Scandal and justice: #MeToo reached the sports world in 2018

One by one they came forward, more than 150 in all. Fearful yet defiant. Vulnerable but resolute, buoyed by the hope of catharsis and the promise of justice. Standing in a Michigan courtroom last January, women and girls sexually abused by Larry Nassar confronted the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, and over... Read More

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Larry Nassar

January 2, 2019

Kansas judge rules telemedicine abortions can continue

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot stop telemedicine abortions, thwarting the latest attempt by state lawmakers to prevent doctors from providing pregnancy-ending pills to women they see by remote video conferences. District Judge Franklin Theis ruled that a law barring telemedicine abortions and set to take effect in January has... Read More

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Abortion

January 2, 2019

Colorado man charged with murder in missing fiancee’s death

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was charged Monday with murder and solicitation to commit murder in the death of his missing fiancee as police try to find out what happened to the mother of his child. Patrick Frazee is accused of trying to find someone to kill Kelsey Berreth three times between September and... Read More

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Patrick Frazee

January 2, 2019

Prosecutors: Fires may mean PG&E violated criminal sentence

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California utility’s role in igniting wildfires last year could allow a judge to find that it violated terms of its criminal sentence in a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people, federal prosecutors said Monday. In a court filing, the U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco said state investigations... Read More

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PG&E

January 2, 2019

Judge denies Kevin Spacey’s request to skip court appearance

BOSTON (AP) — Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey must appear in a Massachusetts court on accusations that he groped a young man in 2016, a judge ruled on Monday. The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor had argued he should be excused from attending his Jan. 7 arraignment at the Nantucket District Court because his presence... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

December 31, 2018

Lawsuit says theme park should put warning signs in Spanish

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Should a theme park post warning signs about a ride’s potential dangers in a language other than English? A lawsuit brought by a Guatemalan family against Universal Orlando Resort says yes. The family’s 38-year-old father suffered a fatal heart attack two years ago after going on the “Skull Island: Reign of... Read More

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Universal

December 31, 2018

Police: Ex-officer’s defense didn’t show up to examine SUV

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police say representatives of a former officer who fatally shot an Australian woman last year didn’t show up to inspect a department Ford Explorer squad car after a judge granted the defense access for four hours Friday evening. Police spokesman John Elder said Saturday that Noor’s defense didn’t come to the... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

December 31, 2018

Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s sexual abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has expanded significantly after a man testified that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, including during confession. James Grein testified Thursday in New York before the judicial vicar for the New York City archdiocese,... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

December 31, 2018

Bankruptcy leaves Detroit police abuse claims unpaid

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit could have been on the hook for millions of dollars in a lawsuit alleging police abuse. Lawyers, however, are closing the case after eight years, acknowledging that the claims of possibly 200,000 people are practically worthless. The reason? Detroit’s 2013 bankruptcy. The 2010 lawsuit, which described poor conditions in holding cells... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

December 31, 2018

Kids who assault on US bases can still escape accountability

Despite new rules addressing sexual assault among the children of U.S. service members, the federal government failed to fix a flaw that on many military bases has let alleged juvenile abusers escape accountability or treatment. New records obtained by The Associated Press underscore how few child-on-child sex assault reports pursued by military investigators are prosecuted.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

December 27, 2018

Lawsuit: Miss America leaders illegally took over pageant

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A former board member and four states that have had their licenses terminated by the Miss America Organization are suing the group and its top leaders, claiming “an illegal and bad-faith takeover” of the pageant. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Atlantic City by Jennifer Vaden Barth and pageant organizations from... Read More

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Miss America

December 27, 2018

Dushku says CBS agreed to monitor ‘Bull’ star’s behavior

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Eliza Dushku says she struggled with her decision to keep quiet about the sexual harassment she says she endured from the star of the CBS show “Bull,” weighing her desire to keep her ordeal private against her worry that it would be swept under the rug. Dushku, who says she... Read More

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Eliza Dushku

December 27, 2018

Suit accuses Mariners of discrimination, targeting Hernandez

SEATTLE (AP) — A wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by the Seattle Mariners’ former high-performance director alleges she went to team owners John Stanton and Buck Ferguson and CEO Kevin Mather as far back as March to complain about alleged discriminatory treatment. The lawsuit also says several Latino players complained to Dr. Lorena Martin about feeling excluded... Read More

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Seattle Mariners

December 27, 2018

Man charged in sex assault at fire camp agrees to plea deal

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Idaho inmate accused of sexually assaulting a woman after he was sent to work at a wildfire base camp in Utah has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery. The woman approved the plea deal so she could avoid having to testify in the case, prosecutor Kevin Daniels said Monday.... Read More

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Ruben Hernandez

Scandal and justice: #MeToo reached the sports world in 2018

Kansas judge rules telemedicine abortions can continue

Colorado man charged with murder in missing fiancee’s death

Prosecutors: Fires may mean PG&E violated criminal sentence

Judge denies Kevin Spacey’s request to skip court appearance

Lawsuit says theme park should put warning signs in Spanish

Police: Ex-officer’s defense didn’t show up to examine SUV

Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

Bankruptcy leaves Detroit police abuse claims unpaid

Kids who assault on US bases can still escape accountability

Lawsuit: Miss America leaders illegally took over pageant

Dushku says CBS agreed to monitor ‘Bull’ star’s behavior

Suit accuses Mariners of discrimination, targeting Hernandez

Man charged in sex assault at fire camp agrees to plea deal

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