Fate of New Mexico man who killed 5 as a teen revisited

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man who killed five family members as a teen is set to return to court Monday for a weeklong hearing to determine whether he has been rehabilitated while in state custody. It is the second such hearing for 21-year-old Nehemiah Griego, who three years ago pleaded guilty to... Read More

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Nehemiah Griego

December 3, 2018

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices employ signature phrases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants you to know she’s sorry. Justice Neil Gorsuch is only asking for some help. When you sit through almost all the Supreme Court arguments in a week, a month or even a term (as The Associated Press does), you hear the same phrases over and over. Some justices... Read More

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Supreme Court

November 30, 2018

Babies born in withdrawal new complication in opioid cases

The expansive court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born dependent on the drugs? Attorneys representing the children and their guardians want their claims separated from the federal case in Cleveland that involves hundreds of... Read More

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Opioids

November 30, 2018

Key trial issue: Why did driver plow into counterprotesters?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — No one disputes James Alex Fields Jr. plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year, killing a woman and injuring dozens more. The only question, jurors were told Thursday, is why did he do it? During opening statements at his murder trial,... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

November 30, 2018

5 get prison after 2012 military munition blast in Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered $34.8 million in restitution from the owner of a company that committed what a prosecutor calls the nation’s worst-ever dumping of military explosives — a case stemming from a huge 2012 munitions blast. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote also ordered David Alan Smith to spend... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

November 30, 2018

Drug lord who changed his face testifies against ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Asked about his distorted facial features, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia explained that he had undergone at... Read More

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El Chapo, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia

November 30, 2018

County liable for jailing woman 96 days without seeing judge

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — There are two remaining questions left for a Mississippi woman who sued over being jailed 96 days without seeing a judge: Will the U.S. Supreme Court get involved, and if not, how much will she get paid? U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock on Tuesday ruled that Choctaw County and Sheriff Cloyd... Read More

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Jessica Jauch

November 30, 2018

Witness contradicts police account of shooting of black teen

CHICAGO (AP) — A man who witnessed a Chicago officer fatally shoot black teenager Laquan McDonald testified Thursday that police waved him away without questioning him that October 2014 night and didn’t even bother to take down his name. Jose Torres, testifying in the trial of three officers accused of lying to protect the white... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

November 30, 2018

‘Stop this chaos:’ Weinstein lawyer urges sex case dismissal

NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest push to have Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault case thrown out, the movie producer’s lawyer said Thursday that a woman accusing him of a 2013 rape pressured a friend to corroborate her account, but that the friend wouldn’t “make up a story.” The friend told defense investigators that Weinstein... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

November 29, 2018

Disney says ‘no merit’ to Malaysia resort company lawsuit

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Resort developer Genting Malaysia’s lawsuit seeking $1 billion in damages from Walt Disney Co. and Fox Entertainment Group for alleged breach of contract related to a theme park, is “without merit,” Disney said Tuesday. The lawsuit filed Monday in the Central California District Court cites damages from Fox’s withdrawal from... Read More

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Disney, Fox, Fox World

November 29, 2018

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected his associates

Michigan State University doctor who resigned last year after learning the school was considering firing her because she didn’t disclose that USA Gymnastics was investigating disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar has been cleared in a state licensing inquiry. The state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said Tuesday it couldn’t substantiate a violation by... Read More

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Larry Nassar, MSU

November 29, 2018

Tennessee news anchor sues over age, gender discrimination

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A longtime Tennessee news anchor is suing her former employer over alleged age and gender discrimination, saying management replaced her with a younger woman before abruptly firing her late last year. A lawsuit filed in federal court on Wednesday says Nashville’s WSMV-TV management first tried to force Demetria Kalodimos out by... Read More

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Demetria Kalodimos

November 29, 2018

California court reverses ruling against assisted suicide

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court overturned a lower court order that had imperiled the state’s assisted suicide law, but a longer legal fight may loom because the ruling skirted the larger issue of whether the legislation was unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeals in the city of... Read More

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Assisted Suicide

November 29, 2018

Hawaiian princess amends trust amid ongoing court battle

HONOLULU (AP) — A 92-year-old Native Hawaiian princess has changed her trust to ensure her wife receives $40 million and all her personal property, including her Chihuahua “Girlie Girl,” according to court records. Abigail Kawananakoa inherited her wealth by being the great-granddaughter of James Campbell, an Irish businessman who made his fortune as a sugar... Read More

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Abigail Kawananakoa

Fate of New Mexico man who killed 5 as a teen revisited

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices employ signature phrases

Babies born in withdrawal new complication in opioid cases

Key trial issue: Why did driver plow into counterprotesters?

5 get prison after 2012 military munition blast in Louisiana

Drug lord who changed his face testifies against ‘El Chapo’

County liable for jailing woman 96 days without seeing judge

Witness contradicts police account of shooting of black teen

‘Stop this chaos:’ Weinstein lawyer urges sex case dismissal

Disney says ‘no merit’ to Malaysia resort company lawsuit

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected his associates

Tennessee news anchor sues over age, gender discrimination

California court reverses ruling against assisted suicide

Hawaiian princess amends trust amid ongoing court battle

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