) — The ringleader of a crew that staged 10 robberies of Verizon stores in Southern California and Arizona has pleaded guilty to federal charges and is facing a possible sentence of life in prison. Authorities say Zachary Wade of Long Beach pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy and other crimes for... Read More

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Zachary Wade

March 5, 2019

Prosecution rests in trial of officer who killed black man

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The prosecution has rested in the trial of a fired Florida police officer charged with the fatal 2015 shooting of a stranded black motorist. News outlets report the State Attorney’s Office wrapped up its case Monday against former Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja in the fatal shooting... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 5, 2019

Husband, step-daughter charged in slaying to be extradited

OLMITO, Texas (AP) — A man charged with killing his wife after blaming her death on a Baltimore panhandler is being held without bail in Texas. Cameron County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Joe Elizardi said 52-year-old Keith Smith and his 28-year-old daughter, Valeria Smith, were arraigned Monday and agreed to be extradited. Elizardi says they... Read More

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Keith Smith

March 5, 2019

Noem offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL protests

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that she’s proposing a new framework for oil pipeline construction before building starts on the Keystone XL pipeline, introducing legislation that would require companies behind such projects to chip in on protest-related expenses and create a way to go after the money of those... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

March 5, 2019

New York man sentenced to 1 year for hanging dog from tree

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man has been sentenced to a year in jail for killing a dog found hanging from a tree. Robert Overton Jr. was sentenced Monday in Chautauqua County Court, where he pleaded guilty earlier to aggravated animal cruelty. Overton told police he killed the pit bull last year after... Read More

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Robert Overton Jr.

March 5, 2019

Defense alleges misconduct at trials in girl’s 1990 slaying

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — At three trials over three decades, a convicted thief has testified that he saw Stanley Liggins with 9-year-old Jennifer Lewis shortly before she was kidnapped, raped, strangled and left dead in Davenport, Iowa. Antonio Holmes insisted at each trial that prosecutors did not give him any benefit in exchange for... Read More

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Stanley Liggins

March 5, 2019

Parents of dead West Point cadet retrieve his sperm

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The parents of a 21-year-old West Point cadet fatally injured in a skiing accident raced the clock to get a judge’s permission to retrieve his sperm for “the possibility of preserving some piece of our child that might live on.” U.S. Military Academy Cadet Peter Zhu was declared brain dead... Read More

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Peter Zhu

March 5, 2019

Japan court OK’s Nissan ex-Chairman Ghosn’s release on bail

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo District Court approved the release of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn on 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail on Tuesday, although the end of his four months of detention in Japan was delayed when prosecutors appealed that decision. Prosecutors filed their objection to Ghosn’s release within hours of the announcement... Read More

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan

March 5, 2019

House panel opens sweeping probe of Trump, his associates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats launched a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, an aggressive investigation that threatens to shadow the president through the 2020 election season with potentially damaging inquiries into his White House, campaign and family businesses. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Monday his panel was beginning the probe into possible... Read More

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Donald Trump

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic

Judge allows preservation of more records in Spacey case

California sues over US abortion rule; 20 states to follow

Jury acquits county commissioner in Kansas fraud case

Verizon store robbery ringleader pleads guilty

Prosecution rests in trial of officer who killed black man

Husband, step-daughter charged in slaying to be extradited

Noem offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL protests

New York man sentenced to 1 year for hanging dog from tree

Defense alleges misconduct at trials in girl’s 1990 slaying

Parents of dead West Point cadet retrieve his sperm

Japan court OK’s Nissan ex-Chairman Ghosn’s release on bail

House panel opens sweeping probe of Trump, his associates

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