Navy SEAL pleads not guilty to killing captured ISIS teen

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A decorated Navy SEAL pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of premeditated murder and other crimes in the stabbing death of a teenage Islamic State prisoner in Iraq last year and the shooting of unarmed Iraqi civilians. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher will stand trial Feb. 19 before a jury that... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

January 7, 2019

Wall debate obscures other struggles at the border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In Washington, it’s all about the wall. At the border, it’s only part of the story. Border authorities are struggling with outdated facilities ill-equipped to handle the growing increase in family migrants, resulting in immigrants being released onto the streets every day. The immigration court system is so clogged that some... Read More

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Immigration

January 7, 2019

Nevada inmate whose execution called off found dead in cell

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead in his death-row prison cell from an apparent hanging, officials said Saturday. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison in Ely, Department of Corrections... Read More

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Scott Raymond Dozier

January 7, 2019

Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics

LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure to report a pedophile priest who confessed to preying on Boy Scouts and whose victims want to hold one of France’s highest church figures accountable. Nine alleged victims of the Rev.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church

January 7, 2019

Police confront 2 men, 1 white, 1 black: Only 1 is shot

MILWAUKEE (AP) — In the course of 15 months and in the space of one city block, Milwaukee police twice encountered two suspects they believed were armed. One was black; one was white. One was in fact unarmed; one had a gun. One was shot; one was not. That the black man was the one... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

January 7, 2019

California man accused in deaths of family of 4 on trial

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — For years, the disappearance of the McStay family from their San Diego County home puzzled investigators, with no signs of forced entry and the couple’s credit cards untouched. After their remains were found years later in a remote desert location more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) away, authorities charged a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Charles Merrit

January 7, 2019

Kevin Spacey plans not-guilty plea in sexual assault case

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Kevin Spacey is due in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday to answer accusations that he groped a young man in a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016. The Oscar-winning actor has said he will plead not guilty to a charge of felony indecent assault and battery. The court appearance... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Kevin Spacey

January 4, 2019

Roy Moore says he was duped into appearing on comedy show

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore says he didn’t know he was dealing with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen when he agreed to appear on a television show, his lawyers wrote in court filings last month. Moore in September filed a $95 million defamation lawsuit over his appearance on Baron Cohen’s “Who... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Roy Moore, Sacha Baron Cohen

January 4, 2019

Woman arrested over fatal injections served 2 prison terms

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman accused of killing a patient at an illegal cosmetic surgery clinic has previously served two prison terms for unlicensed silicone injections. The New York Times reports that 44-year-old Whalesca Castillo served a year in prison in 2011 and nine months in 2014 on charges relating to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

January 4, 2019

Attorney general supports longer limit for sex abuse suits

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s new attorney general says he supports extending the state’s statute of limitations for filing child sexual abuse lawsuits. Peter Neronha, a former U.S. attorney, says he saw the terrible toll abuse takes on victims and their families when he prosecuted such cases. The Legislature is expected to consider whether... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Sexual Abuse

January 4, 2019

Insurers sue California utility over wildfire damages

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Several insurance companies have filed lawsuits blaming Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a deadly California wildfire that destroyed 14,000 homes and triggered billions of dollars in insurance claims. The lawsuits filed by Allstate, State Farm, USAA and their subsidiaries come on top of several other cases filed by victims of... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

PG&E

January 4, 2019

El Chapo jury hears testimony from cartel cohort

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Mexican drug trafficker who once claimed he was a double agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration took center stage on Thursday against infamous kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a U.S. trial. Vicente Zambada became the latest in a parade of cooperators to testify as government witnesses in the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

El Chapo

January 4, 2019

Federal sentencing overhaul leads to Tennessee man’s release

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man will be one of the first prisoners to be released under a sweeping criminal justice reform law recently signed by President Donald Trump thanks to a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday. Matthew Charles received national attention in 2018 after being re-sentenced and ordered back to prison two years... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Matthew Charles

January 4, 2019

Rhodes scholar and ‘Dreamer’ fears he can’t return to US

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — He became the first “Dreamer” to win the prestigious Rhodes scholarship, but for recent Harvard University graduate Jin Park, the joy of that achievement has given way to uncertainty. The 22-year-old, who lives in New York City, risks not being allowed back in the country if he enrolls at the University... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Dreamers

Navy SEAL pleads not guilty to killing captured ISIS teen

Wall debate obscures other struggles at the border

Nevada inmate whose execution called off found dead in cell

Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics

Police confront 2 men, 1 white, 1 black: Only 1 is shot

California man accused in deaths of family of 4 on trial

Kevin Spacey plans not-guilty plea in sexual assault case

Roy Moore says he was duped into appearing on comedy show

Woman arrested over fatal injections served 2 prison terms

Attorney general supports longer limit for sex abuse suits

Insurers sue California utility over wildfire damages

El Chapo jury hears testimony from cartel cohort

Federal sentencing overhaul leads to Tennessee man’s release

Rhodes scholar and ‘Dreamer’ fears he can’t return to US

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