Witness says bloodshed and bribery rampant under ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK (AP) — Infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, armed with a diamond-encrusted pistol, relied on rampant bloodshed and bribery to protect his multibillion-dollar drug smuggling operation and his hold on power, a former lieutenant for his cartel testified on Monday at his Guzman’s U.S. trial. During his third day on the... Read More

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El Chapo

November 20, 2018

Ex-LA County deputy sentenced in drug trafficking case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after he was caught in an FBI sting offering to guard shipments of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Kenneth Collins of Chino pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to distribute drugs. The U.S. attorney’s office says a... Read More

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Kenneth Collins

November 20, 2018

Lawsuit continues against novelist Sparks, school he started

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The former headmaster of a private Christian school founded by novelist Nicholas Sparks can continue to sue the school, the author and the foundation Sparks created to support the school, a federal judge said. U.S. District Judge James Dever III ruled last month that a jury should decide whether the author... Read More

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Nicholas Sparks

November 20, 2018

Kremlin critic, facing new charge, sounds alarm on Interpol

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors announced new criminal charges against U.S.-born Kremlin foe Bill Browder on Monday, days before a Russian police officer could become president of Interpol in a move that some Moscow critics fear might politicize the law enforcement agency. Browder and other opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin have complained that Russia... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Kremlin, Russia

November 20, 2018

Taiwanese student accused of school threat to be deported

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Taiwanese exchange student accused of threatening to “shoot up” his high school near Philadelphia was spared additional time in prison at his sentencing Monday, but he will be deported and barred from returning to the U.S. A federal judge Monday after nearly two hours of testimony sentenced An-Tso Sun also known... Read More

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An-Tso Sun

November 20, 2018

White House to restore Acosta’s pass, with a warning

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday abruptly dropped its effort to bar CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House, but warned he could have his credentials pulled again if he doesn’t follow guidelines governing journalists’ behavior. The White House said reporters would be permitted one question each if called upon at... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Politics

CNN, Donald Trump, Jim Acosta

November 20, 2018

Police: Ex-judge is suspect in former wife’s fatal stabbing

A former Cleveland-area judge who spent nine months in prison for beating his wife at the time is now a suspect in her stabbing death over the weekend and is likely to be charged, authorities said Monday. Police said in court documents the ex-judge who also served in the state legislature was fleeing the scene... Read More

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Aisha Fraser, Lance Mason

November 20, 2018

Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9 that said anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. As the first of several caravans of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Asylum

November 20, 2018

Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine arrested on racketeering charges

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was deemed a likely danger to the community and denied bail Monday after a prosecutor said there was evidence that he directed or participated in multiple acts of violence as part of a deadly gang. U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman concluded an hourlong hearing by citing “troubling”... Read More

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Tekashi 6ix9ine

November 20, 2018

Convicted murderer quiet on why he killed wife, daughters

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Christopher Watts cried, shook and stared into his lap as a judge told him he would spend the rest of his life in prison for the murders of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters. But he spoke only once at his sentencing hearing and that was to decline the... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Christopher Watts

November 19, 2018

Detroit stadium worker gets probation for spitting on pizza

DETROIT (AP) — A food service worker at the Detroit Tigers’ stadium who was fired after video surfaced showing him spitting on a pizza has been sentenced to 18 months of probation. Twenty-one-year-old Jaylon Kerley also was ordered Thursday to take an anger management class and to not work around food while he serves his... Read More

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Jaylon Kerley

November 19, 2018

Column: Easy to declare a winner in NHL concussion lawsuit

At the Stanley Cup Finals earlier this year, Commissioner Gary Bettman couldn’t talk enough about the feel-good story of the Vegas Golden Knights and the NHL’s role in bringing major league sports to Las Vegas. When it came to a question about concussions and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Bettman wasn’t nearly as... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

NHL

November 19, 2018

Justin Bieber, ex-neighbor settle long-running egging suit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by a former neighbor whose house the pop singer egged. A document filed Friday shows the case has been resolved in its entirety. No details were given about the terms. Jeffrey and Suzanne Schwartz filed a lawsuit in early 2015 that... Read More

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Justin Bieber

November 19, 2018

Man sentenced to 25 years in robbery heart attack death

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man whose armed robbery of a Madison Culver’s restaurant led to a bystander’s fatal heart attack has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Nicholas Ivy and Xavier Fleming pleaded guilty in August to causing the death of 56-year-old Chris Kneubuehl, of Twin Lakes, during the robbery last year. Judge... Read More

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Nicholas Ivy, Xavier Fleming

Witness says bloodshed and bribery rampant under ‘El Chapo’

Ex-LA County deputy sentenced in drug trafficking case

Lawsuit continues against novelist Sparks, school he started

Kremlin critic, facing new charge, sounds alarm on Interpol

Taiwanese student accused of school threat to be deported

White House to restore Acosta’s pass, with a warning

Police: Ex-judge is suspect in former wife’s fatal stabbing

Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban

Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine arrested on racketeering charges

Convicted murderer quiet on why he killed wife, daughters

Detroit stadium worker gets probation for spitting on pizza

Column: Easy to declare a winner in NHL concussion lawsuit

Justin Bieber, ex-neighbor settle long-running egging suit

Man sentenced to 25 years in robbery heart attack death

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