Butterfly Center asks judge to stop Texas border wall

HOUSTON (AP) — The nonprofit National Butterfly Center has asked a federal judge to stop border wall activity on its property as the Trump administration gears up to build new walls and fencing in South Texas and may soon win funding for more. In a motion filed late Monday, center director Marianna Trevino Wright says... Read More

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Immigration

February 13, 2019

Virginia sex allegations are latest against state officials

Virginia’s lieutenant governor has denied newly publicized allegations that he sexually assaulted two women years ago and has vowed to continue serving in office. It’s a scenario that already has played out in several other states, with differing conclusions. At least six other statewide elected officials have faced allegations of sexual misconduct since 2017. Several... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

February 13, 2019

Parkland anniversary highlights Democratic shift on guns

In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama’s campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he supported the Second Amendment. In the opening days of the 2020 Democratic primary, it’s hard to imagine any candidate feeling the need to make a similar gesture. “Guns are no longer the third rail,” said... Read More

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Guns, Nikolas Cruz

February 13, 2019

Ginsburg’s absence from Supreme Court not as long as others

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has missed a month of Supreme Court arguments as she recovers from lung cancer surgery. But she’s not the first justice to be away for a while and her absence hardly compares with those of some of her predecessors. The day before the Supreme Court began its term... Read More

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court

February 13, 2019

Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

El Chapo

February 12, 2019

Wave of concussion lawsuits to test NCAA’s liability

NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA is facing more than 300 lawsuits from former college football players who claim their concussions were mistreated, leading to medical problems spanning from headaches to depression and, in some cases, early onset Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease. The first wave of lawsuits hit college sports’ major governing body in 2016... Read More

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Concussion, Football, NCAA

February 12, 2019

California judge will keep Planned Parenthood names sealed

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge ruled Monday that the names of 14 Planned Parenthood workers and others will remain sealed during the prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with secretly recording them. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Christopher Hite made the ruling despite the publication of the names on an anti-abortion website over... Read More

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Planned Parenthood

February 12, 2019

Hearing set for Ohio inmate accused in 2 knife attacks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A hearing was planned Tuesday for an Ohio inmate accused in a 2017 knife attack on four other prisoners handcuffed and unable to defend themselves and in a stabbing attack the following year on a guard who is still recovering from his injuries. Inmate Greg Reinke was already serving a life... Read More

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Greg Reinke

February 12, 2019

Charges: Jail nurse killed husband, wanted to wed inmate

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri jail nurse who allegedly wanted to marry a man convicted of killing a lottery winner has been charged with poisoning her husband and setting their home on fire, according to court records. Amy Murray, 40, is facing charges including first-degree murder and arson in the Dec. 11 death... Read More

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Amy Murray

February 12, 2019

Parents plead guilty in young daughter’s pool drowning death

MANAHEIM, Pa. (AP) — The parents of a 3-year-old girl who drowned in her family’s swimming pool after she wandered away while they slept have pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges. Authorities say Susie Rehm also pleaded guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter. They will recommend she receive up to two years in prison. The girl’s... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Geoffrey Bussard, Izabella Bussard, Susie Rehm

February 12, 2019

More immigrants sue US over end to protected status

Immigrants from Honduras and Nepal have filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration unfairly ended a program that lets them live and work in the United States. The lawsuit filed late Sunday in federal court in San Francisco alleges that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end so-called temporary protected status for the... Read More

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Immigration

February 12, 2019

Immigrant accused of 4 Nevada murders arraigned in Reno

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 20-year-old immigrant from El Salvadoran accused of murdering four people in Nevada last month has been transferred to the Washoe County Jail in Reno where prosecutors in two counties plan to try him for all four killings. Washoe County District Attorney spokeswoman Michelle Bays says Wilber Martinez-Guzman was arraigned Monday... Read More

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Wilber Martinez-Guzman

February 12, 2019

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre pleaded not guilty to hate crimes and dozens of other counts Monday, but his new lawyer — a prominent death penalty litigator who represented one of the Boston Marathon bombers — signaled he might be open to a plea deal. Robert Bowers, a truck... Read More

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Robert Bowers

February 12, 2019

Woman begins jail sentence for texting suicide conviction

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who sent her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself was jailed Monday on an involuntary manslaughter conviction nearly five years after he died in a truck filled with toxic gas. Michelle Carter was sentenced to 15 months in jail in 2017 for... Read More

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Michelle Carter

Butterfly Center asks judge to stop Texas border wall

Virginia sex allegations are latest against state officials

Parkland anniversary highlights Democratic shift on guns

Ginsburg’s absence from Supreme Court not as long as others

Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

Wave of concussion lawsuits to test NCAA’s liability

California judge will keep Planned Parenthood names sealed

Hearing set for Ohio inmate accused in 2 knife attacks

Charges: Jail nurse killed husband, wanted to wed inmate

Parents plead guilty in young daughter’s pool drowning death

More immigrants sue US over end to protected status

Immigrant accused of 4 Nevada murders arraigned in Reno

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty

Woman begins jail sentence for texting suicide conviction

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